formiga

See also: Formiga and formìga

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

  1. ant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /furˈmi.ɡə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

  1. ant

Derived terms

References


Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʊɾˈmiɣɐ/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant
    • 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
      Unha formiguiña senlleira e angueirosa, bulindo por antre a herbaxe ollóu, sen facer bruído ningún, como xacía Rasgulkje impotente
      A solitary and hard-working little ant, cruising by the grasses, saw, making no sound, how Rasgulkje laid helpless

Derived terms

References

  • formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • formig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • formiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • formiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

References


Occitan

Alternative forms

  • fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [furˈmiɣo]
  • (file)

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [foɦˈmi.ɡɐ], /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɦˈmi.ɡɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻˈmi.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

formiga

From Old Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (ant).

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formiga.

Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: furminga, forminga
  • Papiamentu: fruminga, vruminga

Verb

formiga

  1. inflection of formigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formigar.


Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈmiɡa/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) ant

Venetian

Etymology

See formìga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)

  1. ant
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