mitra

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá, “friend”).

Noun

mitra (plural mitras)

1. A person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more.

Anagrams

• Armit, Tarim, amrit, matri-, timar, tirma

Balinese

Romanization

mitra

1. Romanization of ᬫᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

mitra

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mitra f

1. mitre (church dignitory's headdress)

Declension

Further reading

• mitra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mitra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• mitra in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitrɑ/,
• Rhymes: -itrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mit‧ra

Noun

mitra

1. mitre (head covering of a church dignitary)

Declension

Synonyms

• hiippa

Further reading

• “mitra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Marit, armit, marit, rimat

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mit‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

mitra (plural mitrák)

1. mitre

Declension

Synonyms

• püspöksüveg

References

• Bakos, Ferenc and Pál Fábián. Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára (’A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1989. →ISBN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,
• Hyphenation: mit‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦶꦠꦿ (mitra, “close friend”), from Old Javanese mitra (“friend”), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra, “friend, ally”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mitrás (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”). Doublet of mahar and mohor.

Noun

mitra (plural mitra-mitra, first-person possessive mitraku, second-person possessive mitramu, third-person possessive mitranya)

1. friend, colleague

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

   1. friend.

      Synonyms: teman, sahabat

   2. colleague.

      Synonyms: kolega, rekan, sejawat

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin mitra (“mitre”), from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to bind”) or a loan from an Indo-Iranian source.

Noun

mitra (plural mitra-mitra, first-person possessive mitraku, second-person possessive mitramu, third-person possessive mitranya)

1. mitre: a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

Further reading

• “mitra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/
• Rhymes: -itra
• Hyphenation: mì‧tra

• Audio

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Etymology 1

From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).

Noun

mitra f (plural mitre)

1. mitre (covering for the head worn by church dignitaries)
2. cowl (chimney covering)
3. (historical) band of cloth, leather, or metal girdled by ancient Greek warriors for protective purposes
4. hairband; hair tie
5. ribbon used to keep a tiara in place

Derived terms

• mitrale

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of mitragliatore.

Noun

mitra m (invariable)

1. submachine gun, Tommy gun
2. (informal, regional) parson's nose

   Synonym: boccone del prete

3. type of head injury bandage protection

   Synonym: mitra d'Ippocrate

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mitra

1. inflection of mitrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• matri, ritma, tarmi, trami

Javanese

Romanization

mitra

1. Romanization of ꦩꦶꦠꦿ.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/, or IPA^(key): /ˈmit.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/, or IPA^(key): /ˈmit.ra/,

Noun

mitra f (genitive mitrae); first declension

1. turban
2. mitre

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• mitella
• mitrātus

References

• “mitra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mitra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mitra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mitra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “mitra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mitra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Adjective

mitra

1. inflection of mitrs:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra, “friend, companion”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mitrás (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”).

Noun

mitra

1. companion, friend.

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦩꦶꦠꦿ (mitra) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: mitra
• → Balinese: ᬫᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ (mitra)

Further reading

• "mitra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

mitra

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmit.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itra
• Syllabification: mit‧ra

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mītra.

Noun

mitra f

1. (Roman Catholicism) mitre (headwear of a church dignitary)

   Synonym: infuła

2. (ecclesiastical, figuratively) bishopric (rank or office of a bishop)

   Synonyms: biskupstwo, episkopat, infuła

Declension

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra).

Noun

mitra m pers

1. (Buddhism) mitra (person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more)

Declension

Further reading

• mitra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mitra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧tra

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

Noun

mitra f (plural mitras)

1. mitre

Derived terms

• mitral
• mitrar

Further reading

• mitra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mitra m (plural mitras)

1. (informal) old rabbit
2. (Portugal, slang) street thug

   Synonym: guna

3. (Portugal, Porto, slang) someone who joins a social gathering without an invitation

Derived terms

• mitrar

Etymology 3

Verb

mitra

1. inflection of mitrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitra/

Noun

mitra f (genitive singular mitry, nominative plural mitry, genitive plural mitier, declension pattern of žena)

1. mitre

Declension

Derived terms

• mitrový

Further reading

• “mitra”, 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

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Mitra (indumentaria)

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mitra, borrowed from Latin mītra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitɾa/
• Rhymes: -itɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧tra

Noun

mitra f (plural mitras)

1. mitre (head covering of a church dignitary)

Further reading

• “mitra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

mitra

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

mitra c

1. a mitre

   Synonym: biskopsmössa

Declension

References

• mitra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mitra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mitra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Marit