Country: | Foreign Word(s): | ||
Afrikaans | mier | ||
Brasilian | formiga | ||
Bengali | pi~pre | ||
Catalan | formiga/formigues | ||
Chinese |
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Czech | mravenec | ||
Danish | myre | ||
Dutch | mier/mieren Some dialects: piesmette, mieërmeet, and mierre | ||
English | ants archaic - emmet, pismire | ||
Esperanto | formiko | ||
Estonian | sipelgas | ||
Filipino | langgam/mga langgam | ||
Finnish | muurahaiset | ||
French | fourmi/fourmis | ||
Frisian | eamelder/miammel (singular) | ||
Georgian | jenjola | ||
German | ameise/ameisen (New German) emmet/emse (Old German/Hochdeutsch) Miere (Old German/Niederdeutsch) Mooringer Friesisch (Schleswig/Holstein-Germany; åntertemånter) Sölring (Northern Frisian Dialect; German island "Sylt"; müürk) | ||
Greek | myrmigki | ||
Hawaiian | naonao | ||
Hebrew | nimla | ||
Hungarian | hangya | ||
Indonesian | Semut/Semut-semut | ||
Iraq | namla | ||
Irish | seangán | ||
Italian | formica/formiche | ||
Japanese |
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Korean | |||
Latin | Formica/Formicae | ||
Navajos | wol-la-chee | ||
Norwegian | maur (singular) | ||
Polish | mrówki | ||
Portuguese/Brazilian | formigas | ||
Russian | muravei | ||
Spanish | hormiga/hormigas | ||
Swahili | sisimize | ||
Swedish | myr/myror | Swiss (German dialects) | ameisi/ampeisi |
Non-Country:
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