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ant

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Antakarinya.

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English

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A group of ants.

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Etymology

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Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā
Old English ǣmete
Middle English ampte
English ant

    From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), of uncertain and debated origin (q.v.), but probably 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.

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    Noun

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    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.
      • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
        The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] . But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
    3. (Internet) A Web spider.

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    extant orders of insects in English

    Verb

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    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.
      • 1974, Eloise Potter and Doris Hauser, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk‎[3], volume 91, archived from the original on 6 June 2011, page 538:
        Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.

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    1. ^ Beal, Joan C. (2002) [1999], “5. The Phonology of Eighteenth-Century English: Evidence from Spence's Grand Repository and Contemprorary Pronouncing Dictionaries”, in English pronunciation in the eighteenth century: Thomas Spence's Grand repository of the English language‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 5.2.2, page 109.
    2. ^ Ross, Alan S. C. (1954), “Linguistic Class Indicators in Present-Day English”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen‎[2], volume 55, number 1, Helsinki: Modern Language Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38.

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    Breton

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    From Old Breton nant (“valley”) by misdivision, from Proto-Brythonic *nant, from Proto-Celtic *nantos, *nantus (“stream, valley”).

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    ant m (plural antoù or añchoù)

    1. furrow

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    • erv (“ridge”)

    Catalan

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

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    ant m (plural ants)

    1. elk, moose

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    Crimean Tatar

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    Noun

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

    1. oath

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    Declension of ant
    nominative ant
    genitive antnıñ
    dative antqa
    accusative antnı
    locative antta
    ablative anttan

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    References

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    • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

    Egyptian

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    Romanization

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    ant

    1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥnt.

    Haitian Creole

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From French entre (“between”).

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    Preposition

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    ant

    1. between, among

    References

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    • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[5], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 12

    Lithuanian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Lithuanian añt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-t.[1][2][3] Compare Sudovian an.

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    añt (with genitive)

    1. on
      Ji̇̀s sė́di añt kėdė̃s. ― He is sitting on a chair.

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    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “ant”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
    2. ^ “añt” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 35 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
    3. ^ “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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    • “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
    • “ant”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026
    • Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “Prepositions with the genitive case”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 407

    Meroitic

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    Romanization

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    ant

    1. romanization of 𐦠𐦩𐦴

    Middle High German

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old High German enita.

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      • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈant/

      Noun

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      ant m or f

      1. duck
      2. drake (male duck)
        Synonym: antreche

      Declension

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      Declension of ant (strong masculine without umlaut)
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein dër ant die ante
      genitive eines dës antes dër ante
      dative eime dëm ante dën anten
      accusative einen dën ant die ante
      Declension of ante (weak feminine)
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein diu ante die anten
      genitive einer dër anten dër anten
      dative einer dër anten dën anten
      accusative eine die anten die anten

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

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

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      ant

      1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

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      ant

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

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      Scots

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      Verb

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

      1. Shetland form of aint

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      Turkish

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      Etymology

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      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”).

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      ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)

      1. oath

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      Declension of ant
      singular plural
      nominative ant antlar
      definite accusative andı antları
      dative anda antlara
      locative antta antlarda
      ablative anttan antlardan
      genitive andın antların
      Possessive forms
      nominative
      singular plural
      1st singular andım antlarım
      2nd singular andın antların
      3rd singular andı antları
      1st plural andımız antlarımız
      2nd plural andınız antlarınız
      3rd plural antları antları
      definite accusative
      singular plural
      1st singular andımı antlarımı
      2nd singular andını antlarını
      3rd singular andını antlarını
      1st plural andımızı antlarımızı
      2nd plural andınızı antlarınızı
      3rd plural antlarını antlarını
      dative
      singular plural
      1st singular andıma antlarıma
      2nd singular andına antlarına
      3rd singular andına antlarına
      1st plural andımıza antlarımıza
      2nd plural andınıza antlarınıza
      3rd plural antlarına antlarına
      locative
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      1st singular andımda antlarımda
      2nd singular andında antlarında
      3rd singular andında antlarında
      1st plural andımızda antlarımızda
      2nd plural andınızda antlarınızda
      3rd plural antlarında antlarında
      ablative
      singular plural
      1st singular andımdan antlarımdan
      2nd singular andından antlarından
      3rd singular andından antlarından
      1st plural andımızdan antlarımızdan
      2nd plural andınızdan antlarınızdan
      3rd plural antlarından antlarından
      genitive
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      1st singular andımın antlarımın
      2nd singular andının antlarının
      3rd singular andının antlarının
      1st plural andımızın antlarımızın
      2nd plural andınızın antlarınızın
      3rd plural antlarının antlarının

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      Turkmen

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      Other scripts
      Latin ant‍
      Cyrillic ант‍
      Arabic آند

      Etymology

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      From Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”).

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

      1. oath

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      This noun needs an inflection-table template.

      Further reading

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      • “ant” in Enedilim.com
      • “ant” in Webonary.org

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      ant

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

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      ȧnt f (plural anta)

      1. duck
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