pit

See also PIT, and pít

English

Wikipedia

Close-up of a pit

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɪt/

• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English pytt (“pit, hole in the ground, well, grave, pustule, pockmark”), from Proto-Germanic *putjaz (“pit, well”), from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǝ- (“to beat, hew”). Cognate with West Frisian pet (“pit”), Eastern Frisian put (“pit”), Dutch put (“well, pockmark”), German Pfütze (“puddle, pool”), Danish pyt (“pit”), Icelandic pytt (“pit”).

Noun

pit (plural pits)

1. A hole in the ground.
2. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
3. (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
4. A mine.
5. (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
6. (trading) A trading pit.
7. (in the plural, with the, idiomatic, slang) Something particularly unpleasant.

   His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.

8. The bottom part of.

   I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.

9. (colloquial) armpit
10. (aviation) A luggage hold.

Derived terms

Terms derived from pit (etymology 1, noun)

armpit

money pit

pit-eye

pit stop

Translations

hole in the ground

• Albanian: gropë (sq) f
• Arabic: حفرة (ar) (ḥúfra) f
• Armenian: հոր (hy) (hor), փոս (hy) (p'os)
• Belarusian: яма (be) (jáma) f
• Bulgarian: яма (bg) (jáma) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坑 (cmn) (kēng), 穴 (cmn) (xué)

• Czech: jáma (cs) f
• Dutch: kuil (nl) m, put (nl) m
• Esperanto: kavo (eo)
• Finnish: kuoppa (fi)
• French: fosse (fr) f
• Georgian: ორმო (ka) (ormo)
• German: Grube (de) f, Loch (de) n
• Greek: λάκκος (el) (lákkos) m
• Hawaiian: lua
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
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• Hungarian: gödör (hu), verem (hu)
• Icelandic: hola (is) f, gryfja (is) f
• Indonesian: lubang (id)
• Italian: fossa (it) f
• Japanese: 落とし穴 (ja) (おとしあな, otoshiana), 穴 (ja) (あな, ana)
• Khmer: ក្រហូង (km) (krɑhoong)

• Korean: 구멍 (ko) (gumeong), 구덩이 (ko) (gudeongi)
• Latin: fovea (la) f, puteus (la) m
• Macedonian: јама (mk) (jáma) f
• Malayalam: കുഴി (kuzhi)
• Maori: rua (mi)
• Navajo: łeʼoogeed, nooʼ
• Ojibwe: waanikaan
• Persian: گودال (fa) (goudâl), چاله (fa) (čâle)
• Polish: dół (pl) m, jama (pl) f
• Portuguese: buraco (pt) m, poço (pt) m, cavouco (pt) m, vala (pt) f, fosso (pt) m
• Romanian: groapă (ro) f
• Russian: яма (ru) (jáma) f
• Scottish Gaelic: sloc (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јама (sh)

  Roman: jama (sh) f

• Slovak: jama (sk) f
• Slovene: jama (sl) f
• Spanish: fosa (es) f
• Thai: หลุม (th) (lŭm), บ่อ (th) (bòr)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: яма (uk) (jáma) f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: pant (cy) m

area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race

• Czech: box (cs) m, depo (cs) n
• Dutch: pit (nl) m
• Finnish: varikko (fi)
• French: (literally) circuit (fr) m
• German: Box (de) f

• Greek: πιτ n
• Italian: box (it) m
• Russian: боксы (ru) (bóksy)
• Spanish: (anglicism) pit (es) f

music: section of a marching band

mine — see mine

archaeology: excavation hole

• Finnish: kaivanto (fi), kuoppa (fi)

• Spanish: foso (es) m, excavación (es) f

trading pit — see trading pit

Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

1. (transitive) To make pits in.

   Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.

2. To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
3. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

   Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.

4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Translations

to bring into opposition

• Finnish: panna tappelemaan

• Greek: αντιτάσσω (el) (antitásso)

Etymology 2

From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare Middle Franconian Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of *piþō. Compare pith.

Noun

pit (plural pits)

1. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
2. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Translations

seed or stone inside a fruit

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: عضم (3eDem) m

• Aromanian: sãmbure (rup), sãmburi (rup)
• Catalan: pinyol (ca) m
• Esperanto: kerno (eo)
• Finnish: siemen (fi), kivi (fi)
• French: noyau (fr) m, pépin (fr) m
• German: Same (de), Kern (de), Stein (de)

• Greek: κουκούτσι (el) (koukoútsi) n
• Icelandic: steinn (is) m
• Macedonian: семка (mk) (sémka) f
• Ojibwe: okandaamin
• Romanian: sâmbure (ro) f
• Russian: косточка (ru) (kóstočka) f
• Spanish: semilla (es) f, hueso (es) m
• Walloon: nawea (wa) m, pirete (wa) f

the stone of a drupaceous fruit

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: عضم (3eDem) m

• Czech: pecka (cs) f
• Dutch: pit (nl) m
• Finnish: kivi (fi), siemen (fi)
• French: noyau (fr) m
• German: Kern (de) m, Stein (de)

• Greek: κουκούτσι (el) (koukoútsi) n
• Macedonian: јатка (mk) (játka) f
• Polish: pestka (pl) f
• Russian: косточка (ru) (kóstočka) f
• Spanish: hueso (es) m
• Telugu: గొయ్యి (goyyi)
• Walloon: nawea (wa) m

Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

1. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

   One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.

Translations

remove the stone from

• French: dénoyauter (fr), épépiner (fr)

• Spanish: deshuesar (es)

Anagrams

• tip
• tpi, TPI

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Noun

pít

1. road, path, way

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pectus. Compare Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho

Noun

pit m (plural pits)

1. breast

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪt
• IPA: /pɪt/

Noun

pit c (plural pitten, diminutive pitje)

1. A seed inside a fruit.
2. burner (on a stove)
3. spirit, vigour
   • 'Hij heeft pit' : He has something going for him.

Derived terms

• gaspit
• pittig

Anagrams

• tip

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.

Noun

pit f

1. vulva
2. vagina

Declension

Declension of pit

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative pit piteanna Vocative a phit a phiteanna Genitive pite piteanna Dative pit piteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phit na piteanna Genitive na pite na bpiteanna Dative leis an bpit don phit leis na piteanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pit	phit	bpit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms

• (vagina): faighin

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Lojban

Rafsi

pit

1. rafsi of plita.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪt/

Verb

tae pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pittin, simple past pit, past participle pit)

1. to put

Synonyms

• putt

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.

Noun

pit f (genitive pite, plural pitean)

1. female external genitalia, vulva
2. (vulgar) cunt, pussy