ant

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ant"

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English

A group of ants.

Alternative forms

• ante, ampte

Etymology

From Middle English ampte, 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.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ænt/
• (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA^(key): /ɑːnt/
• (æ-tensing), IPA^(key): [ɛənt]

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• Rhymes: -ænt
• Homophone: aunt (in some accents)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (insect): emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic)

Hyponyms

• (insect in Formicidae): army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood ant

Derived terms

• antbear
• ant-bed
• ant beetle
• antbird
• ant cap
• anteater
• anthill
• anting
• antkind
• antlike
• antlion
• antly
• antshrike
• ants in one's pants
• sugar ant
• the ant's pants
• velvet ant
• white ant

 

Translations

insect

• Abaza: хвымбырцӏакӏьа (x°əmbərc̣āḳ’ā)
• Abkhaz: ашышкамс (āšəšḳāms)
• Adyghe: къамзэгу (qāmzăg°)
• Afrikaans: mier
• Ainu: イト゚ンナㇷ゚
• Albanian: milingonë (sq) f
• Alviri-Vidari: مورچانه‎ (murčāne) (Vidari)
• Amharic: ጉንዳን (gundan)
• Arabic: (collective) نَمْل‎ (naml), نَمْلَة‎ (ar) f (namla) (singulative)

  Moroccan Arabic: نْمل‎ m (nməl) (collective), نمْلة‎ f (nəmla) (singulative)

• Aragonese: fornica f
• Armenian: մրջյուն (hy) (mrǰyun)

  Old Armenian: մրջիւն (mrǰiwn)

• Aromanian: furnigã, furnicã f
• Arrernte:

  Eastern Arrernte: yerre

  Western Arrernte: yerre

• Assamese: পৰুৱা (porua)
• Asturian: formiga (ast) f
• Avar: цӏунцӏра (c̣unc̣ra)
• Aymara: k'isimira, qanlli
• Azerbaijani: qarışqa (az), qarınca (az)
• Baluchi: مور‎ (mor), مورینک‎ (morínk)
• Bashkir: ҡырмыҫҡа (qïrmïθqa)
• Basque: inurri (eu), txingurri (eu)
• Bau Bidayuh: subi
• Belarusian: мура́шка f (muráška)
• Bengali: পিঁপড়া (pĩpôṛa)
• Bodo (India): मोस्रोम (mosrom)
• Breton: merienenn (br) f (collective), merien (br))
• Bulgarian: мра́вка (bg) f (mrávka), мравия́ (bg) f (mravijá), мра́ва (bg) f (mráva)
• Burmese: ပုရွက်ဆိတ် (my) (pu.rwakhcit), ပုရွက် (my) (pu.rwak)
• Catalan: formiga (ca) f
• Cebuano: alamigas, holmigas, hulmigas
• Central Melanau: nged
• Central Sierra Miwok: tisí·najy-
• Chamicuro: añalo
• Chechen: зингат (zingat)
• Cherokee: ᏙᏒᏓᎵ (dosvdali)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 螞蟻, 蚂蚁 (maa⁵ ngai⁵), 蟻, 蚁 (ngai⁵)

  Hakka: 蟻公, 蚁公 (ngie-kûng), 蟻仔, 蚁仔 (ngie-é, ngie-èr)

  Mandarin: 螞蟻 (zh), 蚂蚁 (zh) (mǎyǐ)

  Min Dong: 紅蟻, 红蚁 (è̤ng-ngiê)

  Min Nan: 狗蟻 (zh-min-nan), 狗蚁 (káu-hiā)

  Wu: 螞蟻, 蚂蚁 (mo nyi)

• Chukchi: тыӄиӈэвыт (tyqiṇėvyt)
• Chuvash: кӑткӑ (kătkă)
• Coptic: ϭⲁϫⲓϥ m (cajif) (Sahidic), ϫⲁϥϫⲓϥ m (jafjif) (Bohairic)
• Cornish: moryon (collective), moryonenn f
• Crimean Tatar: qırmısqa
• Czech: mravenec (cs) m
• Dalmatian: formaica f
• Danish: myre (da) c
• Dargwa: имиала (imiala)
• Dhivehi: ހިނި‎ (hini)
• Dhuwal: gälkal
• Dieri: mirrka
• Dimasa: kaising
• Dutch: mier (nl) f
• Elfdalian: męre f
• Erzya: коткудав (kotkudav)
• Esperanto: formiko
• Estonian: sipelgas (et)
• Ewe: anyidi
• Faroese: meyra
• Fijian: qasikalolo (fj)
• Finnish: muurahainen (fi)
• French: fourmi (fr) f
• Friulian: furmie f, furmìe f
• Ga: tsatsu, gaga
• Galician: formiga (gl) f
• Georgian: ჭიანჭველა (ka) (č̣ianč̣vela)
• German: Ameise (de) f
• Gooniyandi: migi
• Greek: μυρμήγκι (el) n (myrmígki)

  Ancient: μύρμηξ m (múrmēx), μύρμηγξ m (múrmēnx)

• Greenlandic: uniaaluk
• Guaraní: tahýi, tahýi
• Guerrero Amuzgo: kíxjáⁿ
• Gujarati: કીડી (kīḍī)
• Hausa: gara
• Hawaiian: naonao
• Hebrew: נְמָלָה‎ (he) f (nemalá)
• Hindi: चींटी (hi) f (cīṇṭī), चिऊँटी f (ciū̃ṭī)
• Hmar: phaivang
• Hungarian: hangya (hu)
• Ibibio: nnuene
• Icelandic: maur (is) m
• Ilocano: kutón
• Indonesian: semut (id)
• Ingush: зунгат (zungat)
• Interlingua: formica
• Irish: seangán (ga) m

  Old Irish: moirb f

• Isthmus Zapotec: birí
• Istriot: furmeîga f
• Istro-Romanian: frunigĕ f
• Italian: formica (it) f
• Japanese: 蟻 (ja) (あり, ari), アリ (ari)
• Javanese: semut (jv)
• Kabardian: хъумпӏэцӏэдж (χ°mṗăc̣ăǯ̍)
• Kannada: ಇರುವೆ (kn) (iruve)
• Kapampangan: panas
• Kaqchikel: ch’eken
• Karachay-Balkar: къумурсха (kʺumurha)
• Kaurna: kadngi
• Kazakh: құмырсқа (kk) (qumırsqa)
• Khakas: хымысха (xımısxa)
• Khmer: ស្រមោច (km) (srɑmaoc)
• Kikai: 蟻 (あーにー, aanii)
• Korean: 개미 (ko) (gaemi)
• Kumyk: хомурсгъа
• Kuna: sichir
• Kurdish: mûrî (ku), mêrî (ku), gêrik (ku)
• Kyrgyz: кумурска (ky) (kumurska)
• Lak: митӏикьукьу (miṭiq̇uq̇u)
• Lamkang: phaivang
• Lao: ມົດ (mot)
• Latgalian: skudre f, skutele f
• Latin: formīca (la) f
• Latvian: skudra f
• Lezgi: цегв (ceg°)
• Limburgish: aomezeik (li) m
• Lithuanian: skruzdėlė f, skruzdė f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: miegamp (Sallands)

  German Low German: Eemk f, Miegaamke f, Miegeem f, Miegeemk f, Miegeemke f, Miegreem f, Mier f

• Luxembourgish: Seechomes f, Seejomes f
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Maasai: enkalaoni f
• Macedonian: мравка f (mravka)
• Malay: semut
• Malayalam: ഉറുമ്പ് (ml) (uṟumpŭ)
• Maltese: nemla f
• Manx: sniengan f
• Maori: pokopokorua, pokorua, rōroro
• Marathi: मुंगी (mr) (muṅgī)
• Mazanderani: ملیجه‎
• Meriam: izrum
• Mizo: fanghmir
• Moksha: панжам (panžam)
• Mongolian: шоргоолж (mn) (šorgoolž)
• Nahuatl: azcatl (nah)
• Navajo: wóláchííʼ
• Nepali: कमिला (kamilā)
• Newari: इमू (imū)
• Ngiyambaa: piipuru
• Norman: freunmion m, frémîn m
• North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) mir n
• Northern Amami-Oshima: 蟻 (あみ, ami)
• Northern Sami: gotka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maur (no) m

  Nynorsk: maur m

• Nyunga: budjin, burdak, dhudula, karrart, kwelka
• Occitan: formiga (oc) f
• Oki-No-Erabu: 蟻 (あに, ani)
• Okinawan: 蟻 (あい, ai)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: мравии f pl (mravii), мравьи f pl (mravĭi)

• Old East Slavic: моровии pl (morovii)
• Old English: ǣmette f
• Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀‎ (qumursɣa)
• Oriya: ପିମ୍ପୁଡି (pimpuḍi)
• Ossetian: мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg), мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg)
• Paiwan: sasiq
• Pashto: مېږى‎ m (meɀáy)
• Persian: مورچه‎ (fa) (murče), مور‎ (fa) (mur)
• Pichinglis: nyɔní
• Pitjantjatjara: minga
• Polish: mrówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: formiga (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕੀੜੀ (pa) f (kīṛī)
• Quechua: sisi, tixa
• Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: furnică (ro) f
• Romansch: furmicla f
• Russian: мураве́й (ru) m (muravéj), (colloquial) мура́шка (ru) f (muráška), мураве́ль (ru) m (muravélʹ) (regional)
• Samoan: loi
• Sanskrit: पिपीलिका (sa) (pipīlikā)
• Santali: ᱢᱩᱡ (muc’)
• Sardinian: formíca f
• Saterland Frisian: Miegelke f
• Scottish Gaelic: seangan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мра̑в m

  Roman: mrȃv (sh) m

• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Sicilian: furmicula (scn) f, fummicula (scn) f
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: කුහුඹුවා (si) (kuhum̆buvā)
• Slovak: mravec (sk) m
• Slovene: mravlja (sl) f
• Somali: qudhaanjo, quraansho
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mroja f

  Upper Sorbian: mrowja f

• Sotho: lerwana (st)
• Southern Amami-Oshima: 蟻 (あみ, ami)
• Spanish: hormiga (es) f
• Sudovian: zangis
• Svan: მჷრშკ (məršḳ)
• Swahili: sisimizi class 9/10, mchwa (sw)
• Swedish: myra (sv), pissmyra (sv) c
• Tabasaran: зимз (zimz)
• Tagal Murut: kilau
• Tagalog: langgam (tl), guyam
• Tajik: мӯрча (tg) (mürča), мӯр (tg) (mür)
• Tamil: எறும்பு (ta) (eṟumpu)
• Taos: į̏ęmę̀ki’ína
• Tat: мужинэ
• Tatar: кырмыска (tt) (qırmıska)
• Telugu: చీమ (te) (cīma)
• Thai: มด (mót)
• Tibetan: གྲོག་མ (grog ma)
• Tigrinya: ጻሰ (ṣasä)
• Tongan: lō
• Torres Strait Creole: anis
• Turkish: karınca (tr), karışka, kumurska
• Turkmen: garynja
• Tuvan: кымыскаяк (kımıskayak)
• Tzotzil: xinich
• Udmurt: кузьыли (kuzʹyli)
• Ukrainian: мура́шка f (muráška), мура́ха f (muráxa)
• Urdu: چینٹی‎ f (cīṇṭī), چیونٹی‎ f (ci'ūṇṭī)
• Uyghur: چۈمۈلە‎ (chümüle)
• Uzbek: chumoli (uz), qumursqa (uz)
• Venetian: formìga f
• Vietnamese: kiến (vi)
• Vilamovian: ȫmys f
• Volapük: furmid (vo)
• Walloon: frumijhe (wa) f, copixhe (wa) f
• Waray-Waray: tubák, harumigas
• Warlpiri: pingi
• Welsh: morgrug m pl (collective), morgrugyn m (singulative)
• West Coast Bajau: semut
• West Frisian: miammel
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Wik-Mungkan: moolan
• Wiradhuri: dhuurruuy
• Wolof: melentaan
• Yakut: кымырдаҕас (kımırdağas)
• Yiddish: מוראַשקע‎ f (murashke)
• Yindjibarndi: waruma
• Yonaguni: 蟻 (あや, aya)
• Yoruba: èrà, erùn
• Zazaki: murce, murcele, morcele
• Zhuang: moed
• Zulu: intuthane (zu) class 9/10, intuthwane (zu) class 9/10

See also

• ant- (prefix)
• -ant (suffix)
• Appendix: Animals
• army
• bike
• colony
• nest
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Verb

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^[2], 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.

References

Anagrams

• NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan

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Breton

Etymology

Noun

ant m

1. furrow

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Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈan/

Noun

ant m (plural ants)

1. elk, moose

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

ant

1. oath

Declension

Declension of ant

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

Synonyms

• yemin

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French entre (“between”).

Preposition

ant

1. between

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐnt]

Preposition

añt (with genitive)

1. on

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Meroitic

Etymology

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

Noun

ant

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

   priest

References

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

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Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• aant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

Verb

ant

1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

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Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *Ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦‎ (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)

1. oath

Synonyms

• kasem
• yemin

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Turkmen

Noun

ant (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. oath

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Vilamovian

ant

Pronunciation

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Noun

ȧnt f (plural anta)

1. duck