formiga

See also: Formiga and formìga

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

  1. ant

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan formiga), from Latin formīca (compare French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /furˈmi.ɡə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡa/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

  1. ant

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Alternative forms

  • forniga, furmía, furmiga

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant
    • 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
      Unha formiguiña senlleira e angueirosa, bulindo por antre a herbaxe ollóu, sen facer bruído ningún, como xacía Rasgulkje impotente
      A solitary and hard-working little ant, cruising by the grasses, saw, making no sound, how Rasgulkje laid helpless

Derived terms

References

  • formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • formig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • formiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • formiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Etymology

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

References


Occitan

Alternative forms

  • fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [furˈmiɣo]

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

Portuguese

formiga

Etymology

From Old Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (ant).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.ˈmi.ɣɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /foɾ.ˈmi.ɡa/
  • Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:formiga.

Descendants

Verb

formiga

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of formigar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of formigar

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:formigar.


Venetian

Etymology

See formìga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)

  1. ant
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