mitre
Syllables: mi·treUS/ˈmaɪtəɹ/
mitre noun: 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.
Noun
mitre (plural mitres)
- 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...1605 (Part One), 1615 (Part Two), Translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 896
- 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.
- A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
- A gusset in sewing, etc.
- A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
- A mitre shell
Verb
mitre (third-person singular simple present mitres, present participle mitring, simple past and past participle mitred)
- To adorn with a mitre.
- 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 parapet1887, David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross., The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century
Proper noun capitalized: Mitre
Mitre
- A locality in the Rural City of Horsham and the Shire of West Wimmera, western Victoria, Australia.
mitre meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog
mitre in Tamil
- இலம்பப்பொருத்து, மைற்றர், இணைக் கூம்பு பல்சக்கரம், சாய்த்துமடி
mitre in Kannada
- ಸೀಳು ಟೋಪಿ
mitre in Tagalog
- a covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries
- mitra
Forms of mitre
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mitres |
| alternative US | miter |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mitres |
| present participle | mitring |
| past participle | mitred |
| past | mitred |
Origin of mitre
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.
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Questions about mitre
- What does mitre mean?
- Mitre means 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.
- What is mitre in Tamil?
- Mitre in Tamil is இலம்பப்பொருத்து, மைற்றர், இணைக் கூம்பு பல்சக்கரம். See Mitre meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mitre?
- Mitre can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mitre?
- Mitre is pronounced /ˈmaɪtəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of mitre?
- The plural of mitre is mitres.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mitre (page history and authors); Mitre (page history and authors); mitre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mitre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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