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 the etymology of 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

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *mierhæ, from *mierhjǣ, from *mearhjǣ, from Anglo-Frisian *mærhjǣ, from West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Related to Old Frisian merie, Old Saxon meriha, Old Dutch merie, Old High German meriha, Old Norse merr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːy̯re/

Noun

mīere f

  1. mare, female horse

Declension
Declension of miere (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mīere mīeran
accusative mīeran mīeran
genitive mīeran mīerena
dative mīeran mīerum

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellem, probably through a Vulgar Latin *melem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. The unrelated Romanian word 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 njari, Megleno-Romanian m'ari, Istro-Romanian mľåre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmje.re/

Noun

miere f (uncountable)

  1. honey

Declension
declension of miere (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) miere mierea
genitive/dative (unei) mieri mierii
vocative miere, miereo

Derived terms
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