miere

See also: Miere

Afrikaans

Noun

miere

  1. plural of mier

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

miere f

  1. ant
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Determiner

miere

  1. inflection of mijn:
    1. feminine genitive and dative singular
    2. genitive plural

Further reading

  • miere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • miere (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellem, possibly through Vulgar Latin *melem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Miel (lamb) is a false friend to other Romance cognates of miere, which include Catalan mel, French miel, Italian miele, Portuguese mel, Spanish miel, Aromanian njare, Megleno-Romanian m'ari, Istro-Romanian mľåre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmje.re/

Noun

miere f (uncountable)

  1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

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