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mitre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmaɪtəɹ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English mytre, from Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”). Its use in reference to a counterfeit coin derived from the bishop's mitre stamped upon it. Doublet of Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Mehr.

Meanings

1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many reincarnations, most recently as a tall cap with two points or peaks.
   • And so, spurring Rocinante, he rode forward, leaving them all amazed at having seen and observed both his strange figure and the intelligence of his servant, for that is what they judged Sancho to be. And another of the peasants said: "If the servant is this intelligent, what must the master be like? I'll bet if they went to study in Salamanca, in the wink of an eye they'd be magistrates; everything's deceit except studying and more studying, and having favor and good luck; when a man least expects it, he finds himself with a staff in his hand or a mitre on his head." 1605 (Part One), 1615 (Part Two), Translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 896:
2. The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction affected by two bevelled ends or edges; a mitral joint.
3. (historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
4. A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
5. A gusset in sewing, etc.
6. (rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
7. A mitre shell

Forms

Deriveds

mitrewort · mitrate · mitre wheel · mitral · mitriform · mitre box · mitre line · mitre saw · mitre shell · mitre joint · unmitre · mitreless

Relateds

zone · rhason · scalding (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · sticharion · epigonation · sakkos · maniple · crockard (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · pollard (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · epimanikion · rosary (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · omophorion · leonine (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · steeping (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · alb · eagle (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · epitrachelion

Translations (47)

ga mítéar (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · lt mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · eu mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · ko 주교관 (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · pt mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · cy meitr (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · non mítr (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · hy խույր (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · ru митра (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · lv mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · es mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · pl infuła (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · hu püspöksüveg (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · io mitro (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · cmn 主教冠 (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · no mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · be мітра (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · hu mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · gl mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · da mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · pl mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · nl mijter (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · ja ミトラ (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · hu süveg (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · cs infule (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · fi hiippa (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · uk митра (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · non mítra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · ka მიტრა (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · sh mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · bg митра (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · it mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · el μίτρα (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · sv mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · tl mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · fr mitre (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · sk mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · ca mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · la mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · cs mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · sh митра (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · mk митра (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · tr mitre (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · sl mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · ro mitră (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · de Mitra (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries) · eo mitro (a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries)

mitre en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmaɪtəɹ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English mytre, from Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”). Its use in reference to a counterfeit coin derived from the bishop's mitre stamped upon it. Doublet of Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Mehr.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth) To adorn with a mitre.
2. (Commonwealth) To unite at an angle of 45°.
   • The bartizans have each a peculiar angle shaft on the outer face, which mitres into the string-course at bottom, and probably supported a shield with coat of arms or a crest or other ornament rising above the parapet 1887, David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross., The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century:

Forms

Translations (1)

hu félderékszögbenilleszt (össze) (to unite at an angle of 45°)