Luxembourgish

Noun

Mier n ‎(plural Mierer)

1. sea

See also

• Ozean
• Séi

Etymology 2

From Old High German meriha, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō. Cognate with German Mähre, Dutch merrie, English mare, Icelandic meri.

Noun

Mier f ‎(plural Mieren)

1. mare

Afrikaans

Noun

mier ‎(plural miere)

1. ant

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology

From Middle Dutch miere, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ, *meurǭ. Cognate with Old Norse maurr (Icelandic maur, Danish myre), Greek μυρμήγκι ‎(myrmínki), Old Church Slavonic мравии ‎(mravii) and its cognates (Serbo-Croatian мрав, Russian муравей ‎(muravej)).

Noun

mier f ‎(plural mieren, diminutive miertje n)

1. (zoology) ant
2. (figuratively) insignificant individual

Derived terms

Anagrams

• riem

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *meiˀros, from Proto-Indo-European *mei(H)-ro-.

Noun

mier m

1. peace

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ ‎(“peace; world”).

Noun

mier m ‎(declension pattern of stroj)

1. peace (absence of war of arms)

Derived terms

• mierový

Antonyms

• vojna f

See also

• pokoj m

West Frisian

Noun

mier n

1. pity