different between mien vs build

English

Etymology

From French mine (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), appearance, perhaps from Breton min (“face of an animal”), or from Latin minio (“to redden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophone: mean

Noun

mien (countable and uncountable, plural miens)

1. (countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
   • 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:

     Beauty, like all divine gifts, is everywhere to be seen by the eye of the faithful admirer of nature; and, like all spirits, she is scarcely to be described by words. Her countenance and mien, her path, her hue and carriage, often surpass expression, and soothe the enthusiast into reverie and silence.

   • 2015, Siobhan Roberts, John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician, in: The Guardian, July 23rd 2015

     Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”

2. (countable) A specific facial expression.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Emin, Mine, mine

French

Etymology

From Middle French mien, from Old French meon, from Latin meum, the neuter of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mj??/

Adjective

mien (feminine singular mienne, masculine plural miens, feminine plural miennes)

1. (archaic) my

Derived terms

• le mien (“mine”)

See also

• mon, ma, mes

Further reading

• “mien” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mine, miné

Old French

Etymology

Latin meum.

Adjective

mien

1. (stressed) my; mine

Usage notes

• chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context

Descendants

• French: mien

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Etymology

From English main.

Adjective

mien

1. main

Plautdietsch

Pronoun

mien

1. my

See also

• dien (your, thy)
• sien (his)
• mie (me)
• ons (our)
• onsa (us)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Determiner

mien

1. feminine of min
2. neuter of min
3. plural of min

References

• “mien” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mi??n/

Noun

mien

1. genitive plural of mena

Noun

mien

1. genitive plural of meno

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

mien f

1. carrot

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gem?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *gamain?, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?om-moynis. Cognate with German gemein, English mean, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gamains) and Latin comm?nis.

Adjective

mien

1. common, communal
2. common, everyday
3. general

Inflection

Derived terms

• mienskip

Further reading

• “mien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

From Middle English bilden, from Old English byldan (“to build, construct”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlijan? (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþl?, *b?þl? (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English bold (“abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”). More at bottle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophone: billed

Verb

build (third-person singular simple present builds, present participle building, simple past and past participle built or (archaic or poetic) builded)

1. (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
5. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
6. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
7. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
8. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• The simple past tense and past participle used to be builded; however, that form is now archaic, having been superseded by the form built.

  I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps / They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps. (Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic - 1861)

Synonyms

• (to form by combining materials or parts): construct, erect
• (to develop or give form to according to a plan or process): create
• (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to): build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen
• (to establish a basis for): base, found, ground

Antonyms

• (to form by combining materials or parts): demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck
• (to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to): decrease, dissipate, weaken

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

build (countable and uncountable, plural builds)

2. (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

   Rugby players are of sturdy build.

3. (computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.

   The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.

4. (gaming, slang, countable) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player.

   I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

   • 2005, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker, Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies (page 279)

     In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various character builds (combinations of race, class, feat, and spell choices) and share their efforts with each other in hundreds of message boards and mailing lists.

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