Mist

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English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology

From Old English mist (“‘mist’”)

Noun

Singular Mist

Plural s

Mist (s)

1. (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.

   It was difficult to see through the morning mist.

2. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.

   There was an oily mist on the lens.

Derived terms

• misty
• mists of time
• red mist

Translations

Water or other liquid finely suspended in air

Albanian: mjegull sq(sq) Catalan: boira ca(ca) f. Chamicuro: puuya Chinese: bówù (trad. 薄霧, simpl. 薄雾) Czech: mlha cs(cs) f. Dutch: mist nl(nl), nevel nl(nl) Esperanto: nebulo eo(eo) Estonian: udu et(et), vidu et(et) Finnish: sumu fi(fi), usva fi(fi), utu fi(fi), terhen fi(fi), auer fi(fi), huuru fi(fi), häkärä fi(fi) French: brouillard fr(fr) m., brume fr(fr) f. German: Nebel de(de) m. Greek: καταχνιά el(el) f., πούσι el(el) n. Icelandic: mistur is(is) m. Italian: nebbia it(it) f., foschia it(it) f., bruma it(it) f.

Japanese: 霞み (かすみ, kasumi) Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌م ku(ku) (tam) Latin: nebula la(la) Lithuanian: migla lt(lt) f. Nahuatl: poctli Norwegian: tåke no(no) c., skodde no(no) c. Polish: mgła pl(pl) f. Portuguese: névoa pt(pt) f., neblina pt(pt) f. Romanian: ceaţă ro(ro) f. Serbian: sumaglica Slovak: hmla sk(sk) f. Spanish: niebla es(es) f., neblina es(es) f. Swedish: dimma sv(sv), mist sv(sv) m.

A layer of fine droplets or particles

Dutch: waas nl(nl)

Swedish: imma sv(sv)

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Lithuanian: rūkas m, ūkana f, ūkas f

Verb

Infinitive to Mist

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Mist (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To form mist.

   It's misting this morning.

2. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.

   I mist my tropical plants every morning.

3. To cover with a mist.

   The lens was misted.

4. (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

   My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.

Derived terms

• mist over

Translations

To form mist

French: faire de la brume, brumer Japanese: 霞む (かすむ, kasumu)

Polish: zamglić pl(pl) się Portuguese: enevoar, nublar

To spray fine droplets on

Finnish: sumuttaa fi(fi)

Polish: zraszać pl(pl), zrosić pl(pl)

To cover with a mist

Polish: zaparować pl(pl), pokryć pl(pl) rosą

To be covered by tears

Polish: zajść pl(pl) łzami

Anagrams

• imst,
• ISTM
• stim

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Dutch

Noun

Mist m. (plural misten, diminutive mistje, diminutive plural mistjes)

1. fog, mist

Verb

Mist

1. The second- and third-person singular present indicative of missen.
2. The plural imperative of missen.
3. The first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of misten.
4. The imperative of misten.

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Swedish

Noun

Mist c.

1. fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)

This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at fog. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Mist in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009

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