Split

See also: split

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos) and Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos), from ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos, “spiny broom”), a common shrub in the area.

Pronunciation

• enPR: splĭt, IPA^(key): /splɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

  Homophone: split

Proper noun

Split

1. A port city in Croatia.

Translations

port city in Croatia

• Arabic: أَسْبَاَلطُو m (classically), سِبْلِيت m (siblīt) (modern colloquial)
• Bulgarian: Сплит m (Split)
• Corsican: Spalatu m, Sbalatu m
• Danish: Split
• Finnish: Split (fi)
• French: Split (fr) m
• German: Split (de) n
• Greek: Σπλιτ n (Split)

  Ancient: Ἀσπάλαθος m (Aspálathos)

• Hebrew: ספליט
• Italian: Spalato m
• Japanese: スプリト (Supurito), スプリット (ja) (Supuritto)
• Korean: 스플리트 (seupeulliteu)
• Latin: Spalatum n, Spalatrum n, Aspalatum n
• Ottoman Turkish: اسپالتو (İspalato)
• Polish: Split (pl) m
• Portuguese: Split f
• Russian: Сплит (ru) m (Split)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Спли̏т m

  Roman: Splȉt (sh) m

• Slovene: Split m
• Venetian: Spàlato m

Anagrams

• slipt, spilt, stilp

Polish

Split

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Спли̏т／Splȉt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /split/
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: Split
• Homophone: split

Proper noun

Split m inan (related adjective splicki)

1. Split (a city in Croatia)

Declension

Declension of Split

	singular
nominative	Split
genitive	Splitu
dative	Splitowi
accusative	Split
instrumental	Splitem
locative	Splicie
vocative	Splicie

Further reading

• Split in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos), Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos).

Proper noun

Split f

1. Split (a city in Croatia)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Spalato, in turn from Latin Spalatum, ultimately from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos), Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos), from ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos, “spiny broom”), a common shrub in the area.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /splît/

Proper noun

Splȉt m (Cyrillic spelling Спли̏т)

1. Split (a port city in Croatia)

Declension

Declension of Split

	singular
nominative	Split
genitive	Splita
dative	Splitu
accusative	Split
vocative	Splite
locative	Splitu
instrumental	Splitom