mitre

§English

Wikipedia

§Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪtəɹ/
• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

§Etymology

From Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).

§Noun

mitre (plural mitres)

1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

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2. (heraldry) A heraldic representation of this covering, usually displayed on top of a bishop's or archbishop's coat of arms.
3. The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
4. A sort of base money or coin.

§See also

• alb
• epigonation
• epimanikion
• epitrachelion
• maniple
• omophorion
• rhason
• sakkos
• sticharion
• zone

§Translations

a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries

• Catalan: mitra f
• Dutch: mijter (nl) m
• Esperanto: mitro
• Finnish: hiippa (fi)
• French: mitre (fr) f
• Galician: mitra (gl) f

• Hungarian: mitra (hu), püspöksüveg (hu), süveg (hu)
• Ido: mitro (io)
• Italian: mitra (it)
• Norwegian: mitra
• Russian: митра (ru) (mitra)
• Spanish: mitra f

§Verb

mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred)

1. (commonwealth) Alternative spelling of miter

§Anagrams

• merit
• miter
• remit
• timer

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§Italian

§Noun

mitre f

1. plural form of mitra

§Anagrams

• metri
• termi
• timer
• tremi

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§Lojban

§Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: mi — 米 (mǐ)
• English: mitr — meter
• Hindi: mitar — मीटर (mīṭara)
• Spanish: metr — metro
• Russian: mietr — метр (metr)
• Arabic: mitr

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tre/

§Gismu

mitre (rafsi tre)

1. meter; x1 is x2 meter(s) [metric unit] in length (default 1) measured in direction x3 by standard x4.

§See also

• gutci