different between antly vs ant

English

Etymology

From ant +? -ly.

Adjective

antly (comparative antlier or more antly, superlative antliest or most antly)

1. Of, resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to ants; formic.
   • 1964, Conrad Aiken, Richard P. Blackmur, The collected novels of Conrad Aiken:

     Statues, of heroic size, would be erected to the great ant heroes — warriors, builders, or what not — inscribed with phrases like, "He was the antliest ant of all time." . . . And of course there would be an anthropomorphic god.

   • 2007, Robert Malcolm Murray, Jan Narveson, Liberty, Games and Contracts:

     Such a plan just wouldn't be reasonable, given typical antly survival requirements. Cooperation is surely the best policy. It would be much wiser for each ant to align its behaviour with that of its fellows, provided those other ants do [...]

Translations

Anagrams

• altyn

English

Alternative forms

• ante, ampte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ?mette (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *?maitij? (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *?- (“off, away”) + *maitan? (“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: ?nt, IPA^(key): /ænt/
• (General New Zealand) enPR: ?nt, IPA^(key): /?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA^(key): /??nt/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [??nt], [e?nt]
• 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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?an/

Noun

ant m (plural ants)

1. elk, moose

Crimean Tatar

Noun

ant

1. oath

Declension

Synonyms

• yemin

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Egyptian

Romanization

ant

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ?nt.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French entre (“between”).

Preposition

ant

1. between

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nt]

Preposition

añt (with genitive)

1. on

Meroitic

Romanization

ant

1. Romanization of ?????????????

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• aant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?nt/

Verb

ant

1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -??nt
• Hyphenation: ant

Verb

ant

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

Anagrams

• nat, tan

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *?nt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????? (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ant (definite accusative and?, plural antlar)

1. oath

Synonyms

• kasem
• yemin

Turkmen

Noun

ant (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. oath

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

?nt f (plural anta)

1. duck