mitre

• miter (US)

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.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪtəɹ/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧tre
• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

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

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

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°.

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

mitre f (plural mitres)

1. mitre

• “mitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tre/
• Rhymes: -itre
• Hyphenation: mì‧tre

mitre f

1. plural of mitra

• merti, metri, termi, timer, tremi

mitre

1. Alternative form of mytre

mitre

1. inflection of mitrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative