"mice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /maɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mice.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: mīs Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), cheshirization from Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mys}} Middle English mys, {{m|enm|mice}} mice, {{m|enm|muis}} muis, {{m|enm|mise}} mise, {{m|enm|mis}} mis, {{inh|en|ang|mȳs|t=mice}} Old English mȳs (“mice”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mūsiz|t=mice}} Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*mūs|t=mouse}} Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”), {{cog|sco|mice}} Scots mice, {{m|sco|mise}} mise, {{m|sco|myse}} myse, {{m|sco|myce|t=mice}} myce (“mice”), {{cog|fy|mûzen|t=mice}} West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), {{cog|nl|muizen|t=mice}} Dutch muizen (“mice”), {{cog|de|Mäuse|t=mice}} German Mäuse (“mice”), {{cog|sv|möss|t=mice}} Swedish möss (“mice”), {{cog|fo|mýs|t=mice}} Faroese mýs (“mice”), {{cog|is|mýs|t=mice}} Icelandic mýs (“mice”), {{l|en|mouse}} mouse Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} mice
  1. plural of mouse Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mouse
    Sense id: en-mice-en-noun-D6FRlYje Categories (other): English plurals with umlaut

Verb

IPA: /maɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mice.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mices [present, singular, third-person], micing [participle, present], miced [participle, past], miced [past]
enPR: mīs Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), cheshirization from Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mys}} Middle English mys, {{m|enm|mice}} mice, {{m|enm|muis}} muis, {{m|enm|mise}} mise, {{m|enm|mis}} mis, {{inh|en|ang|mȳs|t=mice}} Old English mȳs (“mice”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mūsiz|t=mice}} Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*mūs|t=mouse}} Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”), {{cog|sco|mice}} Scots mice, {{m|sco|mise}} mise, {{m|sco|myse}} myse, {{m|sco|myce|t=mice}} myce (“mice”), {{cog|fy|mûzen|t=mice}} West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), {{cog|nl|muizen|t=mice}} Dutch muizen (“mice”), {{cog|de|Mäuse|t=mice}} German Mäuse (“mice”), {{cog|sv|möss|t=mice}} Swedish möss (“mice”), {{cog|fo|mýs|t=mice}} Faroese mýs (“mice”), {{cog|is|mýs|t=mice}} Icelandic mýs (“mice”), {{l|en|mouse}} mouse Head templates: {{en-verb}} mice (third-person singular simple present mices, present participle micing, simple past and past participle miced)
  1. (Bermuda, chiefly in the form micin) To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
    Sense id: en-mice-en-verb-~ZiGLvDV Categories (other): Bermudian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93

Inflected forms

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          "mouse#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mice.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mice.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mice.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mīs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mice"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪs/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mys"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mys",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "mice",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "muis"
      },
      "expansion": "muis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "mise"
      },
      "expansion": "mise",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "mis"
      },
      "expansion": "mis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mȳs",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mȳs (“mice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mūsiz",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mūs",
        "t": "mouse"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots mice",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "mise"
      },
      "expansion": "mise",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "myse"
      },
      "expansion": "myse",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "myce",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "myce (“mice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "mûzen",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian mûzen (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "muizen",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch muizen (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mäuse",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mäuse (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "möss",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish möss (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "mýs",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese mýs (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "mýs",
        "t": "mice"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic mýs (“mice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mouse"
      },
      "expansion": "mouse",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), cheshirization from Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mices",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "micing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mice (third-person singular simple present mices, present participle micing, simple past and past participle miced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bermudian English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, Peter A. Smith, Fred M. Barritt, Bermewjan Vurds, Island Press",
          "text": "That cat's mysin, he doesn't see the dog coming.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 9, Jack Gauntlett, “Bermudian sayings always raise a smile”, in The Royal Gazette, archived from the original on 2022-12-11",
          "text": "A breakfast diner might describe an incident with someone who was \"not too tightly wrapped\". Or not wanting to waste time on someone who was always \"micin\". Another breakfast guest might explode with \"what'chu mean?\", only to be told half-jokingly, “Bie ... shut yor mouth”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "micin",
          "micin"
        ],
        [
          "distracted",
          "distracted"
        ],
        [
          "inattentive",
          "inattentive"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ],
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Bermuda",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Bermuda, chiefly in the form micin) To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the form micin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mice.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mice.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mice.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mice.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mice.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mīs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mice"
}

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