souris
See also: Souris
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.ʁi/
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French souris, from Old French soris, soriz, from Vulgar Latin *sōrīcem, alteration of the Classical Latin sōricem (“shrew”).
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Noun
souris f (plural souris)
- mouse (rodent)
- (computing) computer mouse
- a part of a leg of lamb
- (colloquial) young woman, girlfriend
Derived terms
Descendants
- Michif: soorii
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle French sourris, from Old French sorris, corresponding to sou + ris, or from Latin subrīsus.
Noun
souris m (plural souris)
- (archaic) a smile
Etymology 3
Verb
souris
- inflection of sourire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- first/second-person singular past historic
Further reading
- “souris”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.