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termite
English
Etymology
From French termite, which is from Latin termites (three syllables), plural of termes.
Also possibly a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *term- (“drill”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??(?).ma?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ma?t
Noun
termite (plural termites)
- A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
- 1802, Francis William Blagdon, Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations, vol. IV, page 162
- Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen.
- 1802, Francis William Blagdon, Modern Discoveries; or, a Collection of facts and observations, vol. IV, page 162
Synonyms
- (white-bodied, wood-consuming insect): termes, white ant
Translations
Verb
termite (third-person singular simple present termites, present participle termiting, simple past and past participle termited)
- (intransitive) Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.
Further reading
- termite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- emitter
French
Etymology
Back-formation from termites. From Late Latin termites (plural of termes), late variant of the Classical Latin tarmes (“woodworm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.mit/
Noun
termite m or f (plural termites)
- termite (white-bodied, wood-consuming insect)
- 1798, Georges Cuvier, Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux, page 479
- Les termites parfaits ont le corps et la tête applatis horizontalement ; trois articles à tous les doigts. Leurs antennes, en forme de chapelet, les distinguent assez des autres genres de cet ordre. […]
1. Le termite belliqueux. (Termes fatale.)
Est l'espèce la plus grande et la plus commune. […]
2. Le termite atroce. (Termes arda.)
Noir, à pieds pâles, et
3. Le termite mordant. (Termes mordax.)
Noir, à pieds de même couleur.
- Les termites parfaits ont le corps et la tête applatis horizontalement ; trois articles à tous les doigts. Leurs antennes, en forme de chapelet, les distinguent assez des autres genres de cet ordre. […]
- 1798, Georges Cuvier, Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux, page 479
Usage notes
While most dictionaries give termite has masculine, it is commonly used as a feminine noun, due to the ending -ite.
Descendants
- ? Romanian: termit?
Synonyms
- fourmi blanche
Further reading
- “termite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin termes, termit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?r.mi.te/
Noun
termite f (plural termiti)
- termite (white-bodied, wood-consuming insect)
Anagrams
- rimette, temerti
Further reading
- termite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ter.mi.te/, [?t??rm?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ter.mi.te/, [?t??rmit??]
Noun
termite m
- ablative singular of termes
termite From the web:
- what termites look like
- what termites
- what termites eat
- what termite damage looks like
- what termites do
- what termites have wings
- what termites don't like
- what termites eat wood
ants
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ænts/
- Rhymes: -ænts
Noun
ants
- plural of ant
Verb
ants
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ant
Anagrams
- -stan, -stan-, ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Stan, Tans, Tsan, nats, stan, stan', tans
Catalan
Noun
ants
- plural of ant
Tzeltal
Noun
ants (plural antsetik)
- woman
See also
- winik
References
- Roberto Santiz Gómez (2010) Raíces posicionales en Tseltal de Oxchuc, p. 22. (retrieved 10th March 2016)
Tzotzil
Alternative forms
- 'antz, 7antz
Pronunciation
- (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /?änt?s?/
Noun
ants (plural antsetik)
- woman
Antonyms
- vinik
References
- “?an¢” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Jorge A. Suárez, The Mesoamerican Indian Languages (1983)
ants From the web:
- what ants have wings
- what ants bite
- what ants eat
- what ants don't like
- what ants eat wood
- what ants fly
- what ants can fly
- what ants sting
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