dormouse

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈdɔɹmaʊs/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈdɔːmaʊs/

Noun

dormouse (plural dormice)

1. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
2. Glis glis, the edible dormouse
3. (UK) Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
4. (figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Translations

• French: loir
• German: Bilch, Schläfer, Schlafmaus, Siebenschläfer
• Italian: ghiro, moscardino
• Portuguese: arganaz
• Russian: со́ня
• Spanish: lirón

Translations

• German: Siebenschläfer, Schlafmütze
• Russian: соня
• Spanish: lirón

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