mitra

Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá, “friend”).

mitra (plural mitras)

1. A person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more.

• Armit, Tarim, amrit, matri-, timar, tirma

From Old Javanese mitra (“friend”), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra, “friend, companion”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mitrás (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”). Cognate of Indonesian mitra (“friend”).

• IPA^(key): /mitrə/

mitra (Balinese script ᬫᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ)

1. a secondary lover

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪtra]

mitra f

1. mitre (church dignitory's headdress)

• “mitra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mitra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mitra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitrɑ/, [ˈmit̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mit‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): mit‧ra

mitra

1. mitre (head covering of a church dignitary)

• hiippa

• “mitra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Marit, armit, marit, rimat

• IPA^(key): [ˈmitrɒ]
• Hyphenation: mit‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

mitra (plural mitrák)

1. mitre

• püspöksüveg

• Bakos, Ferenc and Pál Fábián. Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára (’A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1989. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪt̚.ra], [ˈmi.tra]
• Hyphenation: mit‧ra

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦶꦠꦿ (mitra, “close friend”), from Old Javanese mitra (“friend”), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra, “friend, ally”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mitrás (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”). Doublet of mahar and mohor.

mitra (plural mitra-mitra)

1. friend, colleague

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

   1. friend

      Synonyms: teman, sahabat

   2. colleague

      Synonyms: kolega, rekan, sejawat

Learned borrowing from Latin mitra (“mitre”), from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to bind”) or a loan from an Indo-Iranian source.

mitra (plural mitra-mitra)

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

• “mitra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/
• Rhymes: -itra
• Hyphenation: mì‧tra

• Audio:

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From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).

mitra f (plural mitre)

1. mitre (covering for the head worn by church dignitaries)
2. cowl (chimney covering)
3. (historical) band of cloth, leather, or metal girdled by ancient Greek warriors for protective purposes
4. hairband; hair tie
5. ribbon used to keep a tiara in place

• mitrale

Abbreviation of mitragliatore.

mitra m (invariable)

1. submachine gun, Tommy gun
2. (informal, regional) parson's nose

   Synonym: boccone del prete

3. type of head injury bandage protection

   Synonym: mitra d'Ippocrate

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mitra

1. inflection of mitrare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• matri, ritma, tarmi, trami

mitra

1. romanization of ꦩꦶꦠꦿ

From Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪ.tra], [ˈmɪt.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.t̪ra], [ˈmit̪.ra]

mitra f (genitive mitrae); first declension

1. turban
2. mitre

First-declension noun.

• mitella
• mitrātus

• “mitra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mitra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "mitra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mitra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “mitra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mitra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

mitra

1. inflection of mitrs:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Borrowed from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra, “friend, companion”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mitrás (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”).

mitra

1. companion, friend.

• > Javanese: ꦩꦶꦠꦿ (mitra) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: mitra
• → Balinese: ᬫᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ (mitra)

• "mitra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itra
• Syllabification: mi‧tra

Learned borrowing from Latin mītra.

mitra f

1. (Roman Catholicism) mitre (headwear of a church dignitary)

   Synonym: infuła

2. (ecclesiastical, figuratively) bishopric (rank or office of a bishop)

   Synonyms: biskupstwo, episkopat, infuła

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra).

mitra m pers

1. (Buddhism) mitra (person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more)

• mitra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mitra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: mi‧tra

Learned borrowing from Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).^[1]

mitra f (plural mitras)

1. mitre

• mitral
• mitrar

• mitra on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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mitra m (plural mitras)

1. (informal) old rabbit
2. (Portugal, Lisbon, colloquial) a chav

   Synonym: (Northern Portugal) guna

3. (Portugal, Porto, colloquial) someone who joins a social gathering without an invitation

• mitrar

mitra

1. inflection of mitrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Derived from Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmitra]

mitra f (relational adjective mitrový)

1. mitre

• “mitra”, 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

Inherited from Old Spanish mitra, borrowed from Latin mītra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitɾa/ [ˈmi.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -itɾa
• Syllabification: mi‧tra

mitra f (plural mitras)

1. mitre (head covering of a church dignitary)

• “mitra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

mitra c

1. a mitre

   Synonym: biskopsmössa

• mitra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mitra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mitra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Marit