ant
English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: ănt, IPA(key): /ænt/
- (New Zealand) enPR: ănt, IPA(key): /ɛnt/
- (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA(key): /ɑːnt/[1]
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [ɛənt], [eənt]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænt
- Homophone: aunt (in some accents)
Noun[edit]
ant (plural ants)
- Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] . But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
- (Internet) A Web spider.
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (insect in Formicidae): army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood ant
Derived terms[edit]
- ant bear/ant-bear/antbear
- ant-bed, antbed parrot, antbed parrot moth
- ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius)
- antbird (Thamnophilidae spp.)
- ant cap
- anteater/ant-eater
- anthill/ant-hill/ant hill
- anting
- antkind
- antlike
- antlion/ant lion (Myrmeleontidae spp.)
- antly
- the ant's pants
- ants in one's pants
- antshrike (Thamnophilidae spp.)
- antpitta (Grallariidae spp.)
- ant thrush, antthrush (Formicarius spp., Chamaeza spp.)
- antvireo (Dysithamnus spp.)
- antwren (Myrmotherula spp.)
- ant cattle
- ant cow
- ant cricket (Myrmecophilidae)
- ant egg
- ant farm
- ant mill
- ant mound
- ant orchid (Chiloglottis formicifera)
- ant rattan (esp. Korthalsia rostrata)
- ant rice (Aristida oligantha)
- ant sand
- ant-blue (Acrodipsas spp.)
- ant-heap
- Argentine ant (Linepithema humilis)
- banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus)
- bigheaded ant (Pheidole megacephala)
- blue ant (Diamma bicolor)
- bullet ant (Paraponera clavata)
- crazy ant (Paratrechina spp. etc.)
- driver ant (Dorylus spp.)
- duck ant (Nasutitermes nigriceps)
- ghost ant
- gliding ant
- green ant
- green tree ant
- harvester ant
- Hercules ant
- honey ant
- honey pot ant/honeypot ant
- horse ant
- jet ant
- Langton's ant
- leaf-cutter ant/leaf-cutting ant
- lemon ant
- lion ant
- little black ant
- meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus)
- panda ant
- parasol ant
- pavement ant
- piss-ant
- rainbow ant
- red imported fire ant
- safari ant
- skull-collecting ant
- slave ant
- slave-making ant
- sugar ant (Camponotus spp.)
- tramp ant
- trap jaw ant/trap-jaw ant/trapjaw ant
- turf ant
- turtle ant
- umbrella ant
- velvet ant (Mutillidae spp.)
- visiting ant
- warrior ant
- weaver ant
- white ant/white-ant (Isoptera spp.)
- yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- 🐜
- ant- (prefix)
- -ant (suffix)
- Appendix:Animals
- army
- bike
- colony
- nest
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Verb[edit]
ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)
- (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
- 1974, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk[2], volume 91, archived from the original on 6 June 2011, page 538:
- Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Beal (2002) English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 27 April 2018, page 109
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
ant m
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- dant (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Andalusian Arabic لمط (lámṭ), presumably by misdivision.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ant m (plural ants)
Further reading[edit]
- “ant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Noun[edit]
ant
Declension[edit]
nominative | ant |
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genitive | antnıñ |
dative | antqa |
accusative | antnı |
locative | antta |
ablative | anttan |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Egyptian[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ant
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French entre (“between”).
Preposition[edit]
ant
Lithuanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
añt (with genitive)
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “ant”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
- ^ “añt” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 35 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading[edit]
- “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “ant”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “Prepositions with the genitive case”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 407
Meroitic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ant
- Romanization of 𐦠𐦩𐦴
Middle Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ant
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ant
- past participle of ane
- past participle common of ane
- past participle neuter of ane
Anagrams[edit]
Scots[edit]
Verb[edit]
ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle antin, simple past antit, past participle antit)
References[edit]
- “ant, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish آند (and), from Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦 (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc. Also, Cognate to Southern Altai андык- (andïk-, “to prove”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)
Declension[edit]
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Synonyms[edit]
Turkmen[edit]
Noun[edit]
ant (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Vilamovian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German ente alongside ant, from Old High German enita alongside anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Compare Dutch eend, German Ente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ȧnt f (plural anta)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Old English
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- Rhymes:English/ænt/1 syllable
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- en:Internet
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- en:Ornithology
- English three-letter words
- en:Ants
- en:Insects
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- Catalan terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
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- Catalan lemmas
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- Catalan countable nouns
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- ca:Cervids
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- Egyptian non-lemma forms
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- Haitian Creole lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɑːnt
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- Scots verbs
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- wym:Birds