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§ Alternative forms [ edit ] § Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English amte amete Old English ǣmette “ ant ” ), from Proto-Germanic *ēmaitijǭ “ ant ” , literally “ biting-thing, cutter ” ), from Proto-Germanic *ē- “ off, away ” ) + *maitaną “ to cut ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *mai- “ to cut ” ). Cognate with German Ameise Emse “ ant ” ). See also emmet
§ Pronunciation [ 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 [… ]”, The Guardian Weekly
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 .
( 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 ] § Translations [ edit ]
insect
Abaza: хвымбырцӏакӏьа x°əmbərc̣āḳ̍ā )
Abkhaz: ашышкамс āšəšḳāms )
Adyghe: къамзэгу qāmzăg° )
Afrikaans: mier
Albanian: milingonë f
Alviri-Vidari: مورچانه murčāne ) ( Vidari )
Amharic: ጉንዳን gunədan )
Amuzgo: kíxjáⁿ
Arabic: ( collective ) نمل naml ), نملة f námla ) (singulative
Moroccan Arabic: نْمل m nməl ) ( collective ) نمْلة f nəmla ) (singulative
Aragonese: fornica f
Armenian: մրջյուն mrǰyun )
Old Armenian: մրջիւն mrǰiwn )
Aromanian: furnigã
Arrernte:
Eastern Arrernte: yerre
Western Arrernte: yerre
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: formiga f
Avar: цӏунцӏра c̣unc̣ra )
Aymara: k'isimira qanlli
Azeri: qarışqa (az)
Baluchi: مور mor ), مورینک morínk )
Bashkir: ҡырмыҫҡа qïrmïθqa )
Basque: inurri (eu) , txingurri (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: subi
Belarusian: мура́шка f muráška )
Bengali: পিঁপড়া pim̐paṛā )
Bodo (India): मोस्रोम mosrom )
Breton: merienenn (br) f collective , merien (br) )
Bulgarian: мра́вка (bg) f mrávka )
Burmese: ပုရွက်ဆိတ် (my) (pu.rwakhcit )
Catalan: formiga (ca) f
Central Melanau: nged
Chamicuro: añalo
Chechen: зингат zingat )
Cherokee: ᏙᏒᏓᎵ dosvdali )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 螞蟻 蚂蚁 maa5 ngai5 ), 蟻 蚁 ngai5 )
Hakka: 蟻公 蚁公 ngie-kûng ), 蟻仔 蚁仔 ngie-é, ngie-èr )
Mandarin: 螞蟻 蚂蚁 (zh) (mǎyǐ )
Min Nan: 狗蟻 (zh-min-nan) , 狗蚁 káu-hiā )
Chuvash: кӑткӑ kătkă )
Cornish: moryon collective ), moryonenn f
Crimean Tatar: qırmısqa
Czech: mravenec (cs) m
Dalmatian: formaica f
Danish: myre (da) c
Dargwa: имиала imiala )
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dhuwal: gälkal
Dieri: mirrka
Dimasa: kaising
Dutch: mier (nl) f
Erzya: коткудав kotkudav )
Esperanto: formiko
Estonian: sipelgas
Ewe: anyidi
Faroese: meyra
Fijian: qasikalolo
Finnish: muurahainen (fi)
French: fourmi (fr) f
Friulian: furmie f furmìe f
Ga: tsatsu gaga
Galician: formiga f
Georgian: ჭიანჭველა (ka) (čiančvela )
German: Ameise (de) f
Gooniyandi: migi
Greek: μυρμήγκι (el) n myrmínki )
Ancient: μύρμηγξ m múrmēnks ), μύρμηξ m múrmēks )
Guaraní: tahýi tahýi
Gujarati: કીડી keedee )
Hausa: gara
Hawaiian: naonao
Hebrew: נמלה (he) f nemala )
Hindi: चींटी f cīṇṭī ), चिऊँटी f ci'ūṇṭī )
Hmar: phaivang
Hungarian: hangya (hu)
Icelandic: maur (is) m
Ilocano: kutón
Indonesian: semut (id)
Ingush: зунгат zungat )
Interlingua: formica
Irish: seangán (ga) m
Isthmus Zapotec: birí
Istriot: furmeîga f
Istro-Romanian: frunigĕ f
Italian: formica (it) f
Japanese: 蟻 (ja) (あり, arí ), アリ arí )
Javanese: semut
Jèrriais: freunmion m frémîn m
Kabardian: хъумпӏэцӏэдж χ°mṗăc̣ăǯ̍ )
Kannada: ಇರುವೆ (kn) (iruve )
Kapampangan: panas
Karachay-Balkar: къумурсха
Kaurna: kadngi
Kazakh: құмырсқа qumırsqa )
Khmer: ស្រមោច (km) (srə-məoch )
Kikai: 蟻 あーにー, aanii )
Korean: 개미 (ko) (gaemi )
Kumyk: хомурсгъа
Kuna: sichir
Kurdish: mûrî (ku) , mêrî (ku) , gêrik (ku)
Kyrgyz: кумурска (ky) (kumurska )
Lak: митӏикьукьу miṭiq̇uq̇u )
Lamkang: phaivang
Lao: ມົດ mot )
Latgalian: skudre f skutele f
Latin: formica (la) f
Latvian: skudra f
Lezgi: цегв ceg° )
Lithuanian: skruzdėlė f skruzdė f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: miegamp ( Sallands )
Luxembourgish: Seechomes f Seejomes f
Macedonian: мравка f mravka )
Malay: semut
Malayalam: ഉറുമ്പ് (ml) (uṟump )
Maltese: nemla f
Manx: sniengan f
Maori: pokopokorua pokorua rōroro
Marathi: मुंगी (mr) (mungī )
Mazanderani: ملیجه
Meriam: izrum
Mizo: fanghmir
Moksha: панжам panžam )
Mongolian: шоргоолж šorgoolž )
Nahuatl: azcatl (nah)
Navajo: wóláchííʼ
Nepali: कमिला kamilā )
Newari: इमू imū )
Ngiyambaa: piipuru
North Frisian: ( Föhr-Amrum ) mir n
Northern Amami-Oshima: 蟻 あみ, ami )
Norwegian: maur (no)
Nyunga: budjin burdak dhudula karrart kwelka
Occitan: formiga (oc) f
Oki-No-Erabu: 蟻 あに, ani )
Okinawan: 蟻 あい, ai )
Old English: ǣmette f
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Ossetian: мӕлдзыг mælʒyg ), мӕлдзыг mælʒyg )
Persian: مورچه (fa) (murče ), مور (fa) (mur )
Pichinglis: nyɔní
Pitjantjatjara: minga
Polish: mrówka (pl) f
Portuguese: formiga (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕੀੜੀ kīṛī )
Quechua: sisi
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: furnică (ro) f
Romansch: furmicla f
Russian: мураве́й (ru) m muravéj ), ( colloquial ) мура́шка (ru) f muráška )
Samoan: loi
Sanskrit: पिपीलिका pipīlikā )
Santali: ᱢᱩᱡ muc' )
Sardinian: formíca
Scottish Gaelic: seangan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мрав m
Roman: mrav (sh) m
Sicilian: furmicula (scn) f fummicula (scn) f
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: කුහුඹුවා (si) (kuhum̆buvā )
Slovak: mravec m
Slovene: mravlja (sl) f
Somali: qudhaanjo quraansho
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mroja f
Upper Sorbian: mrowja f
Sotho: lerwana (st)
Southern Amami-Oshima: 蟻 あみ, ami )
Spanish: hormiga (es) f
Svan: მჷრშკ məršk )
Swahili: sisimizi class 9 /10 , mchwa (sw)
Swedish: myra (sv) , pissmyra (sv) c
Tabasaran: зимз zimz )
Tagal Murut: kilau
Tagalog: langgam (tl)
Tajik: мӯрча (tg) (mürča ), мӯр mür )
Tamil: எறும்பு (ta) (eṟumpu )
Taos: į̏ęmę̀ki’ína
Tat: мужинэ
Tatar: кырмыска (tt) (qırmıska )
Telugu: చీమ (te) (cīma )
Thai: มด mod )
Tibetan: གྲོག་མ grog ma )
Tigrinya: ጻሰ ṣasä )
Tongan: lō
Torres Strait Creole: anis
Turkish: karınca (tr)
Turkmen: garynja
Tuvan: кымыскаяк kymyskajak )
Udmurt: кузьыли kuzʹyli )
Ukrainian: мура́шка f muráška ), мура́ха f muráxa )
Urdu: چینٹی f cīṇṭī ), چیونٹی f ci'ūṇṭī )
Uyghur: چۈمۈلە chümüle )
Uzbek: chumoli
Venetian: formìga f
Vietnamese: kiến (vi)
Vilamovian: ȫmys f
Volapük: furmid (vo)
Walloon: frumijhe (wa) f copixhe (wa) f
Waray-Waray: tubák
Warlpiri: pingi
Welsh: ( collective ) morgrug m pl ( singulative ) morgrugyn m
West Coast Bajau: semut
West Frisian: miammel
Wik-Mungkan: moolan
Wiradhuri: dhuurruuy
Wolof: melentaan
Yakut: кымырдаҕас kımırdağas )
Yiddish: מוראַשקע f murashke )
Yindjibarndi: waruma
Yonaguni: 蟻 あや, aya )
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
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 March 4, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, The Auk , volume 91, 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.
ant m
furrow
ant m plural ants
elk , moose
§ Crimean Tatar [ edit ] ant
oath
§ Declension [ edit ]
Declension of ant
nominative
ant
genitive
antnıñ
dative
antqa
accusative
antnı
locative
antta
ablative
anttan
§ References [ edit ] § Haitian Creole [ edit ] § Etymology [ edit ] From French entre “ between ” ).
§ Preposition [ edit ] ant
between
§ Lithuanian [ edit ] § Pronunciation [ edit ] § Preposition [ edit ] añt (with genitive )
on
§ Middle Welsh [ edit ] § Alternative forms [ edit ] § Pronunciation [ edit ] ant
third-person plural present indicative of mynet
§ Etymology [ edit ] From Old Turkic ant , from Proto-Turkic *Ānt “ oath ” ).
ant
oath
