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)

  1. A hole in the ground.
  2. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip (Eng.) inside a fruit.
  3. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
  4. Area at the auto racetrack used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race
  5. (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.
  6. A mine.
  7. (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.
  8. A trading pit.
Translations
hole in the ground
  • Albanian: gropë sq(sq) f.
  • Armenian: հոր hy(hy) (hor), փոս hy(hy) (p'os)
  • Czech: jáma cs(cs) f.
  • Dutch: kuil nl(nl) m., put nl(nl) m.
  • Esperanto: kavo eo(eo)
  • Finnish: kuoppa fi(fi)
  • French: fosse fr(fr) f.
  • German: Grube de(de) f.
  • Greek: τρίπα f.
seed or stone inside a fruit
the stone of a drupaceous fruit
  • Greek: κουκούτσι el(el) n.
  • Spanish: hueso es(es) m.
  • Telugu: గొయ్యి (goyyi)
area for racing cars
  • Czech: box cs(cs) m., depo cs(cs) n.
  • Dutch: pit nl(nl) m.
  • Finnish: varikko fi(fi)
  • French: (literally) circuit fr(fr) m.
  • German: Box de(de) f.
  • Italian: box it(it) m.
  • Spanish: pista es(es) f.
music: section of a marching band
mine — see mine archaeology: excavation hole
trading pit — see trading pit
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)

  1. (transitive) To bring into opposition, as in "to pit one's wits against someone".
  2. (transitive) To make pits in.
    Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
  3. (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.
  4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
Translations
to bring into opposition
  • Finnish: panna tappelemaan
Related terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Latin pectus. Compare Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho

Noun

pit m.

  1. breast

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pit

  1. A seed inside a fruit.
  2. 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.

  1. vulva
  2. vagina

Declension

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pit piteanna
Vocative a phit a phiteanna
Genitive pite piteanna
Dative pit piteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phit na piteanna
Genitive na pite na bpiteanna
Dative leis an bpit

don phit

 leis na piteanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pit phit bpit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms

Scots

Pronunciation

Verb

tae pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pittin, simple past pit, past participle pit)

  1. 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)

  1. female external genitalia, vulva
  2. (vulgar) cunt, pussy

 

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