ביט

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English bit, from binary digit.

Noun[edit]

בִּיט (bitm (plural indefinite בִּיטִים)

  1. bit (binary digit)

Synonyms[edit]

Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German büte, büten, from Old High German butin, butina, from Latin butina, which is perhaps related to buttis (barrel, cask).[1][2] Compare German Bütte, Bütt. Computing sense derives from English bit.

Noun[edit]

ביט (bitm, plural ביטן (bitn)

  1. basin,[3] tub
    Synonyms: באַסיין (baseyn), בעקן (bekn)
  2. pail
    Synonyms: צעבער (tseber), באַליע (balye)
  3. vat
  4. (computing) bit (unit of storage in digital computer)
    Synonym: איינסל (eynsl)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Butte”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. ^ Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “basin”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN