nit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Bosnian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Croatian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Czech 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Derived terms 6 Polish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Declension 7 Romanian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Serbian 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Declension 9 Slovene 9.1 Noun 10 Swedish 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 Synonyms 10.1.2 See also 11 Volapük 11.1 Noun

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Wikipedia

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

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• knit

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Old English hnitu. Cognate with Ancient Greek κονίς (konis), Old Norse gnit/nitr. Cf. Bulgarian and Russian гнида, Serbo-Croatian гњида/gnjida, Lithuanian glinda ( < proto-Baltic *gninda).

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nit (plural nits)

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. (slang) A fool, a nitwit.

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• dickies (Geordie)

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Latin nitere, to shine

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nit (plural nits)

1. A candela per square meter.

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• Anagrams of int , in't
• ITN
• tin, TIN

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nit f (plural niti)

1. thread

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Latin nox.

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nit f. (plural nits)

1. night

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nit f (plural niti)

1. thread

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nit f.

1. thread

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• nitka f.

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German Niete.

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• IPA: /ɲit/

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nit m.

1. rivet (mechanical fastener)

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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nit	nity
Genitive	nitu	nitów
Dative	nitowi	nitom
Accusative	nit	nity
Instrumental	nitem	nitami
Locative	nicie	nitach
Vocative	nicie	nity

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From German Niete.

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nit n.

1. rivet

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nit f. (Cyrillic spelling нит)

1. thread

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nit f.

1. thread

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nit c.

Inflection for nit	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	nit	niten	nitar	nitarna
Possessive form	nits	nitens	nitars	nitarnas

1. A rivet.
2. The action of breaking very hard.
3. A lottery ticket which gave no reward.
4. Zeal.

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• tvärnit (1)
• nitlott (3)

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• nita
• gå på en nit

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[edit] Volapük

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nit

1. A staple.
2. A staple for office stapler.