mier

See also: Mier

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mier, from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir/

Noun

mier (plural miere)

1. ant

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir/, [miːr], [miɻ]

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• Hyphenation: mier
• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

1. (zoology) ant

   Synonym: emt

2. (figuratively) insignificant individual

Derived terms

• mierenboerderij
• mierenbroodje
• mierenhoop
• mierennest
• mierenneuker
• mierzoet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mier
• → Sranan Tongo: mira

Anagrams

• riem

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Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian miers.

Noun

mier

1. (Salaca) peace

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Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀrás, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mei(H)-ro-.

Noun

mier m

1. peace

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi̯ɛr/

Noun

mier m (genitive singular mieru, declension pattern of stroj)

1. peace (absence of war of arms)

Declension

Declension of mier

	singulare tantum
nominative	mier
genitive	mieru
dative	mieru
accusative	mier
locative	mieri
instrumental	mierom

Antonyms

• vojna f

Derived terms

• mierový

See also

• pokoj m

Further reading

• “mier”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

mier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)

1. chickweed

Further reading

• “mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011