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mie.

crumb (small piece of bread)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mi/
  1. crumb (small piece of bread)

    feminine
  2. crumb (soft inside part of bread)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French mie, from Latin mīca. Doublet of miche, from a Vulgar Latin variant, and mica, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Italian mica.

adv/mi/
  1. not

    archaic
    Ne parle mie
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French mie, from Latin mīca. Doublet of miche, from a Vulgar Latin variant, and mica, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Italian mica.

noun/mi/
  1. ladylove, beloved

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From rebracketing of Middle French m’amie as ma mie. The Middle French is equivalent to modern *ma amie; the use of masculine mon before vowel-initial feminines was already common, but not yet obligatory.

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