different between mitre vs vimpa

English

Etymology

From Middle English mytre, from Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek ????? (mítra, “headband, turban”). Its use in reference to a counterfeit coin derived from the bishop's mitre stamped upon it. Doublet of Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Mehr.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ma?t??/
• Hyphenation: mi?tre
• Rhymes: -a?t?(?)

Noun

mitre (plural mitres)

1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

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2. The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
3. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
4. A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
5. A gusset in sewing, etc.
6. (geometry, rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.

Translations

See also

• (13th-c. counterfeit coin): pollard, rosary, crockard, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle
• alb
• epigonation
• epimanikion
• epitrachelion
• maniple
• omophorion
• rhason
• sakkos
• sticharion
• zone

Verb

mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred) (Commonwealth of Nations)

1. To adorn with a mitre.
2. To unite at an angle of 45°.

Anagrams

• Terim, ermit, merit, miter, remit, timer

French

Noun

mitre f (plural mitres)

1. mitre

Italian

Noun

mitre f

1. plural of mitra

Anagrams

• metri
• termi
• timer
• tremi

Middle English

Noun

mitre

1. Alternative form of mytre

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *w?pan? (“to wind, swing”). Doublet of wimple.

Noun

vimpa (plural vimpae)

1. A veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??imp?/, [??imp?]
• Rhymes: -imp?
• Syllabification: vim?pa

Noun

vimpa

1. vimba (Vimba vimba)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from Proto-Germanic *w?pan? (“to wind, swing”).

Noun

vimpa f (plural vimpe)

1. vimpa