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house mouse

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The universally common mouse of the species Mus musculus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mus musculus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mouse

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дома́шна ми́шка (domášna míška) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小家鼠 (xiǎojiāshǔ) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Danish: husmus — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Dutch: huismuis — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Dutch: muis — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Finnish: kotihiiri — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • French: souris — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • German: Hausmaus — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Hungarian: házi egér — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Indonesian: mencit — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Italian: topo domestico — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Japanese: 二十日鼠 (hatsukanezumi) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Kazakh: қаптесер (qapteser) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Kazakh: үй тышқаны (üi tyşqany) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Korean: 생쥐 (saengjwi) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Malayalam: ചുണ്ടെലി (cuṇṭeli) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Polish: mysz domowa — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Polish: mysz — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Portuguese: camundongo — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Portuguese: murganho — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Punjabi: ਘਰੇਲੂ ਚੂਹਾ (gharelū cūhā) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Romanian: șoarece de casă — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Romanian: șoarece — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Russian: домо́вая мышь (domóvaja myšʹ) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Russian: мышь (myšʹ) — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Spanish: ratón casero — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Swedish: husmus — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Copala Triqui: xtuu yoꞌo̱j — mouse of the species Mus musculus
  • Turkish: ev faresi — mouse of the species Mus musculus