mist
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The noun is from Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”).
The verb is from Middle English misten, from Old English mistian.
Noun
[edit]mist (countable and uncountable, plural mists)
- (countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
- Synonym: brume
- It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
- (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
- There was an oily mist on the lens.
- (figurative) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]water or other liquid finely suspended in air
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a layer of fine droplets or particles
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Verb
[edit]mist (third-person singular simple present mists, present participle misting, simple past and past participle misted)
- To form mist.
- It's misting this morning.
- To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- I mist my tropical plants every morning.
- To cover with a mist.
- The lens was misted.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- her breath will mist or staine the stone
- (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to form mist
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to spray fine droplets on
to cover with a mist
to be covered by tears
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]mist
- (obsolete) past of miss
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- you shall be mist at Court
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Verb
[edit]mist
- imperative of miste
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.
Noun
[edit]mist m (plural misten, diminutive mistje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: mis
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]mist
- inflection of missen:
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]mist
- inflection of misten:
Anagrams
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mist
Ingrian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmistæ/, [ˈmis̠t]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmist/, [ˈmiʃt]
- Rhymes: -ist
- Hyphenation: mist
Pronoun
[edit]mist
References
[edit]- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100
Latvian
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]mist (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present mītu, mīt, mīt, past mitu)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of mist
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | mītu | mitu | mitīšu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | mīt | miti | mitīsi | mīt |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | mīt | mita | mitīs | lai mīt |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | mītam | mitām | mitīsim | mitīsim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | mītat | mitāt | mitīsiet, mitīsit |
mītiet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | mīt | mita | mitīs | lai mīt |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | mītot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | mītošs | ||
| Past | esot mitis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | mizdams | ||
| Future | mitīšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | mītot | ||
| Imperative | lai mītot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | mītam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | mitis | |||
| Present | mistu | Present Passive | mītams | ||
| Past | būtu mitis | Past Passive | mists | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jāmīt | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | mist | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāmīt | Negative Infinitive | nemist | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jāmītot | Verbal noun | mišana | ||
Related terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mist
- Alternative form of myst (“mist”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]mist
- Alternative form of myst (“mysteries”)
North Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.
Noun
[edit]mist m
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Verb
[edit]mist
- imperative of miste
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Verb
[edit]mist
- past participle of missa
- inflection of mista:
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mist m
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mist | mistas |
| accusative | mist | mistas |
| genitive | mistes | mista |
| dative | miste | mistum |
Descendants
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse mistr, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.
Noun
[edit]mist c
- lighter fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)
Usage notes
[edit]Mostly at sea. The more common word for fog is dimma.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mist | mists |
| definite | misten | mistens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
[edit]Participle
[edit]mist
- past participle of mista
Verb
[edit]mist
- inflection of mista:
References
[edit]- mist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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