ant

• ante, ampte (obsolete)

From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ænt/
• (New Zealand) enPR: ănt, IPA^(key): /ɛnt/
• (Received Pronunciation, obsolete) enPR: änt, IPA^(key): /ɑːnt/[1]
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [ɛənt], [eənt]

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• Rhymes: -ænt
• Homophone: aunt (in some accents)

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.
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] . But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

2. (Internet) A Web spider.

• (insect): emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic), antmire, anty-mire (colloquial)

• (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

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• ant- (prefix)
• -ant (suffix)
• Appendix:Animals
• army
• bike
• colony
• nest
• Appendix:English collective nouns

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.
   • 1974, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk‎, volume 91, page 538:

     Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.

• NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan

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ant m

1. furrow

• dant (obsolete)

From Andalusian Arabic لمط‎ (lámṭ), presumably by misdivision.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈan/

ant m (plural ants)

1. elk, moose

• “ant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

ant

1. oath

• yemin

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

ant

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥnt.

From French entre (“between”).

ant

1. between

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• IPA^(key): [ɐnt]

añt (with genitive)

1. on (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• “ant”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
• “ant”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
• Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “Prepositions with the genitive case”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 407

ant

1. Romanization of 𐦠𐦩𐦴‎

• aant

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

ant

1. third-person plural present indicative of mynet

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnt
• Hyphenation: ant

ant

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

• nat, tan

ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle antin, simple past antit, past participle antit)

1. Shetland form of aint

• “ant, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

From Ottoman Turkish آند‎ (and), from Proto-Turkic *ānt (“oath”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰦‎ (nt), Azerbaijani and, etc.

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

ant (definite accusative andı, plural antlar)

1. oath

• kasem
• yemin

ant (definite accusative [[{{{1}}}#Turkmen|?]], plural [[{{{2}}}#Turkmen|?]])

1. oath

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From Middle High German ente alongside ant, from Old High German enita alongside anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Compare Dutch eend, German Ente.

• IPA^(key): /aːnt/

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ȧnt f (plural anta)

1. duck