"ampte" meaning in Middle English

See ampte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈampt(ə)/, /ˈɛmpt(ə)/, /ˈam(ə)t(ə)/, /ˈɛm(ə)t(ə)/, /ant/, /au̯nt/ [Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: From Old English ǣmete, from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā. The late Middle English pronunciation /au̯nt/, showing a development of /mt/ to /u̯nt/, is continued by dialectal modern English /ɑːnt/. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ǣmete}} Old English ǣmete, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*āmaitijā}} Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ampte, {{enm-noun|ampten|pl2=amptes}} ampte (plural ampten or amptes) Forms: ampten [plural], amptes [plural], amete [alternative], amote [alternative], amte [alternative], emete [alternative], emot [alternative], emotte [alternative], empt [alternative], empte [alternative], ante [alternative, Late-Middle-English], aunt [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
  1. An ant; a formicid.
    Sense id: en-ampte-enm-noun-H-M4iFDB Categories (other): Insects Disambiguation of Insects: 87 13
  2. (rare) A mantid. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-ampte-enm-noun-M5G48YCc

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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