mier
See also: Mier
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch mier, from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mier (plural miere)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mier 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 edit
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mier
- (Salaca) peace
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mier)
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).
Noun edit
mier m inan (genitive singular mieru, declension pattern of stroj)
Declension edit
Declension of mier
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- pokoj m
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
mier 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 edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
mier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)
Further reading edit
- “mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011