ant

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
2. (Internet) A Web spider.

Verb

To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

Conceptes

formiga

🐜

Sinònims

emmet

ants

pismire

black ant

insect

formica

grasshopper

locust

red

reddish

termite

white ant

fish

🐟

Big Blue

kind of insect

ant-

-ant

carpenter ant

meat ant

ant-hill

small ant

biting

fly

✈️

flying

formic

Traduccions

hormiga

🐜

fourmi

🐜

formica

🐜

Ameise

🐜

formiga

🐜

mier

🐜

karınca

🐜

μυρμήγκι

formica

🐜

نمل

formiga

نملة

🐜

mûrî

🐜

μυρμήκι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ænt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ampte

Heretat de anglès antic: æmete

Cognat amb escocès: emmot

Cognat amb neerlandès: emt

Cognat amb alemany: Ameise

In summary

From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.