mier

See also: Mier

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mir/

Noun

mier (plural miere)

  1. ant

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mir/, [miːr]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian miers.

Noun

mier

  1. (Salaca) peace

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *mei(H)-ro-.

Noun

mier m

  1. peace

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmi̯ɛr/

Noun

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

  1. peace (absence of war of arms)

Declension
Declension of mier
singulare tantum
nominative mier
genitive mieru
dative mieru
accusative mier
locative mieri
instrumental mierom

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • mierový

See also

Further reading
  • mier in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

West Frisian

Etymology

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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