mite

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
2. A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
3. A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
4. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
5. (adverbial, sometimes) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
6. (colloquial, often) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.

Verb

Eye dialect spelling of might.

Concepts

acarien

mite

frapper

grain

miette

toucher

aoûtat

grain de beauté

pauvre petit

tantinet

un tout petit peu

Acari

pauvre petite

acarus

Synonymes

tick

animalcule

arachnids

acarus

pinch

beauty spot

bit

hint

soupcon

speck

midge

tinge

touch

jot

lice

little

louse

morsel

parasite

particle

poor

scrap

soul

thing

whit

woodworm

acarine

dark mole

face mole

acaridan

atomy

obolus

ixodid

acarid

soft tick

atom

babe

baby

👶

bug

🐛

cheesemonger

count

🔢

creature

crumb

darling

dear

fragment

insect

iota

Traductions

Milbe

acaro

ácaro

mijt

ácaro

kene

akçe

pizca

ácar

acari

óbolo

acaro

sakırga

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/maɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mite

Hérité de ancien anglais: mīte

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: mīza

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: mīte

Appartenant à néerlandais: mijt

Appartenant à danois: mide

In summary

From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).