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mire

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪɚ/, /ˈmaɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence Old English mēos, and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence Old English mos (English moss).

Noun

mire (countable and uncountable, plural mires)

1. Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
   1. (wetland science, strictly) A peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.

      Synonyms: peatland, quag

      Hypernym: wetland

      Hyponyms: bog, fen

2. An undesirable situation; a predicament.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired)

1. (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

   Synonyms: bemire, enmire

2. (intransitive) To sink into mud.
3. (transitive, figurative) To weigh down.
4. (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.

   Synonym: bemire

Derived terms

• unmired

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English mire, from Old English *mȳre, *mīere, from Proto-West Germanic *miurijā, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ (“ant”). Cognate to Old Norse maurr, Danish myre, Middle Dutch miere (“ant”) (Dutch mier). All probably from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”), whence also cognate to Latin formīca.

Noun

mire (plural mires)

1. (rare or obsolete) An ant.

Related terms

Anagrams

• IMer, Meir, Meri, Remi, emir, meri, reim, riem, rime

Asturian

Verb

mire

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mirar

Esperanto

Etymology

From miri +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmire/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: mi‧re

Adverb

mire

1. in surprise, in awe, in an amazed way

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʁ/
• Homophones: mir, myrrhe, mirent

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian mira, from Latin mīrō (“to wonder at”).

Noun

mire f (plural mires)

1. (weaponry) aim (action of aiming) [from 1562]

   Synonym: visée

2. foresight (of rifle) [from 1611]

   Synonym: guidon

3. (literal, figurative) target [from early 1600s]

   Synonyms: but, cible

4. (television) test pattern
5. (surveying) rod (measuring tool)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French mire, mirie, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin medicus.

Noun

mire m (plural mires, feminine miresse)

2. (historical) medieval physician

   Hypernym: (more generally) médecin (“doctor”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mire

1. inflection of mirer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• émir, Remi, Rémi, rime, rimé

Galician

Verb

mire

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -re (sublative case suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmirɛ]
• Hyphenation: mi‧re
• Rhymes: -rɛ

Pronoun

mire

1. sublative singular of mi

   Mire gondolsz? ― What are you thinking about?

Pronoun

mire

1. for what (purpose)?

   Mire jó ez? ― What is it for?

Adverb

mire (not comparable)

1. whereupon (after which, in consequence)

   Megszidtam, mire sírva fakadt. ― I scolded her, whereupon she started to cry.

2. by the time, when

   Mire hazaértem, a vendégek már elmentek. ― By the time I got home, the guests had left.

Related terms

See also

Further reading

• mire in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪɾʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).

Noun

mire f (genitive singular mire)

1. quickness, rapidity
2. spiritedness, ardor
3. madness, frenzy, mania

   Synonym: buile

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mire

1. inflection of mear:
   1. genitive feminine singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Noun

mire f

1. plural of mira

Anagrams

• ermi, meri, remi, rime

Ladin

Verb

mire

1. inflection of mirer:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive

Latin

Etymology 1

From mīrus +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.reː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.re]

Adverb

mīrē (not comparable)

1. wondrously, marvelously, amazingly
2. strangely, peculiarly, uncommonly, exceedingly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.re]

Participle

mīre

1. vocative masculine singular of mīrus

References

• “mire”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mire”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse mýrr, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō.

Alternative forms

• myer, myre, myrre
• muire, muyre (Southwest Midland)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːr(ə)/
• (Southwest Midland) IPA^(key): /ˈmyːr(ə)/

Noun

mire (plural mires)

2. Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat.
3. A region of marshy or swampy land.
4. A muddy or dirt-covered region.
5. (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness; immoral behaviour.
6. (rare) A quagmire or conundrum.
7. (rare) A puddle or pond; a watery hollow.

Derived terms

• myren

Descendants

• English: mire (“swamp”)
• Scots: mire

References

• “mīre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-20.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English *mȳre, *mīere, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

Alternative forms

• myre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːr(ə)/

Noun

mire

2. ant

Derived terms

• pissemyre

Descendants

• English: mire (“ant”) (obsolete)

References

• “mīre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.

Portuguese

Verb

mire

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Prasuni

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mr̥dika, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts (“clay, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miɾe/ (tone class A)

Noun

mire (Pronz)

1. clay

References

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīles (“soldier”). The original sense of soldier is still attested in some Christmas carols. The semantic evolution originates in Roman law, which granted soldiers the right to marry only upon their release from service as veterans (see also: bătrân). Consequently, once married, a man was no longer a miles.

Less likely, the sense of bridegroom arose as a semantic calque of the rare voină (“husband”), from Slavic воинъ (voinŭ, “warrior”).

Other improbable etymologies proposed include Turkish amir (“chief”), Cuman mir ("prince"), a Vulgar Latin *mīrex, from Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “adolescent; boy”), or an old Indo-European term.

Replaced mărit, which only survived in some regional dialects.

Pronunciation

Noun

mire m (plural miri, feminine equivalent mireasă)

1. bridegroom
2. (obsolete) soldier

   Synonym: soldat

Declension

Derived terms

• mireasă

See also

• mir
• soț

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiɾʲə/

Noun

mire f (genitive singular mire, plural mirean)

1. merriment, mirth, frolic

Derived terms

• gille-mirein

Mutation

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

mire (Cyrillic spelling мире)

1. third-person plural present of miriti

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾe/ [ˈmi.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɾe
• Syllabification: mi‧re

Verb

mire

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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