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souris.

mouse (rodent)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/su.ʁi/
  1. mouse (rodent)

    feminine · invariable
  2. computer mouse

    feminine · invariable
  3. a part of a leg of lamb

    feminine · invariable
  4. young woman, girlfriend

    colloquial · feminine · invariable
Where this word comes from

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/su.ʁi/
  1. a smile

    archaic · invariable · literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French sourris, from Old French sorris, from Latin subrīsus.

verb/su.ʁi/
  1. inflection of sourire: first/second-person singular present indicative

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · second-person · singular
  2. inflection of sourire: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
  3. inflection of sourire: first/second-person singular past historic

    first-person · form-of · historic · past · second-person · singular
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