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thermite
English
Etymology
From German Thermit, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thermós, “heat”) + -it; comparable to English therm- +? -ite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????(?).ma?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ma?t
Noun
thermite (countable and uncountable, plural thermites)
- (chemistry) A mixture of a metal and a metal oxide capable of producing a thermite reaction, such as aluminium metal and ferric oxide; used in incendiary devices.
Translations
Anagrams
- meriteth
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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
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