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• miter (US)

語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmaɪtəɹ/
• ハイフネーション: mi‧tre
• 韻: -aɪtə(ɹ)

名詞

mitre (plural mitres)

1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
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 effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
3. (historical, numismatics) 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. (geometry, rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
7. A mitre shell

派生語

参考

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

動詞

mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred) (Commonwealth)

1. To adorn with a mitre.
2. To unite at an angle of 45°.

アナグラム

• Terim, ermit, merit, miter, remit, timer