mite

(Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) mite (arachnid)
2. (feminine) moth, particularly one whose larva destroys something stored by humans

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of miter:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of miter:

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mit/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: -

Geërf van Old French: mitte

Verwante met Old English: mīte

Verwante met Old High German: mīza

Verwante met Deens: mide

In summary

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”).
Akin to Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), Old High German mīza (“mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).

Sinonieme

teigne

mite des vêtements

phalène

papillon de nuit

mites

gerce

alvéole d’abeille

acarien

Vertalings

Motte

moth

mot

tarma

arna

polilla

güve

traça

ćma

tignola

Nachtfalter

mariposa

🦋

clothes moth

falena

mite