Open main menu

Wiktionary β

ant

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ant"

Contents

EnglishEdit

 
Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
A group of ants.

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmette (“ant”), from Proto-Germanic *ēmaitijǭ (“ant”, literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mai- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ant (plural ants)

  1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
    • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects [… ]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] . But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
  2. (Internet) A Web spider.

SynonymsEdit

HyponymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

VerbEdit

ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)

  1. (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
    • 1974, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk‎[1], volume 91, page 538:
      Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.

AnagramsEdit

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

  This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.

NounEdit

ant m

  1. furrow

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

  This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions. You can also discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.

NounEdit

ant m (plural ants)

  1. elk, moose

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

ant

  1. oath

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ant
nominative ant
genitive antnıñ
dative antqa
accusative antnı
locative antta
ablative anttan

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French entre (“between”).

PrepositionEdit

ant

  1. between

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

añt (with genitive)

  1. on

MeroiticEdit

EtymologyEdit

May be borrowed from Egyptian ḥm-nṯr (“priest”).

NounEdit

ant

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    priest

ReferencesEdit

  • Meeks, Dimitri (1973) Liste des mots méroïtiques ayant une signification connue au supposée, Meroitic Newsletter / Bulletin d'informations méroïtiques № 13, pages 3–20

Middle WelshEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ant

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *Ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦‎.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈant/
  • Hyphenation: ant

NounEdit

ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)

  1. oath

SynonymsEdit

VilamovianEdit

 
ant

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ȧnt f (plural anta)

  1. duck
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ant&oldid=49649178"