edit

See also édit, and Edit

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer ‘edit, publish’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛdɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɛdɪt

Noun

edit (plural edits)

1. A change to the text of a document.

Translations

a change to the text of a document

Arabic: تحرير (ar) (taḥrīr) m. Bulgarian: редакция (bg) (redákcija) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 編輯 (cmn), 编辑 (cmn) (biānjí) Dutch: wijziging (nl) f., aanpassing (nl) f., bewerking (nl) f. Esperanto: ŝanĝo, modifo, adapto Estonian: parandus (et) Finnish: muokkaus (fi), muutos (fi) French: modification (fr) f., correction (fr) f. German: Bearbeitung (de) f. Hebrew: עריכה (he) (arikhá) f.

Japanese: 編集 (ja) (へんしゅう, henshū) Korean: 편집 (ko) (pyeonjip) (編輯 (ko)) Malayalam: സംശോധനം (samśodhanaṁ) Norwegian: redigere (no) Old English: adihtan (ang) Persian: ویرایش (fa) (virâyeš) Polish: edycja (pl) f. Russian: редакция (ru) (redákcija) f., редактирование (ru) (redaktírovanije) n., правка (ru) (právka) f. Thai: การแก้ไข (th) (kār kæ̂k̄hị) Vietnamese: sự biên tập (vi)

Verb

edit (third-person singular simple present edits, present participle editing, simple past and past participle edited)

1. To change a text, or a document.

   I want to edit the picture to remove the red eye.

   Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

2. (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.

   He edits the Bee.

Related terms

• editable
• edition
• editor
• editorial

Synonyms

• retouch, fix up, alter

Translations

to change a text, or a document

Arabic: حرّر (ar) (ḥárrara), عدّل (ar) (ʿáddala) Armenian: խմբագրել (hy) (xmbagrel) Basque: argitaratu Bulgarian: редактирам (bg) (redaktíram) Chinese: Mandarin: 編輯 (cmn), 编辑 (cmn) (biānjí) Croatian: urediti Czech: editovat (cs) Danish: redigere (da) Dutch: bewerken (nl), wijzigen (nl) Esperanto: ŝanĝi, modifi, adapti Estonian: toimetama Finnish: muokata (fi), muuttaa (fi), editoida (fi) French: modifier (fr), corriger (fr), rediger (fr), éditer (fr) Georgian: რედაქციის გაკეტება (redak‘tsiis gaketeba), რედაქტირება (redak‘tireba) German: bearbeiten (de), redigieren (de), edieren (de) Hebrew: ערך (he) (arákh) Hindi: संपादन करना (hi) (sampādan karnā) Hungarian: szerkeszt (hu) Ido: redaktar

Interlingua: editar (ia) Italian: redigere (it) Japanese: 編集する (ja) (へんしゅうする, henshū-suru) Korean: 편집하다 (ko) (pyeonjyp-hada) Latin: ēdo (la) Mongolian: редакторлах (mn) (rédaktorlah) Navajo: łahgo áshłééh Norwegian: redigere (no) Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: ویرایش کردن (fa) (virâyeš kardan) Polish: edytować (pl) Portuguese: editar (pt) Romanian: editare (ro) f. Russian: редактировать (ru) (redaktírovat’) impf., изменять (ru) (izmenját’) impf. Slovak: zmeniť, editovať Spanish: editar (es) Swedish: redigera (sv), bearbeta (sv) Thai: แก้ไข (th) (kæ̂k̄hị) Turkish: değiştirmek (lit., to change) Vietnamese: biên tập (vi) (編輯 (vi))

be editor of a publication

Anagrams

• diet
• tide
• tied

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“[I] eat”).

Verb

edit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of edō  "he (she, it) eats"
2. third-person singular present active subjunctive of edō  "may he (she, it) eat"

ēdit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of edō  "he (she, it) has eaten, he (she, it) ate"

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“bring forth; bring about”).

Verb

ēdit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ēdō
   1. "he (she, it) brings forth; he (she, it) ejects, he (she, it) discharges"
   2. "he (she, it) produces, he (she, it) yields; he (she, it) begets"
   3. "he (she, it) publishes, he (she, it) spreads abroad"
   4. "he (she, it) relates, he (she, it) tells; he (she, it) discloses, he (she, it) announces"
   5. "he (she, it) performs, he (she, it) brings about"
   6. "he (she, it) lifts, he (she, it) elevates"