put

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See also PUT, puț, and pût

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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English *putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”), Sanskrit  (bunda, “arrow”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

put (third-person singular simple present puts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle put)

  1. To place something somewhere
    She put her books on the table.
  2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition
    Put your horse in order!
    He is putting all his energy into this one task.
    She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.
  3. (finance) To exercise a put option
    He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
  4. To express something in a certain manner
    When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
  5. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball as a sport. See shot put.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from put (verb)
Translations [edit]
to place something somewhere
to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition
to excercise a put option
to express something in a certain manner
athletics: to throw an iron ball
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Noun [edit]

put (plural puts)

  1. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
  2. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
    He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

put (plural puts)

  1. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 244:
      The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.

Etymology 3 [edit]

Old French pute.

Noun [edit]

put (plural puts)

  1. (obsolete) A prostitute.

Statistics [edit]

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Catalan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

put

  1. Third-person singular present indicative form of pudir.
  2. Second-person singular imperative form of pudir.

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-Germanic *putjaz, from Latin puteus.

Noun [edit]

put m (plural putten, diminutive putje)

  1. pit, well

Derived terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

put

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of putten
  2. imperative of putten

Finnish [edit]

Interjection [edit]

put

  1. (onomatopoeia) putt, imitating the sound of a low speed internal combustion engine, usually repeated at least twice: put, put.

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

put

  1. third-person singular past historic of pouvoir

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

put

  1. rafsi of sputu.

Romanian [edit]

Verb [edit]

put

  1. first-person singular present tense form of puți.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of puți.
  3. third-person plural present tense form of puți.

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /pʰuʰt̪/

Verb [edit]

put (verbal noun putadh)

  1. push, shove, jostle

Derived terms [edit]

Noun [edit]

put m (genitive puta, plural putan)

  1. buoy

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *pǫtь, from Proto-Indo-European *ponth₂-.

Noun [edit]

pȗt m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑т)

  1. road
  2. way
  3. path
  4. trip
  5. journey
  6. quest
Declension [edit]
    declension of put
singular plural
nominative pȗt pútovi / pútevi / púti
genitive púta pútēvā / pútōvā
dative putu pútovima / pútevima / pútima
accusative pȗt pútove / púteve / púte
vocative pute pútovi / pútevi / púti
locative putu pútovima /pútevima / pútima
instrumental pútom / pútem pútovima /pútevima / pútima

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *plъtь.

Noun [edit]

pȕt f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏т)

  1. skin colour; tan
  2. body
Declension [edit]
    declension of put
singular plural
nominative put puti
genitive puti puti
dative puti putima
accusative put puti
vocative puti puti
locative puti putima
instrumental puti putima

Tok Pisin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English foot.

Noun [edit]

put

  1. foot
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