"mite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /maɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-might.ogg [General-American] Forms: mites [plural]
enPR: mīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mite||}} Middle English mite, {{inh|en|ang|mīte|t=mite, tiny insect}} Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mītǭ|lit=cutter|t=biting insect}} Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), {{m|gem-pro|*maitaną|t=to cut}} *maitaną (“to cut”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mey-|t=small}} Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”), {{m|ine-pro|*meh₂y-|t=to cut}} *meh₂y- (“to cut”), {{cog|goh|mīza|t=mite}} Old High German mīza (“mite”), {{cog|dum|mīte|t=moth, mite}} Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), {{cog|nl|mijt|t=moth, mite}} Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), {{cog|da|mide|t=mite}} Danish mide (“mite”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mite (plural mites)
  1. Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). Categories (lifeform): Arachnids, Mites and ticks, Parasites Translations (arachnid): ἀκαρί (akarí) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), سُوسَة (sūsa) [feminine] (Arabic), চাহী (sahi) (Assamese), кърлеж (kǎrlež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ака́р (akár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ရွ (rwa.) (Burmese), àcar [masculine] (Catalan), ts'imexe (Central Mazahua), (Chinese Mandarin), (mǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), roztoč [masculine] (Czech), mide [common-gender] (Danish), mijt [feminine] (Dutch), akaro (Esperanto), punkki (Finnish), acarien (French), ácaro [masculine] (Galician), ტკიპა (ṭḳiṗa) (Georgian), Milbe [feminine] (German), Milme [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), σκουληκάκι (skoulikáki) [neuter] (Greek), קרדית (kardít) [feminine] (Hebrew), atka (Hungarian), kukac (Hungarian), tungaw (Ilocano), tungau (Indonesian), fíneog [feminine] (Irish), acaro [masculine] (Italian), 壁蝨 (alt: だに, ダニ, dani) (Japanese), ចៃ (cay) (Khmer), មមង់ (mɔmʊəŋ) (Khmer), 진드기 (jindeugi) (Korean), ērce [feminine] (Latgalian), acarus [masculine] (Latin), ērce [feminine] (Latvian), erkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Miet [feminine] (Low German), milba [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), weška [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), ngaoki (Maori), yaaʼ (Navajo), mite [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), mit [masculine] (Norwegian), midd [masculine] (Norwegian), acarian (Occitan), هیره (hire) (Persian), roztocze [neuter] (Polish), roztocz [masculine] (Polish), ácaro [masculine] (Portuguese), acarian [masculine] (Romanian), клещ (klešč) [masculine] (Russian), grȉnja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ácaro [masculine] (Spanish), kvalster (Swedish), kagaw (Tagalog), akar (Turkish), кліщ (klišč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gwiddon [masculine, plural] (Welsh), euddon [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mite-en-noun-cHUstv8E Disambiguation of Arachnids: 38 3 19 1 13 18 7 Disambiguation of Mites and ticks: 39 2 17 3 13 19 6 Disambiguation of Parasites: 22 5 23 2 14 22 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 29 1 23 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 4 20 1 16 26 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 22 2 16 28 9 Disambiguation of 'arachnid': 63 1 18 1 4 13
  2. A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. Translations (third of a farthing): lepto (Esperanto), cianóg [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-mite-en-noun-MqpcWBAq Disambiguation of 'third of a farthing': 2 86 10 1 1 1
  3. A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. Categories (lifeform): Parasites
    Sense id: en-mite-en-noun-MLaB5dRk Disambiguation of Parasites: 22 5 23 2 14 22 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 29 1 23 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 4 20 1 16 26 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 22 2 16 28 9
  4. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
    Sense id: en-mite-en-noun-LjJCj6qO
  5. (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Tags: adverbial, sometimes Categories (lifeform): Parasites Synonyms (small amount): modicum Translations (anything very small): hitunen (Finnish), hiukkanen (Finnish), rahtunen (Finnish), ropo (english: trifle amount of money) (Finnish), pikkuisen [adverb] (Finnish), bisschen (German), Winzigkeit [feminine] (German), малость (malostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мизер (mizer) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mite-en-noun-s74CsTZK Disambiguation of Parasites: 22 5 23 2 14 22 13 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 29 1 23 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 4 20 1 16 26 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 22 2 16 28 9 Disambiguation of 'small amount': 5 16 17 13 30 19 Disambiguation of 'anything very small': 1 4 3 4 84 4
  6. (colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal. Tags: colloquial, often Categories (lifeform): Parasites
    Sense id: en-mite-en-noun-~cI486Bn Disambiguation of Parasites: 22 5 23 2 14 22 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 29 1 23 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 4 20 1 16 26 8 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 22 2 22 2 16 28 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: air-sac mite (alt: Cytleichus nudus), a mite, bee mite (taxonomic: Varroa destructor), beetle mite (alt: Oribatoidea spp.), bird mite (taxonomic: Ornithonyssus spp.), blackberry mite (taxonomic: Aceria essigi), book mite, broad mite, carpet mite (taxonomic: Psoroptidae spp.), cat fur mite (taxonomic: Cheyletiella blakei), cheese mite (taxonomic: Tyrolichus casei), chicken mite, clover mite (taxonomic: Bryobia praetiosa), common house mite (alt: Glycyphagus domesticus), dog fur mite (taxonomic: Cheyletiella yasguri), dust mite (taxonomic: Dermatophagoides spp.), ear mite (taxonomic: Otodectes cynotis), eyelash mite, feather mite, flour mite (taxonomic: Acarus siro), follicle mite, fruit mite (alt: Carpoglyphus lactis et al.), furniture mite (alt: Glycyphagus domesticus), gall mite, harvest mite (taxonomic: Trombicula spp.), house dust mite (taxonomic: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus), house mouse mite (taxonomic: Liponyssoides sanguineus), itch mite (taxonomic: Sarcoptes scabiei), mite box, mite cheese, moss mite, peacock mite, prune mite (taxonomic: Carpoglyphus lactis), quill mite, rabbit ear mite, rabbit fur mite (taxonomic: Cheyletiella parasitovorax), red mite (taxonomic: Dermanyssus gallinae), red velvet mite, rust mite, spider mite (taxonomic: Tetranychidae spp.), spiny rat mite (alt: Laelaps echidnina), stock mite (english: Lepidoglyphus, Acarus, Tyrophagus, Tydeus, Cheyletus, Tarsonemus spp.), storage mite (taxonomic: Acarus siro), sugar mite (taxonomic: Lepidoglyphus destructor), trombiculid mite (taxonomic: Trombiculidae spp.), tropical rat mite (taxonomic: Ornithonyssus bacoti), water mite, wheat mite (taxonomic: Acarus siro), widow's mite, Willamette mite, Willamette spider mite (alt: Tetranycus willamette), wing mite (alt: Pterolichus obtusus), wood mite (alt: Oribatidae spp.)

Verb

IPA: /maɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-might.ogg [General-American]
enPR: mīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mite||}} Middle English mite, {{inh|en|ang|mīte|t=mite, tiny insect}} Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mītǭ|lit=cutter|t=biting insect}} Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), {{m|gem-pro|*maitaną|t=to cut}} *maitaną (“to cut”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*mey-|t=small}} Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”), {{m|ine-pro|*meh₂y-|t=to cut}} *meh₂y- (“to cut”), {{cog|goh|mīza|t=mite}} Old High German mīza (“mite”), {{cog|dum|mīte|t=moth, mite}} Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), {{cog|nl|mijt|t=moth, mite}} Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), {{cog|da|mide|t=mite}} Danish mide (“mite”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mite
  1. Eye dialect spelling of might. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: might Categories (lifeform): Parasites
    Sense id: en-mite-en-verb-YpdKaVCa Disambiguation of Parasites: 22 5 23 2 14 22 13 Categories (other): English eye dialect

Inflected forms

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      "alt": "Cytleichus nudus",
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      "taxonomic": "Liponyssoides sanguineus",
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      "taxonomic": "Sarcoptes scabiei",
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      "taxonomic": "Dermanyssus gallinae",
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      "alt": "Laelaps echidnina",
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      "word": "mite"
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      "word": "milba"
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      "sense": "arachnid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lepto"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "малость"
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