mire

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• UK: /ˈmaɪə/
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• US: /ˈmaɪɚ/
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• US: /ˈmaɪɹ/
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From Middle English mire, a borrowing from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō, whence also Swedish myr, Norwegian myr, Icelandic mýri, Dutch *mier (in placenames, for example Mierlo). Related to Proto-Germanic *meusą, whence Old English mēos, and Proto-Germanic *musą, whence Old English mos (English moss).

From Middle English mire, myre, from Old English *mīere, from Proto-West Germanic *miurijā, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ (“ant”), from Proto-Indo-European *morwís (“ant”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian miir (“ant”), Dutch mier (“ant”), Low German Miere (“ant”), Danish myre (“ant”), Faroese meyra (“ant”), Icelandic and Norwegian Bokmål maur (“ant”), Norwegian Nynorsk maur, møvver (“ant”), Swedish myra (“ant”), Crimean Gothic miera (“ant”), Finnish muurahainen (“ant”), Ingrian muurahain (“ant”); also Breton merien (“ants”), Cornish moryon (“ants”), Old Irish moirb (“ant”), Welsh mŷr (“ant”), Latin formīca, furmīca (“ant”), Greek μερμήγκι (mermígki), μυρμήγκι (myrmígki, “ant”), Albanian morr (“louse; aphid”), Belarusian мура́шка (muráška, “ant”), Bulgarian мрав (mrav), мра́вка (mrávka, “ant”), Czech brabenec, mravenec (“ant”), Kashubian marwa, mrówka (“ant”), Lower Sorbian mroja (“ant”), Macedonian мра́ва (mráva), мра́вка (mrávka, “ant”), Pannonian Rusyn брамушка (bramuška), ґрамушка (gramuška, “ant”), Polish mrówka (“ant”), Russian мураве́й (muravéj, “ant”), Serbo-Croatian мрав, mrav (“ant”), Slovak mravec (“ant”), Slovene mravlja (“ant”), Ukrainian мура́ха (muráxa, “ant”), Upper Sorbian mrowja (“ant”), Armenian մրջյուն (mrǰyun, “ant”), Baluchi مور (mor, “ant”), Central Kurdish مێروو (mêrû), مێروولە (mêrûle, “ant”), Northern Kurdish mûrî (“ant”), Ossetian мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg, “ant”), Persian مور (mōr / mur, “ant”), مورچه (mōrča / murče, “ant; hole; trench”), Sanskrit वम्र (vamra, “ant”).

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кал (kal) — deep mud
• Bulgarian: тиня (tinja) — deep mud
• Chinese Mandarin: 污泥 (wūní) — deep mud
• Czech: močál — deep mud
• Czech: bažina — deep mud
• Czech: bahno — deep mud
• Dutch: moeras — deep mud
• Finnish: suo — deep mud
• Finnish: lieju — deep mud
• Finnish: muta — deep mud
• French: fange — deep mud
• French: bourbier — deep mud
• Galician: ludro — deep mud
• Galician: untullo — deep mud
• Galician: esteiro — deep mud
• Galician: bulleiro — deep mud
• German: Morast — deep mud
• German: Schlamm — deep mud
• German: Matsch — deep mud
• Greek: βούρκος (voúrkos) — deep mud
• Ancient Greek: βόρβορος (bórboros) — deep mud
• Hindi: कीचड़ (kīcaṛ) — deep mud
• Irish: láib — deep mud
• Irish: puiteach — deep mud
• Irish: lábán — deep mud
• Italian: fango — deep mud
• Italian: mota — deep mud
• Italian: limo — deep mud
• Khmer: ផុង (phong) — deep mud
• Latin: lutum — deep mud
• Latvian: muklājs — deep mud
• Latvian: purvājs — deep mud
• Latvian: staignums — deep mud
• Māori: kene — deep mud
• Navajo: hashtłʼish — deep mud
• Norwegian Bokmål: myr — deep mud
• Norwegian Nynorsk: myr — deep mud
• Occitan: fanga — deep mud
• Occitan: baldra — deep mud
• Occitan: fangàs — deep mud
• Occitan: fangalhàs — deep mud
• Occitan: baldrièr — deep mud
• Occitan: iga — deep mud
• Occitan: maresca — deep mud
• Occitan: sanhàs — deep mud
• Persian: گلزار (gelzâr) — deep mud
• Plautdietsch: Mautsch — deep mud
• Plautdietsch: Schlaum — deep mud
• Polish: bagno — deep mud
• Portuguese: lama — deep mud
• Portuguese: lodo — deep mud
• Portuguese: barro — deep mud
• Russian: топь (topʹ) — deep mud
• Russian: тряси́на (trjasína) — deep mud
• Sanskrit: पङ्क (paṅka) — deep mud
• Scottish Gaelic: clàbar — deep mud
• Spanish: barrizal — deep mud
• Spanish: lodazal — deep mud
• Spanish: fangal — deep mud
• Spanish: barro — deep mud
• Spanish: fango — deep mud
• Spanish: cieno — deep mud
• Turkish: batak — deep mud
• Ottoman Turkish: چامور (çamur) — deep mud
• Ottoman Turkish: باتاق (batak) — deep mud
• Zazaki: lınce — deep mud
• Czech: marast — an undesirable situation
• Czech: šlamastyka — an undesirable situation
• Greek: λάσπη (láspi) — an undesirable situation
• Greek: βούρκος (voúrkos) — an undesirable situation
• Greek: τέλμα (télma) — an undesirable situation
• Greek: βόρβορος (vórvoros) — an undesirable situation
• Occitan: malpàs — an undesirable situation
• Occitan: malparada — an undesirable situation
• Occitan: malabosena — an undesirable situation
• Occitan: malora — an undesirable situation
• Persian: باتلاق (bâtlâq) — an undesirable situation
• Turkish: batak — an undesirable situation
• Turkish: bataklık — an undesirable situation
• German: feststecken — to plunge or fix in mud
• Spanish: empantanar — to plunge or fix in mud
• Turkish: çamura batırmak — to plunge or fix in mud
• Bulgarian: окалям (okaljam) — to sink into mud
• Czech: zapadnout do bláta — to sink into mud
• Czech: zabřednout do bahna — to sink into mud
• French: embourber — to sink into mud
• French: enliser — to sink into mud
• German: einsinken — to sink into mud
• Māori: tapoko — to sink into mud
• Occitan: fangassejar — to sink into mud
• Occitan: fanguejar — to sink into mud
• Occitan: s'enfangar — to sink into mud
• Occitan: baudracar — to sink into mud
• Occitan: baldracar — to sink into mud
• Occitan: baldrejar — to sink into mud
• Occitan: gaulhassar — to sink into mud
• Russian: погрязнуть (pogrjaznutʹ) — to sink into mud
• Spanish: empantanarse — to sink into mud
• Turkish: çamura batmak — to sink into mud
• Spanish: envolver — figurative
• Spanish: empantanar — figurative
• Spanish: atollar — figurative