mite

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: mīt, IPA(key): /maɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophone: might === Noun === mite (plural mites) Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina). Hypernyms: arachnid < arthropod < bug (broad sense) < invertebrate < animal < creature, critter Coordinate terms: (other arachnids) tick, spider, scorpion; (other arthropods) insect A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Synonyms: atom, speck; see also Thesaurus:modicum a mite (colloquial, often as a term of endearment) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal. Synonyms: rogue, scamp; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === mite Eye dialect spelling of might. === Anagrams === item, METI, Item, EMT-I, it me, time, emit, -time == Au == === Noun === mite woman === References === transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mythos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈmi.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmi.te] === Noun === mite m (plural mites) myth ==== Related terms ==== mític mitologia ==== Further reading ==== “mite”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, from Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”). Akin to Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), Old High German mīza (“mite”), Danish mide (“mite”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mit/ === Noun === mite f (plural mites) mite (arachnid) moth, particularly one whose larva destroys something stored by humans ==== Derived terms ==== antimite boule à mites ==== Related terms ==== acarien m chenille f papillon m teigne f (“clothes moth”) pyrale f (“meal moth”) === Verb === mite inflection of miter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “mite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === émit, émît == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mītem (“mild, mature”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmi.te/ Rhymes: -ite Hyphenation: mì‧te === Adjective === mite m or f by sense (plural miti) mild moderate (price) balmy, mild (climate) meek (animal) ==== Derived terms ==== mitemente === Further reading === mite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === item, temi == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.te] === Adjective === mīte nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mītis === References === “mite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”). === Noun === mite f (plural mites) (Jersey) mite == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”). === Noun === mīte f a mite, small insect ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: mite English: mite === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “míte”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Portuguese == === Verb === mite inflection of mitar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Volapük == === Noun === mite dative singular of mit