mier

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

• IPA^(key): /mir/

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mier (plural miere)

1. ant

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

• IPA^(key): /mir/, [miːr], [miɻ]

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• Hyphenation: mier
• Rhymes: -ir

mier f (plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

1. (zoology) ant

   Synonym: emt

2. (figuratively) insignificant individual

• 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

• riem

• IPA^(key): /ˈmieˀr/, [ˈmĭ̯eˀr]

mie’r

1. alternative form of me’r

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mie’r”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Borrowed from Latvian miers.

mier

1. (Salaca) peace

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmi̯ɛːr/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmiːr/

mier m inan

1. alternative form of mír

• 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

• mer

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɛɾ/

mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)

1. pure, simple, complete

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

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “mier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

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

• IPA^(key): /mjer/

mier m or n (feminine singular mieră, masculine plural mieri, feminine/neuter plural miere)

1. light blue
2. blue

• IPA^(key): /mɪ̯er/, [ˈmɪ̯er]

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• Rhymes: -ɪ̯er

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

mier m inan (relational adjective mierový)

1. peace (absence of war of arms)

   Synonym: pokoj m

   Antonym: vojna f

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mier f

1. genitive plural of miera

• “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, 2003–2026

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mier c (plural mieren, diminutive mierke)

1. chickweed

• “mier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011