mier
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch mier, from Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mir/
Audio: (file)
Noun
mier (plural miere)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch miere, from Old Dutch *miuri, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mir/, [miːr], [miɻ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mier
- Rhymes: -ir
Noun
mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)
- (zoology) ant
- Synonym: emt
- (figuratively) insignificant individual
Derived terms
- bosmier
- legermier
- mierenboerderij
- mierenbroodje
- mierenhoop
- mierenjager
- mierennest
- mierenneuker
- mierenzuur
- mierzoet
- trosmier
- vuurmier
- wegmier
- weidemier
Descendants
- Afrikaans: mier
- Berbice Creole Dutch: mira
- Skepi Creole Dutch: mira
- → Ambonese Malay: mir
- → Lokono: miri
- → Aukan: mila
- → Kupang Malay: mir
- → Sranan Tongo: mira
- → West Frisian: mier
Anagrams
Livonian
Etymology
Noun
mier
- (Salaca) peace
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
mier m inan
- alternative form of mír
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mier | miery | mieři, mierové |
| genitive | miera, mieru | mierú | mieróv |
| dative | mieru | mieroma | mieróm |
| accusative | mier | miery | miery |
| vocative | mieře | miery | mieři, mierové |
| locative | mieřě, mieru | mierú | mieřiech |
| instrumental | mierem | mieroma | miery |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “mier”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjɛɾ/
Adjective
mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mier)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure, clear”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mjer/
Adjective
mier m or n (feminine singular mieră, masculine plural mieri, feminine and neuter plural miere)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mi̯er]
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).
Noun
mier m inan (genitive singular mieru, declension pattern of stroj)
Declension
Derived terms
- mierový
See also
- pokoj m
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mier f
- genitive plural of miera
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, 2003–2025
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)
Further reading
- “mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011