formiga

See also: Formiga and formìga

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

1. ant

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /furˈmi.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡa/

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

1. ant

Derived terms

• formiga lleó
• formigat
• formigueig
• formiguejar
• formiguer

 

References

• “formiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “formiga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “formiga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “formiga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• forniga, furmía, furmiga

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʊɾˈmiɣɐ/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. ant
   • 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:

     Unha formiguiña senlleira e angueirosa, bulindo por antre a herbaxe ollóu, sen facer bruído ningún, como xacía Rasgulkje impotente

     A solitary and hard-working little ant, cruising by the grasses, saw, making no sound, how Rasgulkje laid helpless

Derived terms

• Formiga
• Formigoso
• formigueiro
• Formigueiro
• Formigueiros

References

• “formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “formig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
• “formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “formiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “formiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. ant

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [furˈmiɣo]

• Audio (Languedocien)

  (file)

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. ant

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Portuguese

formiga

Etymology

From Old Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ˈmi.ɣɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɾ.ˈmi.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. ant

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formiga.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: furminga, forminga
• Papiamentu: fruminga, vruminga

Verb

formiga

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of formigar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of formigar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formigar.

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈmiɡa/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) ant

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Venetian

Etymology

See formìga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)

1. ant