chuột

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 𤝞 (chuọt, “mouse”), from Proto-Vietic *k-ɟɔːt. Cognate with Arem kaɟuət. See also Khmer ជូត (cuut, “Year of the Rat”) (whence also Thai ชวด (chûuat) through Old Khmer), which is a loan from a Vietic language.

For the "biceps" sense, compare the parallels in Latin mūsculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”) and Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse; muscle”).

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cuək̚˨˩˨]
• Homophone: chuộc

Noun

(classifier con) chuột • (𤝞)

1. murid, rodent in the family Muridae

   Hyponyms: chuột nhắt (“mouse”), chuột cống (“rat”)

   bẫy chuột ― trap to catch rats or mice

2. (in compounds) rat-like animal

   Hyponyms: chuột đồng (“vole”), chuột chù (“shrew”), chuột chũi (“mole”), chuột túi (“kangaroo”)

3. (anatomy, colloquial) biceps
4. (electrical engineering, of a fluorescent light set) a starter
5. (computer hardware) a mouse

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chuột bạch (“white mouse”)
• chuột chít
• chuột choắt
• chuột chù (“shrew”)
• chuột chũi (“mole”)
• chuột cống (“rat”)
• chuột đồng (“vole”)
• chuột lang (“guinea pig”)
• chuột nhắt (“mouse”)
• chuột rút (“cramp”)
• chuột túi (“kangaroo”)
• chuột xạ
• dưa chuột (“cucumber”)
• đầu voi đuôi chuột