mésange

French

Etymology

From Middle French mésange, from Old French mesenge, masenge (titmouse), from Medieval Latin misinga and spelling variants, from Frankish *meisinga (titmouse) and variants, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (titmouse), *-ingō (-ing). Cognate with Old High German meisa (titmouse), Old English māse (small bird), Middle Dutch mese (titmouse). More at English titmouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.zɑ̃ʒ/
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Noun

mésange f (plural mésanges)

  1. tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)

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