pit

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[edit] English

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[edit] 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”).

[edit] 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.'
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Terms derived from pit (etymology 1, noun)
[edit] Translations
hole in the ground
area for racing cars
music: section of a marching band
mine — see mine
archaeology: excavation hole
trading pit — see trading pit

[edit] 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?
  4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
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to bring into opposition

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.
[edit] Translations
seed or stone inside a fruit
the stone of a drupaceous fruit

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Etymology

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

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pit m. (plural pits)

  1. breast

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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.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

pit f.

  1. vulva
  2. vagina

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Verb

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

  1. to put

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

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

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pit f. (genitive pite, plural pitean)

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