miter

See also: mitër

English

Alternative forms

• mitre

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

miter (plural miters)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of mitre

Derived terms

• miter square
• try-miter square

 

Anagrams

• Terim, ermit, merit, mitre, remit, timer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

miter

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

Conjugation

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).

Related terms

• mitage
• mite

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

miter

1. Alternative form of mytre