ant

English Online Dictionary. What means ant‎? What does ant mean?

English

Alternative forms

• ante, ampte (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ænt/
• (New Zealand) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ɛnt/
• (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA^(key): /ɑːnt/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [ɛənt], [eənt], [ɛːnt]
• Rhymes: -ænt
• Homophone: aunt (in some accents)

Noun

ant (plural ants)

2. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
3. (Internet) A Web spider.

Synonyms

• (insect): emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic), antmire, anty-mire (colloquial)

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
• colony
• nest
• Appendix:English collective nouns

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.

References

Anagrams

• TNA, TAN, NTA, Nat, NAT, ATN, nat, Tan, tan, Nat.

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ant m

1. furrow

Catalan

Alternative forms

• dant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic لمط (lámṭ), presumably by misdivision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈant]

Noun

ant m (plural ants)

1. elk, moose

Further reading

• “ant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

ant (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. oath

Declension

Synonyms

• yemin

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Egyptian

Romanization

ant

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥnt.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French entre (“between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ãt/

Preposition

ant

1. between

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• añ (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Lithuanian añt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-t. Compare Sudovian an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐnt]

Preposition

añt (with genitive)

1. on

   Jis sėdi ant kėdės. ― He sits on a chair.

References

Further reading

• “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “ant”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
• Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) “Prepositions with the genitive case”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 407

Meroitic

Romanization

ant

1. Romanization of 𐦠𐦩𐦴

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• anet

Etymology

From Old High German enita, from Proto-West Germanic *anad, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈant/

Noun

ant m or f

1. duck
2. drake (male duck)

   Synonym: antreche

Declension

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Ant, Anete
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Ent
  • Luxembourgish: Int
• German: Ente
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Frankfurterisch: IPA [ent]
  • Pennsylvania German: Ent
• Vilamovian: ant

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ant”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "ant" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• aant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

Verb

ant

1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnt
• Hyphenation: ant

Verb

ant

1. past participle of ane
2. past participle common of ane
3. past participle neuter of ane

Anagrams

• nat, tan

Scots

Verb

ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle antin, simple past antit, past participle antit)

1. Shetland form of aint

References

• “ant, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آند (and), from Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦 (nt), Azerbaijani and, and Southern Altai андык- (andïk-, “to prove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ant/
• Hyphenation: ant

Noun

ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)

1. oath

Declension

Synonyms

• kasem
• söz
• yemin

Turkmen

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”).

Noun

ant (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. oath

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German ente alongside ant, from Old High German enita alongside anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Compare Dutch eend, German Ente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

Noun

ȧnt f (plural anta)

1. duck