Mickey Mouse

English thumb Etymology en :af Mickey mouse From en Mickey, a diminutive of the given name en Michael, + en mouse, referring to the species of the character. Walt Disney chose the name Mickey Mouse in 1928, changing it from Mortimer Mouse at the suggestion of his wife, Lillian, who felt the original name was too formal for the character's playful nature.Mickey Mouse ー Cartoon, Creation, Disney, & Facts The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Jul 20, 1998 Encyclopædia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mickey-Mouse Sep 15, 2024 The derogatory adjectival sense developed in the US after WWII, originally applied to dance music, then broadened.2 1291 Pronunciation en en-us-Mickey_Mouse.ogg GA en En-au-Mickey Mouse.ogg AU Proper noun Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouses Mickey Mice The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition. Derived terms en Mickey Mouse cap Mickey Mouse glove Mickey Mouse hat Mickey Mouse Protection Act Mickey Mousing Descendants sq Miushi Miki 1 ar مِيكِي مَاوْس 1 az Mikki Maus 1 bg Мики Маус 1 bjn kemos kokos 1 cartoon cs Mickey Mouse 1 da Mickey Mouse 1 nl Mickey Mouse 1 fr Mickey Mouse 1 ka მიკი მაუსი 1 de Micky Maus 1 el Μίκυ Μάους μικιμάους 1 he מיקי מאוס 1 miki maus hi मिकी माउस 1 ja ミッキーマウス Mikkī Mausu 1 ko ^미키 ^마우스 1 mk Мики Маус 1 pt Mickey Mouse 1 ro Mickey Mouse Miki Maus 1 ru Ми́кки Ма́ус 1 sm Miki Mausi 1 es Mickey Mouse 1 ta மிக்கி மவுஸ் 1 th มิกกี้ เมาส์ มิคกี้เมาส์ mík-gîi-máo, mík-gîi-máos 1 uk Мі́кі Маус 1 Translations Disney character Afrikaans: af Mickey Muis Albanian: sq Miushi Miki m Amharic: am ሚኪ ማውዝ m Arabic: ar مِيكِي مَاوْس m Armenian: hy Միկի Մաուս Azerbaijani: az Mikki Maus Bengali: bn মিকি মাউস Bulgarian: bg Мики Маус Burmese: my မစ်ကီးမောက်စ် Chinese: Cantonese: yue 米奇老鼠 mai5 kei4 lou5 syu2 Mandarin: cmn 米老鼠 Mǐ Lǎoshǔ, cmn 米凱鼠 Mǐkǎishǔ, cmn 米奇老鼠 Mǐqí Láoshǔ, cmn 米奇鼠 Mǐqíshǔ Czech: cs Mickey Mouse Danish: da Mickey Mouse, da Mikkel Mus historical Dutch: nl Mickey Mouse Esperanto: eo Miĉjo Muso Estonian: et Miki-Hiir Faroese: fo Mikkjal Mús m Finnish: fi Mikki Hiiri French: fr Mickey Mouse Georgian: ka მიკი მაუსი German: de Micky Maus Greek: el Μίκυ Μάους, el μικιμάους m Gujarati: gu મિકી માઉસ m Hebrew: he מיקי מאוס miki maus Hindi: hi मिकी माउस Hungarian: hu Miki egér, hu Mickey egér Icelandic: is Mikki mús Indonesian: id Mickey Mouse, id Miki Tikus Italian: it Topolino Japanese: ja ミッキーマウス Mikkī Mausu Khmer: km មីកគី ម៉ាវស៍ mikki mavs Korean: ko ^미키 ^마우스 Lao: lo ມິກກີ ເມົາສ໌ Latin: la Michael Mus m, la Michael Musculus m Latvian: lv Mikipele m, lv Mikijs m, lv Mikimauss m Lithuanian: lt Peliukas Mikis m Macedonian: mk Мики Маус m Malay: ms Mickey Mouse Māori: mi Miki Kiore Marathi: mr मिकी माउस Mongolian: mn Мики хулгана Norwegian: no Mikke Mus Polish: pl Myszka Miki f Portuguese: pt Rato Mickey, pt Mickey Mouse m Quechua: qu Miki Ukucha Romanian: ro Miki Maus, ro Mickey Mouse Russian: ru Ми́кки Ма́ус m Samoan: sm Miki Mausi Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Miki Maus, sh Mika Miš m historical Spanish: es Mickey Mouse, es Ratón Mickey, es Ratón Miguelito Swedish: sv Musse Pigg c, sv Micky Mus historical Tagalog: tl Mickey Mouse Tamil: ta மிக்கி மவுஸ் Telugu: te మిక్కీ మౌస్ Thai: th มิกกี้ เมาส์, th มิคกี้เมาส์ mík-gîi-máo, mík-gîi-máos Tibetan: bo མིག་གིའི་ཙི་ཙི། Turkish: tr Miki Fare, tr Mickey Fare Ukrainian: uk Мі́кі Маус m Uyghur: ug مىكى چاشقان Welsh: cy Mic Llygoden m Adjective - Mickey Mouse en derogatory Of dubious or inferior quality, poorly-run; too easy to be taken seriously, trivial. en dodgy noddy shoddy en-US Silly greed and social ambition and being an orphan seem to have done the job—and maybe the times. The author uses Mickey Mouse historiography to recall the times: The Fall of a Climber 4 Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut 1966-09-22 The New York Times 0362-4331 1645522 en Rangers get past Quebec in Overtime Miami Herald November 21, 1983 "They are putting a Mickey Mouse operation on the ice," added Gretzky, who extended apologies to New Jersey goaltenders Ron Low and Chico Resch. en April 20, 1991 CNN_Novak You mean, somebody who, for example, is a retired Army officer, has been teaching, as you do in the Army about half the time for about 30 years, you mean he couldn't go in and teach in the school' cause he didn't take some Mickey Mouse course in education at a state university? en February 11, 1996 SPORTS 18 Braves, Indians Are Teams to Beat Again; Series Repeat Appears Likely As Camps Open Dave van Dyck Chicago Sun-Times California (78-67): This is no Mickey Mouse outfit, even though Disney is buying into the team. / The Angels didn't make many changes in personnel during the winter. Glenn Thrush; Devlin Barrett; Adam Goldman Patel and F.B.I. Face Scrutiny as Kirk’s Killer Remains at Large 2025-09-12 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/politics/fbi-patel-kirk-shooting.html Mr. [Kash] Patel said he would not tolerate any more “Mickey Mouse operations,” an official on the call recounted. It was one of his few utterances without profanity, the person added. https://web.archive.org/web/20260114185847/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/politics/fbi-patel-kirk-shooting.html 14 January 2026 en rhyming slang Australia Grouse, excellent. Derived terms en Mickey Mouse degree Mickey Mouse money Mickey Mouse ring Mickeysoft Translations of an item of dubious quality Finnish: fi mikkihiiri- Polish: pl tandetny Noun ? en rhyming slang Scouse. en rhyming slang House. References Further reading 6ijhieq n var2r2q adj 1 second-rate rqbyqci adj 2 grouse en genericized trademarks terms derived from Duckburg and Mouseton en American fiction Animation Disney Fiction Fictional characters Danish da: 250px|thumb|A Mickey Mouse pin. Etymology 1949, from da en Mickey Mouse, notably being untranslated unlike this character in other Scandinavian languages. Pronunciation da Mic key Mouse Proper noun da proper noun da cartoon en Mickey Mouse One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic mouse who usually wears red shorts and is known for circular ears. Hyponyms Disney characters da Anders And, da Fedtmule, da Pluto da American fiction Disney Fictional characters Television da terms derived from Duckburg and Mouseton Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :ubor en:Mickey Mouse + 1 Pronunciation míquei mause Proper noun m 1 en Mickey Mouse pt Disney Spanish es: Etymology es :ubor en:Mickey Mouse + 1 Pronunciation Miqui Maus Mɪqui Maus + Proper noun m en Mickey Mouse es Disney