mite

(Inglese)

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:

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mit/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da francese medio: -

Ereditato da francese antico: mitte

Affine inglese antico: mīte

Affine tedesco antico alto: mīza

Affine danese: 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”).

Concetti

tarma

tignola

falena

camola

farfalla notturna

blatta

🪳

acari

acaro

sinonimi

teigne

mite des vêtements

phalène

papillon de nuit

mites

gerce

alvéole d’abeille

acarien

Traduzioni

Motte

moth

mot

arna

polilla

güve

ćma

traça

Nachtfalter

mariposa

🦋

clothes moth

mite

νυχτοπεταλούδα

mól

motyl nocny