pit
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English [edit]
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Etymology 1 [edit]
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 [edit]
pit (plural pits)
- A hole in the ground.
- (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
- (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.
- A mine.
- (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.
- (trading) A trading pit.
- (in the plural, with the, idiomatic, slang) Something particularly unpleasant.
- His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.
- The bottom part of.
- I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.
- (colloquial) armpit
- (aviation) A luggage hold.
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Verb [edit]
pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)
- (transitive) To make pits in.
- Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
- (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.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare Middle Franconian Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of *piþō. Compare pith.
Noun [edit]
pit (plural pits)
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Verb [edit]
pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)
- (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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Cahuilla [edit]
Noun [edit]
pít
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin pectus. Compare Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho
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pit m (plural pits)
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pit c (plural pitten, diminutive pitje)
- A seed inside a fruit.
- burner (on a stove)
- spirit, vigour
- 'Hij heeft pit' : He has something going for him.
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Irish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.
Noun [edit]
pit f
Declension [edit]
Second declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation [edit]
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| pit | phit | bpit |
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Synonyms [edit]
- (vagina): faighin
Lojban [edit]
Rafsi [edit]
pit
Scots [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /pɪt/
Verb [edit]
tae pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pittin, simple past pit, past participle pit)
- to put
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Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:Music
- en:Archaeology
- en:Trading
- English idioms
- English slang
- English colloquialisms
- en:Aviation
- English verbs
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Cahuilla nouns
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan nouns
- Dutch nouns
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish nouns
- Lojban rafsi
- Scots verbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic vulgarities
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