anthill

English

An anthill

Etymology

From Middle English ametehul, from Old English ǣmethyll (“anthill”), equivalent to ant +‎ hill.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈænthɪl/

Noun

anthill (plural anthills)

1. A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

See also

• Myrmidon
• myrmidon

Translations

home of ants and termites

• Basque: inurritegi (eu)
• Bulgarian: мравуняк (bg) (mravunjak) m
• Catalan: formiguer (ca) m (ants), termiter (ca) m (termites)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟻丘 (cmn), 蚁丘 (cmn) (yǐqiū)

• Czech: mraveniště (cs) n
• Estonian: sipelgapesa (et), termiidipesa (et)
• Finnish: muurahaiskeko (fi)
• French: fourmilière (fr) f (ants), termitière (fr) f (termites)
• German: Ameisenhaufen (de) m, Ameisenhügel (de) m
• Greek: μυρμηγκοφωλιά (el) (mirmigofoliá) f
• Hungarian: hangyaboly (hu)
• Icelandic: mauraþúfa (is) f
• Italian: formicaio (it) m
• Japanese: 蟻塚 (ja) (ありづか, arizuka)
• Jèrriais: freunmionniéthe f

• Latin: formicarium (la) n
• Macedonian: мравјалник (mk) (mrávjalnik) m
• Malay: busut (ms)
• Maltese: bejta tan-nemel
• Navajo: wááláchíí bighan
• Old English: ǣmethyll m
• Polish: mrowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: formigueiro m (ants), cupinzeiro m (termites)
• Romanian: furnicar (ro), mușuroi (ro) n
• Russian: муравейник (ru) (muravéjnik) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мравињак (sh) m

  Roman: mravinjak (sh) m

• Spanish: hormiguero (es) m
• Swahili: kishugu (sw)
• Turkish: karınca yuvası (tr)