ant

(Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ænt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: ampte

Ereditato da inglese antico: æmete

Affine scozzese: emmot

Affine olandese: emt

Affine tedesco: 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.

Concetti

formica

🐜

formica con le ali

formica molto piccola

wahalu

formicola

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

hormiga

🐜

fourmi

🐜

Ameise

🐜

formiga

🐜

mier

🐜

mrówka

karınca

🐜

μυρμήγκι

formiga

🐜

formica

🐜

نمل

formiga

نملة

🐜

mûrî

🐜

μυρμήκι