mier

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mier, from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mir/
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Noun

mier (plural miere)

  1. ant

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

  1. (zoology) ant
    Synonym: emt
  2. (figuratively) insignificant individual

Derived terms

Descendants

  • 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

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian miers.

Noun

mier

  1. (Salaca) peace

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)

  1. pure, simple, complete

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mier)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).

Noun

mier m inan (genitive singular mieru, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. peace (absence of war of arms)
    Antonym: vojna f
Declension
Declension of mier
singulare tantum
nominative mier
genitive mieru
dative mieru
accusative mier
locative mieri
instrumental mierom
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mier f

  1. genitive plural of miera

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology

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Noun

mier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)

  1. chickweed

Further reading

  • “mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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