Meanings
plural titmice · plural titmouses
- Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
Synonyms: tit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*maisǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*maisā
- Old Englishmāse“titmouse”
- Middle Englishtitmose
- Englishtitmouse
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek αἰγίθαλλος
- αἰγίθαλλος (aigíthallos)certain parid bird
Bulgarian but see сини́гер
- but see сини́гер (siníger)certain parid bird
Catalan mallerenga
- mallerengacertain parid bird
Chinese Mandarin 山雀
- 山雀 (shānquè)certain parid bird
Czech sýkora
- sýkoracertain parid bird
Danish mejse
- mejsecertain parid bird
Dutch mees
- meescertain parid bird
Esperanto paruo
- paruocertain parid bird
Estonian tihane
- tihanecertain parid bird
Finnish tiainen
- tiainencertain parid bird
French mésange
- mésangecertain parid bird
German Meise
- Meisecertain parid bird
Hungarian cinke
- cinkecertain parid bird
Irish meantán
- meantáncertain parid bird
Italian cincia
- cinciacertain parid bird
Latvian zīlīte
- zīlītecertain parid bird
Lithuanian zylė
- zylėcertain parid bird
Norwegian meis
- meiscertain parid bird
Polish sikora
- sikoracertain parid bird
Portuguese chapim, mejengra
- chapimcertain parid bird
- mejengracertain parid bird
Romanian pițigoi
- pițigoicertain parid bird
Russian сини́ца
- сини́ца (siníca)certain parid bird
Scottish Gaelic ialtag
- ialtagcertain parid bird
Slovak sýkora
- sýkoracertain parid bird
Spanish paro carbonero, carbonero
- paro carbonerocertain parid bird
- carbonerocertain parid bird
Swedish mes, tita
- mescertain parid bird
- titacertain parid bird
Ukrainian сини́ця
- сини́ця (synýcja)certain parid bird
Welsh titw, swidw
- titwcertain parid bird
- swidwcertain parid bird
- yswidwcertain parid bird
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Cite this entry
titmouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titmouse
“titmouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titmouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “titmouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titmouse.
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