mier
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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)
ant
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /mir/, [miːr], [miər], [miɻ]
Hyphenation: mier
Rhymes: -ir
=== Noun ===
mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)
(zoology) ant
Synonym: emt
(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 ===
riem
== Livonian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈmieˀr/, [ˈmĭ̯eˀr]
==== Noun ====
mie’r
alternative form of me’r
===== Declension =====
==== References ====
Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mie’r”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Latvian miers.
==== Noun ====
mier
(Salaca) peace
==== References ====
Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.
== Old Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmi̯ɛːr/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmiːr/
=== Noun ===
mier m inan
alternative form of mír
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “mier”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
== Old French ==
=== Alternative forms ===
mer
=== Etymology ===
From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmjɛɾ/
=== Adjective ===
mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)
pure, simple, complete
==== Descendants ====
→ Middle English: mere, mer
English: mere
=== References ===
Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “mier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure, clear”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /mjer/
=== Adjective ===
mier m or n (feminine singular mieră, masculine plural mieri, feminine/neuter plural miere)
light blue
blue
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /mɪ̯er/, [ˈmɪ̯er]
Rhymes: -ɪ̯er
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).
==== Noun ====
mier m inan (relational adjective mierový)
peace (absence of war of arms)
Synonym: pokoj m
Antonym: vojna f
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
mier f
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, 2003–2026
== West Frisian ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Noun ===
mier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)
chickweed
==== Further reading ====
“mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011