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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [furˈmi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈmi.ɣa]

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

1. ant

Derived terms

• formigat, formigueig, formiguejar, formiguer

Further reading

• “formiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• forniga, furmía, furmiga

Etymology

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

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

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “formig”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “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]

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. ant

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Portuguese

formiga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ˈmi.ɣɐ/
• 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. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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): /fɔɾˈmi.ɡa/, [foɾˈmiːɣa]

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