Ant in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Ant

You can make 7 words from 'ant' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'ant'
• 2 letters words from 'ant'

3 letters words from 'ant'

ANT 3	NAT 3
TAN 3

2 letters words from 'ant'

AN 2	AT 2
NA 2	TA 2

Definitions and meaning of ant

ant

Alternative forms

• ante, ampte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmette (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mai- (“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) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ænt/
• (General New Zealand) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ɛnt/
• (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA^(key): /ɑːnt/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [ɛənt], [eənt]
• Rhymes: -ænt
• Homophone: aunt (in some accents)

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

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

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

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Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

ant m

1. furrow

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• dant (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈan/

Noun

ant m (plural ants)

1. elk, moose

Further reading

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

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

ant

1. oath

Declension

Synonyms

• yemin

References

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

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Egyptian

Romanization

ant

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥnt.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French entre (“between”).

Preposition

ant

1. between

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐnt]

Preposition

añt (with genitive)

1. on

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Meroitic

Romanization

ant

1. Romanization of 𐦠𐦩𐦴‎

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Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• aant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

Verb

ant

1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

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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

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آند‎ (and), from Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦‎ (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈant/
• Hyphenation: ant

Noun

ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)

1. oath

Synonyms

• kasem
• yemin

Declension

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Turkmen

Noun

ant (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. oath

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

ȧnt f (plural anta)

1. duck

Source: wiktionary.org

• a small industrious insect.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)