mize

See also: Mize, mizë, and míze

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪzɛ]

Verb

mize

1. masculine singular present transgressive of mizet

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mize/

Etymology 1

From French musée.

Noun

mize

1. museum

Etymology 2

From French muser.

Verb

mize

1. to dawdle

Etymology 3

From French miser.

Verb

mize

1. to wager

Related terms

• miz

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English mase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːz/

Noun

mize

1. amaze, surprise, amazement

   Synonym: amize

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:

     Licke a mope an a mile, he gazt ing a mize;

     Like a fool in a mill, he looked in amazement;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57