ant
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: ănt, IPA(key): /ænt/
- (New Zealand) enPR: ănt, IPA(key): /ɛnt/
- (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA(key): /ɑːnt/[1]
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [ɛənt], [eənt], [ɛːnt]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænt
- Homophone: aunt (in some accents)
Noun edit
ant (plural ants)
- 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.
- (Internet) A Web spider.
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- (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 edit
- acrobat ant
- agricultural ant
- Allegheny mound ant
- Amazon ant
- ant bear/ant-bear/antbear
- ant-bed
- ant-bed, antbed parrot, antbed parrot moth
- ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius)
- antbird (Thamnophilidae spp.)
- ant-blue (Acrodipsas spp.)
- ant cap
- ant cattle
- ant cow
- ant cricket (Myrmecophilidae)
- anteater/ant-eater
- ant egg
- ant farm
- ant-heap
- anthill/ant-hill/ant hill
- anting
- antkind
- antlike
- antlion/ant lion (Myrmeleontidae spp.)
- antly
- ant mill
- ant mimicry
- ant mound
- ant nest beetle
- ant orchid (Chiloglottis formicifera)
- antpitta (Grallariidae spp.)
- ant rattan (esp. Korthalsia rostrata)
- ant rice (Aristida oligantha)
- ant sand
- antshrike (Thamnophilidae spp.)
- ants in one's pants
- ant-tanager
- ant tanager
- ant thrush, antthrush (Formicarius spp., Chamaeza spp.)
- ant tree
- antvireo (Dysithamnus spp.)
- antwren (Myrmotherula spp.)
- Argentine ant (Linepithema humilis)
- armadillo ant
- banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus)
- bigheaded ant (Pheidole megacephala)
- black ant
- black imported fire ant
- blue ant (Diamma bicolor)
- bullet ant (Paraponera clavata)
- cocktail ant
- coconut ant
- crazy ant (Paratrechina spp. etc.)
- driver ant (Dorylus spp.)
- duck ant (Nasutitermes nigriceps)
- fungus-growing ant
- ghost ant
- gliding ant
- green ant
- green tree ant
- harvester ant
- Hercules ant
- honey ant
- honey pot ant/honeypot ant
- horse ant
- jet ant
- Langton's ant
- leaf-cutter ant/leaf-cutting ant
- legionary ant
- lemon ant
- lion ant
- little black ant
- meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus)
- mound ant
- odorous house ant
- panda ant
- parasol ant
- pavement ant
- piss-ant
- rainbow ant
- red imported fire ant
- safari ant
- skull-collecting ant
- slave ant
- slave-making ant
- stink ant
- sugar ant (Camponotus spp.)
- the ant's pants
- throw an ant into a sty
- tramp ant
- trap jaw ant/trap-jaw ant/trapjaw ant
- turf ant
- turtle ant
- umbrella ant
- Valentine ant
- velvet ant (Mutillidae spp.)
- visiting ant
- warrior ant
- weaver ant
- white ant/white-ant (Isoptera spp.)
- yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)
Translations edit
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See also edit
- ant- (prefix)
- -ant (suffix)
- Appendix:Animals
- army
- colony
- nest
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Verb edit
ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)
- (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
- 1974, Eloise Potter and Doris Hauser, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk[2], volume 91, archived from the original on 6 June 2011, 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 edit
- ^ Joan Beal (2002) English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 27 April 2018, page 109
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
ant m
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
- dant (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Andalusian Arabic لمط (lámṭ), presumably by misdivision.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ant m (plural ants)
Further reading edit
- “ant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar edit
Noun edit
ant (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
Declension edit
nominative | ant |
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genitive | antnıñ |
dative | antqa |
accusative | antnı |
locative | antta |
ablative | anttan |
Synonyms edit
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Egyptian edit
Romanization edit
ant
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French entre (“between”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
ant
Lithuanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- añ (dialectal)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Lithuanian añt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-t.[1][2][3] Compare Sudovian an.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
añt (with genitive)
- on
- Jis sėdi ant kėdės. ― He sits on a chair.
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “ant”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
- ^ “añt” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 35 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading edit
- “ant”, in lkz.lt [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “ant”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “Prepositions with the genitive case”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 407
Meroitic edit
Romanization edit
ant
- Romanization of 𐦠𐦩𐦴
Middle Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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ant
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ant
- past participle of ane
- past participle common of ane
- past participle neuter of ane
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Verb edit
ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle antin, simple past antit, past participle antit)
References edit
- “ant, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish آند (and), from Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦 (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc. Also, Cognate to Southern Altai андык- (andïk-, “to prove”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)
Declension edit
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Synonyms edit
Turkmen edit
Noun edit
ant (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ente alongside ant, from Old High German enita alongside anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Compare Dutch eend, German Ente.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ȧnt f (plural anta)