mier
See also: Mier
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch mier, from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmier (plural miere)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)
- (zoology) ant
- Synonym: emt
- (figuratively) insignificant individual
Derived terms
edit- bosmier
- legermier
- mierenboerderij
- mierenbroodje
- mierenhoop
- mierennest
- mierenneuker
- mierenzuur
- mierzoet
- trosmier
- vuurmier
- wegmier
- weidemier
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: mier
- Berbice Creole Dutch: mira
- Skepi Creole Dutch: mira
- → Ambonese Malay: mir
- → Lokono: miri
- → Aukan: mila
- → Kupang Malay: mir
- → Sranan Tongo: mira
- → West Frisian: mier
Anagrams
editLivonian
editEtymology
editNoun
editmier
- (Salaca) peace
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mier)
Slovak
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).
Noun
editmier m inan (genitive singular mieru, declension pattern of stroj)
Declension
editDeclension of mier
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- pokoj m
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editmier f
Further reading
edit- “mier”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
West Frisian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editmier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)
Further reading
edit- “mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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