chuột

Vietnamese

Etymology

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.

Attested as chuọt in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

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

• 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