mist

See also Mist

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst
• Homophone: missed

Etymology

From Old English mist (“mist”)

Noun

mist (countable and uncountable; plural mists)

1. (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.

   It was difficult to see through the morning mist.

2. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.

   There was an oily mist on the lens.

Derived terms

• misty
• mists of time
• red mist

Translations

Water or other liquid finely suspended in air

Albanian: mjegull (sq) Catalan: boira (ca) f. Chamicuro: puuya Chinese: Mandarin: 薄霧 (zh), 薄雾 (zh) (bówù) Czech: mlha (cs) f. Dutch: mist (nl), nevel (nl) Esperanto: nebulo (eo) Estonian: udu (et), vine (et) Finnish: sumu (fi), usva (fi), utu (fi), terhen (fi), auer (fi), huuru (fi), häkärä (fi) French: brouillard (fr) m., brume (fr) f. German: Nebel (de) m., Dunst (de) m. Greek: καταχνιά (el) f., πούσι (el) n. Gronings: dook Icelandic: mistur (is) m. Italian: nebbia (it) f., foschia (it) f., bruma (it) f. Japanese: 霞み (ja) (かすみ, kasumi), 霧 (ja) (きり, kiri) Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌م (ku) (tam)

Latin: nebula (la) Latvian: migla (lv) f., dūmaka (lv) f. Lithuanian: migla (lt) f., rūkas (lt) m. Nahuatl: poctli Navajo: áhí Norwegian: tåke (no) c., skodde (no) c. Polish: mgła (pl) f. Portuguese: névoa (pt) f., neblina (pt) f., bruma (pt) f. Romanian: ceață (ro) f., negură (ro) f. Russian: тума́н (ru) (tumán) m., ды́мка (ru) (dýmka) f., мгла (ru) (mgla) f. Serbian: sumaglica (sr) Slovak: hmla (sk) f. Spanish: niebla (es) f., neblina (es) f. Swedish: dimma (sv), mist (sv) m. Welsh: niwl (cy) m., niwlen (cy) f., nudden (cy) f., tarth (cy) m.

A layer of fine droplets or particles

Dutch: waas (nl)

Swedish: imma (sv)

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Lithuanian: rūkas m, ūkana f, ūkas f

Verb

mist (third-person singular simple present mists, present participle misting, simple past and past participle misted)

1. To form mist.

   It's misting this morning.

2. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

   I mist my tropical plants every morning.

3. To cover with a mist.

   The lens was misted.

4. (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

   My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.

Derived terms

• mist over

Translations

To form mist

French: faire de la brume, brumer Japanese: 霞む (かすむ, kasumu) Polish: zamglić się (pl)

Portuguese: enevoar, nublar Welsh: niwlio (cy)

To spray fine droplets on

Finnish: sumuttaa (fi)

Polish: zraszać (pl), zrosić (pl)

To cover with a mist

Polish: zaparować (pl), pokryć (pl) rosą

To be covered by tears

Polish: zajść (pl) łzami

Anagrams

• ISTM
• stim

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Akkala Sami

Pronoun

miśtˑ

1. in us (first-person plural pronoun, locative)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

mist m. (plural misten, diminutive mistje)

1. fog, mist

Verb

mist

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of missen.
2. plural imperative of missen.
3. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of misten.
4. imperative of misten.

Anagrams

• mits

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Swedish

Noun

mist c.

1. fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)

This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at fog. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mist in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009

Verb

mist

1. imperative of mista.
2. past participle of mista.
3. supine of mista.