kit

See also Kit, kıt, and KIT

English

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte, a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown.

The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
2. A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
   • 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):

   He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.

3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

   Always carry a good first aid kit.

5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.

   I built the entire car from a kit.

6. (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
   • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, Telegraph:

     A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.

7. (UK, informal) Clothing.

   Get your kit off and come to bed.

8. (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.

Derived terms

Terms derived from kit (noun)

airfix kit first aid kit football kit kit and caboodle kit out

kitbag model kit pack-up kit toolkit electronic kit

robot kit body kit kit car

Translations

equipment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 套 (cmn) (tào) (set), 工具包 (cmn) (gōngjùbāo) (set of tools), 整套 (cmn) (zhěngtào) (entire set), 設備 (cmn), 设备 (cmn) (shèbèi) (equipment)

• Czech: stavebnice f (to be assembled together)
• Dutch: set (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: -sarja (fi), rakennussarja (fi), pakkaus (fi)
• French: nécessaire (fr) m, jeu (fr) m, équipement (fr) m (equipment)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f (equipment), Satz (de) m (set)

• Italian: corredo (it) m
• Japanese: 道具 (ja) (どうぐ, dōgu) (tool), セット (ja) (setto) (set), 設備 (ja) (せつび, setsubi) (equipment)
• Russian: комплект (ru) (komplékt) m  (set), набор (ru) (nabór) m  (set), снаряжение (ru) (snarjažénije) n  (equipment), оборудование (ru) (oborúdovanije) n  (equipment), конструктор (ru) (konstrúktor) m  (construction set, a game)
• Spanish: juego (es) m, kit (es) m, ensello (es) m, equipo (es) m
• Volapük: (fish) fitininädian (vo)

Verb

kit (third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted)

1. (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.

   We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

Adjective

kit (not comparable)

1. Something which came originally in kit form.

   kit car

Etymology 2

A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a small species of fox ("kit-fox").

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. kitten
2. kit fox

Translations

kitten

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kisu (fi), kissanpentu (fi)

• French: lapereau (fr) m

Etymology 3

16th century, perhaps from cithara

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. a kit violin
   • Grew

     A dancing master's kit.

   • Charles Dickens, Bleak House

     Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Etymology 4

ca. 1880, from German kitte, kütte.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

1. a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons

Anagrams

• ITK
• tik

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian кит.

Noun

kit

1. whale (Cetacea)

Declension

    declension of kit

nominative	kit
genitive	kitniñ
dative	kitke
accusative	kitni
locative	kitte
ablative	kitten

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

Etymology 1

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, not used in plural form)

1. putty

Etymology 2

From English kit (1980).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, plural indefinite kit or kits)

1. kit

Inflection

    Inflection of kit

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	kit	kittet	kit kits	kittene
genitive	kits	kittets	kits kits'	kittenes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

kit f (plural kitten, diminutive kitje)

1. metal can, used mainly for coal

Derived terms

• kolenkit

Etymology 2

From German Kitt.

Noun

kit f, n (uncountable)

1. sealant

Derived terms

• kitten

Etymology 3

From English kit.

Noun

kit m (plural kits, diminutive kitje)

1. set of tools

Anagrams

• tik

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Hungarian

Etymology

ki + -t (accusative of ki)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkit/
• Hyphenation: kit

Pronoun

kit

1. whom

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Lojban

Rafsi

kit

1. rafsi of kliti.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈcit̪/

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Noun

kit m

1. putty
2. (slang) lie

Declension

    declension of kit

	singular	plural
nominative	kit	kity
genitive	kitu	kitów
dative	kitowi	kitom
accusative	kit	kity
instrumental	kitem	kitami
locative	kicie	kitach
vocative	kicie	kity

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kȇtos).

Noun

kȉt m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏т)

1. whale

Declension

    declension of kit

	singular	plural
nominative	kȉt	kìtovi
genitive	kita	kitova
dative	kitu	kitovima
accusative	kita	kitove
vocative	kite	kitovi
locative	kitu	kitovima
instrumental	kitom	kitovima

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Slovene

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kȇtos).

Noun

kit m anim. (dual kita, plural kiti)

1. whale

Declension

Declension of kit (masculine animate, hard)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kit	kita	kiti
accusative	kita	kita	kite
genitive	kita	kitov	kitov
dative	kitu	kitoma	kitom
locative	kitu	kitih	kitih
instrumental	kitom	kitoma	kiti

Etymology 2

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Noun

kit m inan. (dual kita, plural kiti)

1. putty

Declension

Declension of kit (masculine inanimate, hard)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kit	kita	kiti
accusative	kit	kita	kite
genitive	kita	kitov	kitov
dative	kitu	kitoma	kitom
locative	kitu	kitih	kitih
instrumental	kitom	kitoma	kiti

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Tok Pisin

Noun

kit

1. putty

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Turkmen

Etymology

From Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kȇtos).

Noun

kit

1. whale

Declension

    declension of kit

	singular	plural
nominative	kit	kitler
accusative	kidi	kitleri
genitive	kidiň	kitleriň
dative	kide	kitlere
locative	kitde	kitlerde
ablative	kitden	kitlerden