mite

(Engels)

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:

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mit/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelfrans: -

Overgenomen van Oudfrans: mitte

Verwant aan Oudengels: mīte

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: mīza

Verwant aan Deens: 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”).

Concepten

mot

mijt

nachtvlinder

Synoniemen

teigne

mite des vêtements

phalène

papillon de nuit

mites

gerce

alvéole d’abeille

acarien

Vertalingen

Motte

moth

arna

tarma

polilla

güve

tignola

ćma

traça

Nachtfalter

clothes moth

falena

mariposa

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mite

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