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/

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Noun

mier (plural miere)

1. ant

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

• bosmier
• legermier
• mierenboerderij
• mierenbroodje
• mierenhoop
• 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

• riem

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian miers.

Noun

mier

1. (Salaca) peace

Old French

Alternative forms

• mer

Etymology

From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɛɾ/

Adjective

mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)

1. pure, simple, complete

Descendants

• → Middle English: mere, mer
  • English: mere

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mier)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi̯er]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. peace (absence of war of arms)

   Antonym: vojna f

Declension

Declension of mier

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

Derived terms

• mierový

See also

• pokoj m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mier f

1. 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, 2024

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