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miter

See also: mitër

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/, /ˈmit.əɹ/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ter, mit‧er

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miter (third-person singular simple present miters, present participle mitering, simple past and past participle mitered)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”)

Noun

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miter (plural miters)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of mitre

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Verb

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miter

  1. (reflexive, se miter) to be eaten by mites or moths
  2. to construct buildings in an unregulated pattern

Conjugation

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Conjugation of miter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple miter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mitant
/mi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mité
/mi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mite
/mit/ 		mites
/mit/ 		mite
/mit/ 		mitons
/mi.tɔ̃/ 		mitez
/mi.te/ 		mitent
/mit/
imperfect mitais
/mi.tɛ/ 		mitais
/mi.tɛ/ 		mitait
/mi.tɛ/ 		mitions
/mi.tjɔ̃/ 		mitiez
/mi.tje/ 		mitaient
/mi.tɛ/
past historic2 mitai
/mi.te/ 		mitas
/mi.ta/ 		mita
/mi.ta/ 		mitâmes
/mi.tam/ 		mitâtes
/mi.tat/ 		mitèrent
/mi.tɛʁ/
future miterai
/mi.tʁe/ 		miteras
/mi.tʁa/ 		mitera
/mi.tʁa/ 		miterons
/mi.tʁɔ̃/ 		miterez
/mi.tʁe/ 		miteront
/mi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional miterais
/mi.tʁɛ/ 		miterais
/mi.tʁɛ/ 		miterait
/mi.tʁɛ/ 		miterions
/mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		miteriez
/mi.tə.ʁje/ 		miteraient
/mi.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mite
/mit/ 		mites
/mit/ 		mite
/mit/ 		mitions
/mi.tjɔ̃/ 		mitiez
/mi.tje/ 		mitent
/mit/
imperfect2 mitasse
/mi.tas/ 		mitasses
/mi.tas/ 		mitât
/mi.ta/ 		mitassions
/mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		mitassiez
/mi.ta.sje/ 		mitassent
/mi.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mite
/mit/ 		— mitons
/mi.tɔ̃/ 		mitez
/mi.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Middle English

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Noun

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miter

  1. Alternative form of mytre
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