formiga

See also: Formiga and formìga

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

ant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /furˈmi.ɡə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡa/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

ant

Derived terms

blat de formiga
formiga lleó
formigat
formigueig
formiguejar
formiguer

References

“formiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“formiga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“formiga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“formiga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

forniga, furmía, furmiga

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʊɾˈmiɣɐ/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

ant
- 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
  Unha formiguiña senlleira e angueirosa, bulindo por antre a herbaxe ollóu, sen facer bruído ningún, como xacía Rasgulkje impotente
  A solitary and hard-working little ant, cruising by the grasses, saw, making no sound, how Rasgulkje laid helpless

Derived terms

Formiga
Formigoso
formigueiro
Formigueiro
Formigueiros

References

“formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“formig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“formiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“formiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

ant

References

AEDLL
Pallabreiru Llïonés

Occitan

Alternative forms

fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [furˈmiɣo]
Audio (Languedocien) (file)

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

ant

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [foɦˈmi.ɡɐ], /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɦˈmi.ɡɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻˈmi.ɡa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣɐ]

Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

formiga

From Old Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”).

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

ant

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formiga.

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: furminga, forminga
Papiamentu: fruminga, vruminga

Verb

formiga

inflection of formigar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formigar.

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /forˈmiɡa/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

(Limba Sarda Comuna) ant

Venetian

Etymology

See formìga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)

ant