# mire
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmaɪə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmaɪɚ/, /ˈmaɪɹ/
* Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

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).

#### Noun

mire (countable and uncountable, plural mires)
* Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
** (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):When Caliban was lazy and neglected his work, Ariel (who was invisible to all eyes but Prospero’s) would come slyly and pinch him, and sometimes tumble him down in the mire. (Charles Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, Hatier, coll. « Les Classiques pour tous » n° 223, p. 51)
** (wetland science, strictly) A peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.
    Synonyms: peatland, quag
    Hypernym: wetland
    Hyponyms: bog, fen
* An undesirable situation; a predicament.
** 2017 April 2, Dafydd Pritchard, “Swansea City 0-0 Middlesbrough”, in BBC Sport‎, London:Swansea seemed to be pulling clear of trouble with five wins in their first eight games following head coach Paul Clement's appointment, but two successive defeats had dragged the Swans back into the mire.

##### Derived terms

* bemire
* enmire
* in the mire
* mire crow
* mire drum
* mireland
* miry
* pickmire
* quagmire
* wallow in the mire

##### Translations
#### Verb

mire (third-person singular simple present mires, present participle miring, simple past and past participle mired)
* (transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
    Synonyms: bemire, enmire
    to mire a horse or wagon
* (intransitive) To sink into mud.
* (transitive, figurative) To weigh down.
* (intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
    Synonym: bemire
** 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:Why had I not with charitable hand Took up a beggar’s issue at my gates, Who smirch’d thus and mired with infamy, I might have said ‘No part of it is mine; This shame derives itself from unknown loins’?

##### Derived terms

* unmired

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English mire, from Old English *mȳre, *mīere, from Proto-West Germanic *miurijā, from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ (“ant”). Cognate to Old Norse maurr, Danish myre, Middle Dutch miere (“ant”) (Dutch mier). All probably from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”), whence also cognate to Latin formīca.

#### Noun

mire (plural mires)
* (rare or obsolete) An ant.
** 1866, The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser Devoted, page 149:"Having been seriously interrupted by small brown ants or mires working in my cutting bench, digging holes down the side of my cuttings, thereby arresting the process of rooting. […] "
** 1915, Daniel T. Trombley, Batiste of Isle La Motte, page 24:Wen I lay down behine dat log I plunk masef right een one dem aunty mire nest an bout 10 million of dem leetle devil begin to heat me.
** 1939, original c. 1300, Publications - Volume 103; Volume 105, page 267:The ant figures in the Bestiary, which tells us that the 'mire' is mighty; toils much in summer and in soft weather; stores wood and seed, corn and grass; in winter she is not harmed: she likes wheat, but shuns barley […]

##### Related terms

* antmire
* pismire

### Anagrams

* IMer, Meir, Meri, Remi, emir, meri, reim, riem, rime

## Asturian
### Verb

mire
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mirar

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From miri +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmire]
* Rhymes: -ire
* Hyphenation: mi‧re

### Adverb

mire
* in surprise, in awe, in an amazed way

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: mir, myrrhe, mirent

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian mira, from Latin mīrō (“to wonder at”).

#### Noun

mire f (plural mires)
* (weaponry) aim (action of aiming) [from 1562]
    Synonym: visée
* foresight (of rifle) [from 1611]
    Synonym: guidon
* (literal, figurative) target [from early 1600s]
    Synonyms: but, cible
* (television) test pattern
* (surveying) rod (measuring tool)

##### Derived terms

* ligne de mire
* point de mire

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French mire, mirie, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin medicus.

#### Noun

mire m (plural mires, feminine miresse)
* (historical) medieval physician
    Hypernym: (more generally) médecin (“doctor”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mire
* inflection of mirer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* émir, Remi, Rémi, rime, rimé

## Galician
### Verb

mire
* inflection of mirar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Hungarian
### Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -re (sublative case suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmirɛ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mi‧re
* Rhymes: -rɛ

### Pronoun

mire
* sublative singular of mi
    Mire gondolsz? ― What are you thinking about?

### Pronoun

mire
* for what (purpose)?
    Mire jó ez? ― What is it for?

### Adverb

mire (not comparable)
* whereupon (after which, in consequence)
    Megszidtam, mire sírva fakadt. ― I scolded her, whereupon she started to cry.
* by the time, when
    Mire hazaértem, a vendégek már elmentek. ― By the time I got home, the guests had left.

#### Related terms

* amire

### See also

$^1$Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns /

### Further reading

* mire in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʲɪɾʲə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).

#### Noun

mire f (genitive singular mire)
* quickness, rapidity
* spiritedness, ardor
* madness, frenzy, mania
    Synonym: buile

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
mire
vocative
a mhire
genitive
mire
dative
mire
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an mhire
genitive
na mire
dative
leis an mire don mhire :

##### Derived terms

* fear mire
* madra mire

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

mire
* inflection of mear:
** genitive feminine singular
** comparative degree

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “mire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Noun

mire f
* plural of mira

### Anagrams

* ermi, meri, remi, rime

## Ladin
### Verb

mire
* inflection of mirer:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person singular/plural present subjunctive

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From mīrus +‎ -ē.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmiː.reː/, [ˈmiːreː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmi.re/, [ˈmiːre]

#### Adverb

mīrē (not comparable)
* wondrously, marvelously, amazingly
* strangely, peculiarly, uncommonly, exceedingly
** 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 8.1.2:mire quam illius loci non modo usus sed etiam cogitatio delectat.It is a wonder how, not only the use of that place, but also the very thought of it delights me.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmiː.re/, [ˈmiːrɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmi.re/, [ˈmiːre]

#### Participle

mīre
* vocative masculine singular of mīrus

### References

* “mire”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “mire”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse mýrr, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō.

#### Alternative forms

* myer, myre, myrre
* muire, muyre (Southwest Midland)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiːr(ə)/
* (Southwest Midland) IPA: /ˈmyːr(ə)/

#### Noun

mire (plural mires)
* Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat.
* A region of marshy or swampy land.
* A muddy or dirt-covered region.
* (figuratively) Iniquity, sinfulness; immoral behaviour.
* (rare) A quagmire or conundrum.
* (rare) A puddle or pond; a watery hollow.

##### Derived terms

* myren

##### Descendants

* English: mire (“swamp”)
* Scots: mire

##### References

* “mīre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-20.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English *mȳre, *mīere, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ.

#### Alternative forms

* myre

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiːr(ə)/

#### Noun

mire
* ant

##### Derived terms

* pissemyre

##### Descendants

* English: mire (“ant”) (obsolete)

##### References

* “mīre, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.

## Portuguese
### Verb

mire
* inflection of mirar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Prasuni
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mr̥dika, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts (“clay, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miɾe/ (tone class A)

### Noun

mire (Pronz)
* clay

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “mire”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Romanian
### Etymology

Possibly a substratum word, or from Greek μύρον (mýron, “ointment, uncture, holy oil”), relating to the ceremony of the Orthodox wedding. Another theory suggests Latin mīles (“soldier”), possibly mirroring semantic evolution of the rare voină (“husband”), from Slavic воинъ (voinŭ, “warrior”). Other less likely etymologies proposed include Turkish amir (“chief”), Cuman mir ("prince"), a Vulgar Latin *mīrex, from Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “adolescent; boy”), or an old Indo-European term.
Possibly related to Albanian mirë (“good”). Replaced mărit, which only survived in some regional dialects.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mire m (plural miri, feminine equivalent mireasă)
* bridegroom

#### Derived terms

* mireasă

### See also

* mir
* soț

### References

* ↑ mire in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish mire (“madness, frenzy, infatuation”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʲiɾʲə/

### Noun

mire f (genitive singular mire, plural mirean)
* merriment, mirth, frolic

#### Derived terms

* gille-mirein

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “mire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

mire (Cyrillic spelling мире)
* third-person plural present of miriti

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiɾe/ [ˈmi.ɾe]
* Rhymes: -iɾe
* Syllabification: mi‧re

### Verb

mire
* inflection of mirar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative