English - Alternative Forms

• ante, ampte

English - Etymology

From Middle English amte, amete, from Old English ǣmette (“ant”), from Proto-Germanic *ēmaitijǭ (“ant”, literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mai- (“to cut”). Cognate with German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.

English - Pronunciation

• enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ænt/
  • (US), IPA^(key): [ɛənt]
• Rhymes: -ænt
• Homophone: aunt (in some accents)

English - Noun

ant (plural ants)

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.

Synonyms

• (insect): emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic)

Hyponyms

• (insect in Formicidae): army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood ant

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ant- (prefix)
• -ant (suffix)
• Appendix: Animals
• army
• bike
• colony
• nest
• Appendix:English collective nouns

English - Verb

ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)

1. (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

English - Anagrams

• nat, Nat, Nat., NAT; NTA; tan, Tan, TAN

Breton - Noun

ant m

1. furrow

Catalan - Noun

ant m (plural ants)

1. elk, moose

Crimean Tatar - Noun

ant

1. oath

Declension

Synonyms

• yemin

Crimean Tatar - References

• V. A. Mirjejev, S. M. Usejinov (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Haitian Creole - Etymology

From French entre (“between”).

Haitian Creole - Preposition

ant

1. between

Lithuanian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐnt]

Lithuanian - Preposition

añt (with genitive)

1. on

Middle Welsh - Alternative Forms

• aant

Middle Welsh - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

Middle Welsh - Verb

ant

1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

Turkish - Etymology

From Old Turkic ant, from Proto-Turkic *Ānt (“oath”).

Turkish - Noun

ant

1. oath

Synonyms

• yemin

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