Meanings
nounanthill (plural anthills)
plural anthills
- A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
On arrival at Edinburgh Waverley, I fight my way through the throngs of tourists and locals turning the place into a human anthill.
2024 November 27, Paul Bigland, “Around the UK on nearly 80 trains...”, in RAIL, number 1023, page 48
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Englishǣmethyll
- Middle Englishametehul
- Englishanthill
From Middle English ametehul, amptehille, from Old English ǣmethyll, equivalent to ant + hill.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μυρμηκιά
- μυρμηκιά (murmēkiá)home of ants and termites
Arabic مَسْكَن نَمْل
- مَسْكَن نَمْل (maskan naml)home of ants and termites
Basque inurritegi
- inurritegihome of ants and termites
Bulgarian мраву́няк
- мраву́няк (mravúnjak)home of ants and termites
Catalan formiguer, termiter (termites)
- formiguerhome of ants and termites
- termiter (termites)home of ants and termites
Chinese Mandarin 蟻丘 /蚁丘, 蟻穴 /蚁穴
- 蟻丘 /蚁丘 (yǐqiū)home of ants and termites
- 蟻穴 /蚁穴 (yǐxué)home of ants and termites
Czech mraveniště
- mraveništěhome of ants and termites
Danish myretue
- myretuehome of ants and termites
Dutch mierenhoop, mierennest
- mierenhoophome of ants and termites
- mierennesthome of ants and termites
Esperanto formikejo
- formikejohome of ants and termites
Estonian sipelgapesa, termiidipesa
- sipelgapesahome of ants and termites
- termiidipesahome of ants and termites
Finnish muurahaiskeko
- muurahaiskekohome of ants and termites
French fourmilière, termitière (termites)
- fourmilièrehome of ants and termites
- termitière (termites)home of ants and termites
German Ameisenhaufen, Ameisenhügel
- Ameisenhaufenhome of ants and termites
- Ameisenhügelhome of ants and termites
Greek μυρμηγκοφωλιά
- μυρμηγκοφωλιά (myrmigkofoliá)home of ants and termites
Hindi वल्मीक, बाँबी
- वल्मीक (valmīk)home of ants and termites
- बाँबी (bāmbī)home of ants and termites
Hungarian hangyaboly
- hangyabolyhome of ants and termites
Icelandic mauraþúfa
- mauraþúfahome of ants and termites
Irish nead seangán
- nead seangánhome of ants and termites
Italian formicaio
- formicaiohome of ants and termites
Japanese 蟻塚, アリの巣
- 蟻塚 (arizuka)home of ants and termites
- アリの巣 (ari no su)home of ants and termites
- 蟻の塔 (ari no tō)home of ants and termites
Korean 개미집, 개미총
- 개미집 (gaemijip)home of ants and termites
- 개미총 (gaemichong)home of ants and termites
- 개미둑 (gaemiduk)home of ants and termites
- 개미탑 (gaemitap)home of ants and termites
Latin formicarium, formicarum agmen
- formicariumhome of ants and termites
- formicarum agmenhome of ants and termites
Latvian skudru pūznis
- skudru pūznishome of ants and termites
Lithuanian skruzdėlynas
- skruzdėlynashome of ants and termites
Malay busut
- busuthome of ants and termites
Norwegian Bokmål maurtue
- maurtuehome of ants and termites
Persian آشیان مور
- آشیان مور (âšiyân-e mur)home of ants and termites
Polish mrowisko
- mrowiskohome of ants and termites
Portuguese formigueiro, cupinzeiro (termites)
- formigueirohome of ants and termites
- cupinzeiro (termites)home of ants and termites
Romanian furnicar, mușuroi
- furnicarhome of ants and termites
- mușuroihome of ants and termites
Russian мураве́йник
- мураве́йник (muravéjnik)home of ants and termites
Slovak mravenisko
- mraveniskohome of ants and termites
Spanish hormiguero
- hormiguerohome of ants and termites
Swahili kichuguu, kingulima
- kichuguuhome of ants and termites
- kingulimahome of ants and termites
Swedish myrstack
- myrstackhome of ants and termites
Tagalog punso, bahay-langgam
- punsohome of ants and termites
- bahay-langgamhome of ants and termites
- bahay-anayhome of ants and termites
- pusyohome of ants and termites
Thai รังมด
- รังมด (rang-mót)home of ants and termites
Turkish karınca yuvası
- karınca yuvasıhome of ants and termites
Ukrainian мура́шник
- мура́шник (murášnyk)home of ants and termites
Vietnamese tổ kiến
- tổ kiếnhome of ants and termites
Cite this entry
APA
anthill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthill
MLA
“anthill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthill. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anthill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthill.
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