mouse
Portuguese, noun/ˈmaw.zi/
mouse is spelled M-O-U-S-E (5 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouse is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispositivo de entrada dotado de um a três botões, que repousa em uma superfície plana sobre a qual pode ser…”.
What does mouse mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemouse (input device used to move a pointer on the screen)
- 2
Brazilmasculinepointer; cursor (moving icon that indicates the position of the mouse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dispositivo de entrada dotado de um a três botões, que repousa em uma superfície plana sobre a qual pode ser deslocado, e que, ao ser movimentado, provoca deslocamento análogo de um cursor na tela
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mouse
- mouses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouse?
- Brazil /ˈmaw.zi/
- Brazil [ˈmaʊ̯.zi]
- Portugal /ˈmawʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouse in Portuguese?
mouse appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).