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mire

/miʁ/

noun, feminine/miʁ/plural: mires

aim (action of aiming); foresight (of rifle); target; test pattern; rod (measuring tool)

Synonyms: visée, guidon, but, cible

Borrowed from Italian mira, from Latin mīrō (“to wonder at”).

noun, masculine/miʁ/plural: mires

medieval physician

Inherited from Old French mire, mirie, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin medicus.