miar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Cimbrian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”). Cognate with German mir, English me.
=== Pronoun ===
miar
(Sette Comuni) dative of ich: me, to me
=== See also ===
=== References ===
“miar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Onomatopoeic, from miau (“meow”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /miˈaɾ/
=== Verb ===
miar (first-person singular present mío, first-person singular preterite miei, past participle miado)
miar (first-person singular present mio, first-person singular preterite miei, past participle miado, reintegrationist norm)
to meow
Synonym: miañar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
miañar
miau
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “miar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmjar/
Rhymes: -ar
Syllabification: miar
Homophone: Miar
=== Noun ===
miar f
genitive plural of miara
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Onomatopoeic: miau + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Homophone: mear (Portugal)
Hyphenation: mi‧ar
=== Verb ===
miar (first-person singular present mio, first-person singular preterite miei, past participle miado)
(intransitive) to meow
(intransitive, slang, figurative) to fall through, to fail
==== Conjugation ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“miar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“miar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
“miar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“miar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“miar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“miar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
From mie + -ar.
=== Noun ===
miar n (plural miare)
thousand lei banknote
==== Declension ====
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From miau + -ar.
=== Verb ===
miar (first-person singular present mio, first-person singular preterite mie, past participle miado)
to meow
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“miar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025