mire

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
2. (countable, uncountable) A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
3. (countable, uncountable) An undesirable situation; a predicament.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
2. (intransitive) To sink into mud.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To weigh down.
4. (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.

Concepts

bourbe

marécage

boue

fange

bourbier

marais

empêtrer

Synonymes

mud

bog

marsh

sludge

slime

quagmire

swamp

slough

muck

ooze

slush

dirt

silt

morass

fen

bog down

clay

get stuck

quag

muddy place

entangle

muddy

puddle

muck up

slack

soil

jam

swampland

filth

wet mud

loam

grind to a halt

soft mud

draggle

slop

swale

swampy

taint

trap

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wallow

welter

mudhole

mud puddle

smutch

wet dirt

muddy up

covered with dirt

Moor

sighting marker

alluvium

Traductions

fango

Schlamm

Morast

βούρκος

βαλτότοπος

barrizal

batak

Sümpfe

pantano

melma

Sumpf

moeras

modder

lodo

Moor

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmaɪə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mire

Appartenant à suédois: myr

Appartenant à norvégien: myr

Appartenant à islandais: mýri

Appartenant à néerlandais:

Appartenant à ancien anglais: mēos

Appartenant à ancien anglais: mos

Appartenant à anglais: moss

In summary

From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence Old English mēos, and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence Old English mos (English moss).