mite (redirected from a mite)

mite ¹  (mt)

n.

Any of various small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina that are often parasitic on animals and plants, infest stored food products, and in some species transmit disease.

---

[Middle English, from Old English mte.]

---

mite ²  (mt)

n.

1.

a. A very small contribution or amount of money.

b. A widow's mite.

2. A very small object, creature, or particle.

3. A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.

Idiom:

a mite

To a small degree; somewhat: That remark was a mite unfair.

---

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mte, a small Flemish coin, tiny animal.]

---

mite¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous small free-living or parasitic arachnids of the order Acarina (or Acari) that can occur in terrestrial or aquatic habitats See also gall mite, harvest mite, itch mite, spider mite Related adj acaroid Compare tick²

[Old English mīte; compare Old High German mīza gnat, Dutch mijt]

---

mite²

n

1. a very small particle, creature, or object

2. a very small contribution or sum of money See also widow's mite

3. (Historical Terms) a former Flemish coin of small value

a mite Informal somewhat he's a mite foolish

[from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch mīte; compare mite¹]

---

mite  (mt)

Any of various very small arachnids of the subclass Acari that often live as parasites on other animals or plants. Like ticks and unlike spiders, mites have no division between the cephalothorax and abdomen.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mite - a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" soupcon, tinge, jot, pinch, speck, hint, touch small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
	2.	mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods Acarina, order Acarina - mites and ticks acarine - mite or tick web-spinning mite - a mite that spins a web acarid - very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks trombidiid - mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods trombiculid - mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates acarus, genus Acarus - any of several mites of the order Acarina itch mite, sarcoptid - whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals; "itch mites cause scabies" rust mite - any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit spider mite, tetranychid - web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees

---

mite¹

adverb little, bit, little bit, jot, whit, iota I can't help feeling just a mite uneasy about it.

---

mite² noun

Related words
adjective acaroid

Translations

mite¹ [maɪt] N (= insect) → ácaro m, acárido m

---

mite² [maɪt] N

1. (= small quantity) → pizca f
a mite of consolation → una pizca de consuelo
there's not a mite left (scrap) → no queda ni pizca; (drop) → no queda ni una sola gota
well, just a mite then → bueno, un poquitín
we were a mite surprised → nos quedamos un tanto sorprendidos

2. (= child) → chiquillo/a m/f, criatura f
poor little mite! → ¡pobrecito!

3. (= coin) → ardite m; (as contribution) → óbolo m

---

mite [ˈmaɪt] n

(= small quantity) → once f
Anybody with a mite of common sense could see how useless it was → Toute personne avec une once de bon sens pouvait voir à quel point cela était inutile.

(British) (= small child) → petit(e) m/f
The poor little mite! → Le pauvre petit chat!

---

mite¹

n (Zool) → Milbe f

---

mite²

n

(Hist, = coin) → Scherf m, → Heller m; to contribute one’s mite to something → sein Scherflein zu etw beitragen

(= small amount) → bisschen nt; well, just a mite then → na gut, ein (ganz) kleines bisschen

(Brit = child) → Würmchen nt (inf); poor little mite! → armes Wurm! (inf)

adv (inf) a mite surprised/disappointed → etwas or ein bisschen überrascht/enttäuscht; could you wait a mite longer? → können Sie noch ein Momentchen warten? (inf)

---

mite [maɪt] n

a. (small quantity) → briciolo
the widow's mite (Bible) → l'obolo della vedova

b. (Brit) (small child) poor mite! → povera creaturina!

c. (Zool) → acaro

---

mite

n mite [mait]

1 a tiny person or child. duitjie طِفْل صَغير дребосъче prcek lille myr kleines Ding νιάνιαρο chiquillo, criatura maimuke بچه کوچک pikkuinen petit/-ite זָעִיר नन्हा sitno djetešce pici gyerek anak kecil (krakka)kríli piccino, bimbo 子供 꼬마 mažylis mazulis budak kecil peuter lite nurk, kryp maleństwo pequerrucho micuţ малютка, крошка špunt malček mališan pyre, parvel, knatte เด็กน้อย (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) çocukcağız, minicik kimse 小東西 малюк چھوٹا شخص یا بچہ em bé 小东西

2 a type of very small insect. miet حَشَرَه малко насекомо roztoč mide die Milbe άκαρι ácaro lest کرم ریز punkki mite קַרדִית הָאָבָק छोटा बच्चा या जानवर grinja atka tungau smámaur, áttfætlumaur acaro だに 진드기 erkė knislis hama mijt midd roztocze ácaro căpuşă клещ roztoč pršica crvić kvalster ตัวเห็บ kene 蟎 кліщ ایک قسم کا چھوٹا حشرہ ve 螨