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Definition: Emmet |
EmmetNoun1. Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Emmet" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be whole", "universal". |
Date "emmet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Emmet \Em"met\, noun. [from Old English expression emete, amete, Anglo-Saxon [ae]mete. See Ant.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: EmmetSynonyms: ant (n), pismire (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Littleness | Animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon; bacteria; infusoria; microzoa; phytozoaria; microbe; grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emmet |
| English words defined with "emmet": Emmet hunter ♦ Horse ant, horse emmet ♦ Robert Emmet Sherwood. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emmet": 58540 ♦ 68734 ♦ 71835. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Miss Levins watching Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet at work on his latest volume, "Ireland Under English Rule".Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D., LL.D. / Painted by James Archer, 1885. Engraved by Samuel Sartain.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Child shepherdess and boy chimney sweep on chimney] / Lydia Field Emmet.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The New Emmet, Harbor Springs, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmer, Emmet County, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tractor on farm in Emmet County, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lumber manufacture. Boise Payette Lumber Company, Boise, Idaho. As the rough logs enter the sawmill from the bull chain conveyor they are first sawed into the proper length on this circular power saw. This sawmill at Emmet, Idaho is producing Ponderosa pi.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Open corn crib method of storing corn, with stacks of fodder in background. Emmet County, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stacks of fodder. Emmet County, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fritz Emmet.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Robert Emmet | Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. |
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| "Emmet" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Emmet" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Emmet" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be whole", "universal". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Emmet." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Emma | Female | English | N/A |
| Emmeline | Female | English | Emma |
| Emmet | Male | English | Emma |
| Emmett | Male | English | Emmet |
| Emmie | Female | English | Emma |
| Emmy | Female | English | Emma |
| Emma | Female | French | N/A |
| Emma | Female | Italian | N/A |
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1. Emmet, AR (city, FIPS 21610) 2. Emmet, ND 3. Emmet, NE (village, FIPS 15815) |
Expressions using "emmet": Emmet County ♦ Emmet hunter ♦ horse emmet ♦ Robert Emmet Sherwood. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emmet art | 326 |
emmet fox | 68 |
emmet county | 22 |
emmet till | 21 |
emmet | 20 |
emmet swimming | 19 |
emmet ray | 16 |
emmet county michigan | 15 |
emmet kelly | 15 |
robert emmet | 11 |
emmet gowin | 11 |
emmet arkansas | 9 |
emmet otter jug band christmas | 8 |
emmet otter | 7 |
emmet county iowa | 7 |
emmet marvin | 6 |
michigan emmet | 5 |
emmet martin marvin | 5 |
emmet picture till | 5 |
emmet estate frank real | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "emmet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Milingonë (ant, pismire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Мравка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Mravenec (ant, pismire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | myre (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mier (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | formiko (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | meyra (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Emmetin kohdunkaulaleikkaus (Emmet operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fourmi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | eamelder (ant), miammel (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ameise (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εγχείρηση Emmet (Emmet operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hangya (ant, pismire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | maur (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | seangÚn (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | formica (ant, body packer, body stuffer, formica, mule, swallower). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lombard | formiga (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | maur (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | vruminga (ant), fruminga (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emmetay Gerenciador De Expansão De Memória (expanding), formiga (ant, body packer, body stuffer, emollient, mule, pisolite, swallower). (various references) furnicå (ant). (various references) Муравей. (various references) mrav (ant). (various references) hormiga (ant, pismire). (various references) mira (ant). (various references) myra (ant, pismire). (various references) langgám (ant), guyam (ant). (various references) นักท่องเที่ยว. (various references) karinca (ant). (various references) Мурашка. (various references) sinik (ant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | formica. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emmet": emmets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emmet" (pronounced e"mi't) |
| 3 | -m i' t | recommit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-m-t" | |
-1 letter: meet, meme, mete, teem. | |
-2 letters: eme, mem, met, tee. | |
-3 letters: em, et, me, mm. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-m-t" | |
+1 letter: emmets. | |
+2 letters: ammeter, gemmate, meatmen, memento, metamer, mismeet, stemmed, stemmer, tagmeme. | |
+3 letters: ammeters, ammocete, cementum, extremum, gemmated, gemmates, gemmiest, malemute, mealtime, meantime, mementos, meristem, messmate, metamere, metamers, mimetite, mismeets, movement, ohmmeter, semimute, sometime, stemmers, stemmery, stemmier, tagmemes, teammate, termtime. | |
+4 letters: amazement, amendment, ammocetes, amusement, atmometer, cementums, commented, committee, dermatome, dreamtime, embayment, embedment, emolument, empyemata, enthymeme, eremitism, extremism, hammertoe, hermetism, immediate, immensest, implement, malemutes, manometer, mealtimes, meantimes, mementoes, memoriter, meristems, merriment, meseemeth, mesmerist, messmates, metameres, metameric, metaxylem, metronome, mimetites, mincemeat, minutemen, misesteem, mistermed, momentoes, monometer, monotreme, movements, ohmmeters, osmometer, plummeted, remitment, retrimmed, semimatte, semimetal, sometimes, stammered, stammerer, stemmiest, summiteer, swimmeret, teammates, tegmentum, termtimes, timbermen, trammeled, tsimmeses, tzimmeses. | |
+5 letters: amazements, amendments, amercement, amusements, anemometer, anemometry, antemortem, atmometers, bemusement, commentate, committees, complement, decampment, dermatomes, dreamtimes, embalmment, embankment, embarkment, embayments, embedments, emblematic, emblements, embodiment, embossment, emoluments, employment, encampment, enjambment, enmeshment, enthymemes, entombment, eremitisms, extremisms, hammertoes, hermetisms, homeotherm, immoderate, immortelle, immurement, impalement, impediment, implements, management, manometers, maumetries, medicament, megagamete, meitnerium, merriments, mesmerists, metamerism, metaxylems, metonymies, metronomes, mettlesome, micrometer, millimeter, mincemeats, misesteems, mismeeting, monometers, monotremes, myxomycete, osmeterium, osmometers, pretrimmed, rearmament, remitments, semimetals, stammerers, stemmeries, summeriest, summertime, summiteers, swimmerets, symmetries, symmetrize, trammelled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 6D 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- -- . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01101101 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m m e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 006D 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3979797186 |
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