Dictionary

titmouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɪtmaʊs/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.

Meanings

1. Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.

Forms

Deriveds

coalmouse · long-tailed titmouse · oak titmouse · black-crested titmouse · juniper titmouse · bridled titmouse · tufted titmouse · blue titmouse

Relateds

Melanochlora · Sylviparus · chickadee · Pseudopodoces · Baeolophus

Synonyms

tit

Translations (53)

ltg zeile (certain parid bird) · pl sikora (certain parid bird) · udm пислэг (certain parid bird) · cs sýkora (certain parid bird) · et tihane (certain parid bird) · sk sýkora (certain parid bird) · es paro carbonero (certain parid bird) · sv tita (certain parid bird) · vo titit (certain parid bird) · sv mes (certain parid bird) · unm tànktiyas (certain parid bird) · gl meixengra (certain parid bird) · bg but see сини́гер (certain parid bird) · ga meantán (certain parid bird) · fr mésange (certain parid bird) · nv chʼíshiibeezhii (certain parid bird) · eo paruo (certain parid bird) · mhr киса (certain parid bird) · no meis (certain parid bird) · cy yswidw (certain parid bird) · sq trishtil (certain parid bird) · cy titw (certain parid bird) · sl sinica (certain parid bird) · ast branín (certain parid bird) · it cincia (certain parid bird) · rm sbrensligna (certain parid bird) · hu cinke (certain parid bird) · lt zylė (certain parid bird) · gd ialtag (certain parid bird) · lv zīlīte (certain parid bird) · ru сини́ца (certain parid bird) · rm tschingallegra (certain parid bird) · da mejse (certain parid bird) · az arıquşu (certain parid bird) · uk сини́ця (certain parid bird) · pt chapim (certain parid bird) · nl mees (certain parid bird) · io paruo (certain parid bird) · fi tiainen (certain parid bird) · be сіні́ца (certain parid bird) · sms ceeʒʒaž (certain parid bird) · pt mejengra (certain parid bird) · de Meise (certain parid bird) · cmn 山雀 (certain parid bird) · rm maset (certain parid bird) · ro pițigoi (certain parid bird) · vo parud (certain parid bird) · cy swidw (certain parid bird) · ka წივწივა (certain parid bird) · ca mallerenga (certain parid bird) · rm parüschla (certain parid bird) · es carbonero (certain parid bird) · grc αἰγίθαλλος (certain parid bird)