pit
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Old English pytt, from Late Proto-Germanic *puttjaz (compare Dutch put, German Pfütze, Old Norse pyttr), from Latin puteus 'well, pit'.
Noun
pit (plural pits)
- A hole in the ground.
- A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip (Eng.) inside a fruit.
- A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
- Area at the auto racetrack used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race
- (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
- A mine.
- (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
- A trading pit.
Translations
hole in the ground
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch pit
Verb
to pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)
- (transitive) To bring into opposition, as in "to pit one's wits against someone".
- (transitive) To make pits in.
- Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
- One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
Translations
to bring into opposition
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Related terms
- pit stop (3)
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Latin pectus. Compare Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho
Noun
pit m.
- breast
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: pɪt
Noun
pit
- A seed inside a fruit.
- Spirit
- 'Hij heeft pit' : He has something going for him.
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.
Noun
pit f.
- vulva
- vagina
Declension
- Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
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| pit | phit | bpit | |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Synonyms
- (vagina): faighin
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɪt/
Verb
tae pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pittin, simple past pit, past participle pit)
- to put
Synonyms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.
Noun
pit f. (genitive pite, plural pitean)
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