mice

CEFRA2

/maɪs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Plural of mouse, a small animal with a pointed face and tail.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).

Examples

  • He says he must get rid of the mice that are in the attic.

  • When the cat is away, the mice will play.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • That cat's mysin, he doesn't see the dog coming.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of 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.