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”).
/miʁ/
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”).
medieval physician
Inherited from Old French mire, mirie, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin medicus.