nit

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Homophone: knit

Etymology 1

Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnitō (cf. Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nid- (cf. Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian glìnda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís))

Noun

nit (plural nits)

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

Synonyms

• dickies (Geordie)

Derived terms

• nit-picking

Translations

egg of a louse

• Albanian: thëri (sq) f pl
• Arabic: صغبة (ar) (ṣúġba) f
• Armenian: անիծ (hy) (aniç) 
• Basque: bartz (eu)
• Belarusian: гніда (be) (hnída) f 
• Bulgarian: гнида (bg) (gnída) f 
• Catalan: llémena (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟣子 (cmn), 虮子 (cmn) (jǐzi)

• Czech: hnida (cs) f
• Danish: luseæg (da) n
• Dutch: neet (nl) f
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• Faroese: nitra (fo) f
• Fijian: lise (fj)
• Finnish: saivare (fi), saivar (fi)
• French: lente (fr) f
• Georgian: ტილის კვერცხი (ka) (tilis kverc’xi)
• German: Nisse (de) f
• Greek: κονίδα (el) f (konída)
• Hawaiian: liha
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: serke (hu)
• Icelandic: nit (is) f
• Ilocano: lisa
• Indonesian: telur kutu (id)
• Italian: lendine (it) m
• Japanese: 寄生虫の卵 (ja) (きせいちゅうのたまご, kiseichū no tamago)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: lēns (la) f
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: гнида (mk) (gnída) f
• Maori: riha (mi)
• Norwegian: gnett (no)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: gnida (pl) f
• Portuguese: lêndea (pt) f
• Romanian: lindină (ro) f
• Russian: гнида (ru) (gnída) f 
• Scots: neet
• Scottish Gaelic: sneadh (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гњида (sh) f

  Roman: gnjida (sh) f

• Slovak: hnida (sk) f
• Slovene: gnjida (sl) f
• Spanish: liendre (es) f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: gnet (sv) c
• Tagalog: lisa (tl)
• Thai: เล็น (th) (len)
• Tok Pisin: kiau bilong laus (tpi)
• Turkish: sirke (tr)
• Ukrainian: гнида (uk) (hnýda) f 
• Vietnamese: trứng chấy (vi), trứng rận (vi)
• Yup'ik: ingqiq

young louse

• Dutch: neet (nl) f
• Georgian: წილი (ka) (cili)

• Tok Pisin: pikinini bilong laus (tpi)

slang: fool, nitwit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傻瓜 (cmn) (shǎguā), 笨蛋 (cmn) (bèndàn)

• Danish: fjols (da) n, kvaj (da) n

• Finnish: dille (fi)
• Georgian: სულელი (ka) (suleli), ტუტუცი (ka) (tutuc’i)
• Russian: дебил (ru) (debíl) m 

Etymology 2

Latin nitere (“to shine”)

Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. A candela per square meter.

Anagrams

• int , in't
• ITN
• tin, TIN

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nox, noctem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -it

Noun

nit f (plural nits)

1. night

   durant la nit

   during the night

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

nit f

1. thread

Derived terms

• nitka f

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Lojban

Rafsi

nit

1. rafsi of cnita.

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Polish

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nity

Etymology

German Niete.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɲit/

Noun

nit m

1. rivet (mechanical fastener)

Declension

    declension of nit

	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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Romanian

Etymology

From German Niete.

Noun

nit n

1. rivet

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nitъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nîːt/

Noun

nȋt f (Cyrillic spelling ни̑т)

1. thread
2. flow, continuity

Declension

    declension of nit

	singular	plural
nominative	nit	niti
genitive	niti	niti
dative	niti	nitima
accusative	nit	niti
vocative	niti	niti
locative	niti	nitima
instrumental	niti	nitima

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Slovene

Noun

nit f

1. thread

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Swedish

Etymology

From German Niet.

Noun

nit c

1. a rivet, a stud
2. the action of braking (a motor vehicle) very hard
3. a lottery ticket which gave no reward
4. zeal

Declension

Declension of nit

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nit	niten	nitar	nitarna
genitive	nits	nitens	nitars	nitarnas

Synonyms

• (braking): tvärnit
• (lottery ticket): nitlott

See also

• nita
• gå på en nit
• tvärnit

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Volapük

Noun

nit

1. A staple
2. A staple for office stapler