bit

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See also: Bit, B.I.T., -bit-, bít, bịt, and bɨt

English

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snaffle bit (1)
drill bit (2)
key bit (15)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bĭt, IPA(key): /bɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

cognates

Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti.

Noun

bit (plural bits)

  2. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
    A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.
  3. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
  4. (dated, British) A coin of a specified value.
    a threepenny bit
  5. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 10, [3]
      The smallest coin we had in Canada in early days was a dime, worth ten cents. The Indians called this coin "a Bit". Our next coin, double in buying power and in size, was a twenty-five cent piece and this the Indians called "Two Bits".
  6. (now US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
    A quarter is two bits.
  8. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
  9. A small amount of something.
    There were bits of paper all over the floor.
    Does your leg still hurt? —Just a bit now.
    I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours.
  10. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
    I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first.
    He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.
  11. (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
    The 400 metres race was won in 47 seconds and bits.
  12. A portion of something.
    I'd like a big bit of cake, please.
    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
  13. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
    Am I bored? Not a bit of it!
    • T. Hook
      My young companion was a bit of a poet.
  14. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
    • 1904, The Anamosa prison press, volume 7, Iowa. Colony of Detention at Anamosa:
      Had it not been for the influence of Mrs. Booth and Hope Hall I should still be grafting or doing a bit in some stir
    • 1916, Thomas Mott Osborne. Warden, Sing Sing Prison, N. Y., “Prison Reform”, in The Journal of sociologic medicine, volume 17, page 407:
      Before doing that I am going to tell you what was the result of my own incarceration, because I presume it may not be a secret to you, that I have done a "bit" myself, not the "bit" which the prosecuting attorney was so anxious to have me do.
    • 1994, Odie Hawkins, Lost Angeles, page 158:
      Chino didn't make me think of Dachau or that notorious joint in Angola, Louisiana, where a brother who had done a bit there told me how they used to cut the grass on the front lawn with their fingernails.
    • 2001, Andrew H. Vachss, Pain management:
      Not counting the days—that's okay for a county-time slap, but it'll make you crazy if you've got years to go on a felony bit.
  15. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
    His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.
  16. Short for bit part.
    She acted her bit in the opening scene.
  18. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers[1].
  19. The cutting iron of a plane[2].
  20. The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
  21. (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
  22. (MLE) A gun.
    • 2013 December 23, Stephen Reynolds, 46:53 from the start, in Stephen Reynolds, director, Vendetta (film), spoken by Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer):
      JIMMY: I need to get my hands on some bits. If you’re still in the business. RONNIE (played by Nick Nevern): Oi! TROJAN (played by Jean-Paul Van Cauwelaert): Ronnie. {…} TROJAN: Now that is a SIG Sauer P226.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • bits (“genitals”)
Translations
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References

  1. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Bit”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
  2. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Bit”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Verb

bit (third-person singular simple present bits, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)

  1. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

Etymology 2

See bite

Verb

bit

  1. simple past of bite
    Your dog bit me!
  2. (informal in US, archaic in UK) past participle of bite, bitten
    I have been bit by your dog!

Adjective

bit (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly in combination) Having been bitten.
    Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.
    • 1984, Field & Stream, volume 89, number July, number 3, page 24:
      Fortunately, someone who gets skeeter-bit this much may develop an immunity to the skeeter's saliva
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Etymology 3

Coined by John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”.[1][2] First used in print 1948 by Claude Shannon.[3] Compare byte and nybble, with similar food associations.

Noun

bit (plural bits)

  2. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
  3. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
    Synonym: b
  5. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
    status bits on IRC
    permission bits in a file system
  6. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
    • 2011 May 17, Lisa Grossman, “Entropy Is Universal Rule of Language”, in Wired Science‎[4], retrieved 2012-09-26:
      The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure.
      But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word.
  7. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
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See also

References

  1. ^ “Six Receive Honorary Degrees at Princeton Commencement”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2002-02-09
  2. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], 2007 March 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 3 March 2007
  3. ^ Claude Shannon (1948 July) “A Mathematical Theory of Communication”, in The Bell System Technical Journal, →DOI

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic бит
Abjad بیت

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bit]
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Noun

bit (definite accusative biti, plural bitlər)

  1. louse

Declension

    Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bit
 bitlər
definite accusative biti
 bitləri
dative bitə
 bitlərə
locative bitdə
 bitlərdə
ablative bitdən
 bitlərdən
definite genitive bitin
 bitlərin
    Possessive forms of bit
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bitim bitlərim
sənin (“your”) bitin bitlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) biti bitləri
bizim (“our”) bitimiz bitlərimiz
sizin (“your”) bitiniz bitləriniz
onların (“their”) biti or bitləri bitləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bitimi bitlərimi
sənin (“your”) bitini bitlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) bitini bitlərini
bizim (“our”) bitimizi bitlərimizi
sizin (“your”) bitinizi bitlərinizi
onların (“their”) bitini or bitlərini bitlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bitimə bitlərimə
sənin (“your”) bitinə bitlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) bitinə bitlərinə
bizim (“our”) bitimizə bitlərimizə
sizin (“your”) bitinizə bitlərinizə
onların (“their”) bitinə or bitlərinə bitlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bitimdə bitlərimdə
sənin (“your”) bitində bitlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) bitində bitlərində
bizim (“our”) bitimizdə bitlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) bitinizdə bitlərinizdə
onların (“their”) bitində or bitlərində bitlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bitimdən bitlərimdən
sənin (“your”) bitindən bitlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) bitindən bitlərindən
bizim (“our”) bitimizdən bitlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) bitinizdən bitlərinizdən
onların (“their”) bitindən or bitlərindən bitlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) bitimin bitlərimin
sənin (“your”) bitinin bitlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) bitinin bitlərinin
bizim (“our”) bitimizin bitlərimizin
sizin (“your”) bitinizin bitlərinizin
onların (“their”) bitinin or bitlərinin bitlərinin

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

bit m (plural bits)

  1. (computing) bit

Czech

Etymology

From English bit, from binary digit.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. (computing) bit

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ablaut of bijten.

Noun

bit n (plural bitten, diminutive bitje n)

  1. bit (for a working animal)
  2. bit (rotary cutting tool)
  3. mouthguard

Etymology 2

From English bit.

Noun

bit m (plural bits, diminutive bitje n)

  1. bit (binary digit)
  2. bit (unit of storage)
  3. bit (datum with two possible values)

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

Noun

bit m (plural bits)

  1. (computing) bit

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

From English bit.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbit]
  • Hyphenation: bit
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

bit (plural bitek)

  1. (computing) bit (binary digit)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bit bitek
accusative bitet biteket
dative bitnek biteknek
instrumental bittel bitekkel
causal-final bitért bitekért
translative bitté bitekké
terminative bitig bitekig
essive-formal bitként bitekként
essive-modal — —
inessive bitben bitekben
superessive biten biteken
adessive bitnél biteknél
illative bitbe bitekbe
sublative bitre bitekre
allative bithez bitekhez
elative bitből bitekből
delative bitről bitekről
ablative bittől bitektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bité biteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bitéi bitekéi
Possessive forms of bit
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bitem bitjeim
2nd person sing. bited bitjeid
3rd person sing. bitje bitjei
1st person plural bitünk bitjeink
2nd person plural bitetek bitjeitek
3rd person plural bitjük bitjeik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪt]
  • Hyphenation: bit

Etymology 1

From English bit (“binary digit”), from Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Noun

bit (first-person possessive bitku, second-person possessive bitmu, third-person possessive bitnya)

  1. (computing) bit, smallest unit of storage.

Etymology 2

From Dutch biet, from Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.

Noun

bit (first-person possessive bitku, second-person possessive bitmu, third-person possessive bitnya)

  1. Beta vulgaris, common beet, beetroot, sugar beet, and chard.

Further reading

Lashi

Pronunciation

Noun

bit

  1. sun

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

bit

  1. Template:supine of

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English beat.

Verb

bit

  1. beat

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse biti.

Noun

bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural biter, definite plural bitene)

  1. a bit, piece (of something)
  2. a bite, mouthful (of food)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English bit (binary digit).

Noun

bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or biter, definite plural bitene)

  1. a bit (binary digit)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse.

Pronunciation

Noun

bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bitar, definite plural bitane)

  1. a bit, piece (of something)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English bit (binary digit).

Pronunciation

Noun

bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or bitar, definit plural bitane)

  1. a bit (binary digit)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse bit.

Pronunciation

Noun

bit n (definite singular bitet, indefinite plural bit, definite plural bita)

  1. a bite (e.g. insect bite, dog bite)
  2. a bite, mouthful (of food)

Etymology 4

From the first person singular present indicative of Old Norse bíta, and from the second person singular imperative Old Norse bíta.

Pronunciation

Verb

bit

  1. inflection of bite:
    1. present
    2. imperative

References

Old Irish

Verb

bit

  1. third-person plural future of is

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bit.

Noun

bit m inan

  1. (mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0)
    bit informacji ― a bit of information
    bit po bicie ― bit by bit
Declension
Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bit bity
genitive bit/bita bitów
dative bitowi bitom
accusative bit bity
instrumental bitem bitami
locative bicie bitach
vocative bicie bity

The genitive singular form bita is overall less common.

Derived terms
adjective
adjective
noun

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English beat.

Noun

bit m inan

  1. beat (instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music)
  2. (music) beat (rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians)

Alternative forms

Declension
Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bit bity
genitive bitu bitów
dative bitowi bitom
accusative bit bity
instrumental bitem bitami
locative bicie bitach
vocative bicie bity

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English drill bit.

Noun

bit m inan

  1. drill bit
Declension
Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bit bity
genitive bitu bitów
dative bitowi bitom
accusative bit bity
instrumental bitem bitami
locative bicie bitach
vocative bicie bity

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English big beat.

Alternative forms

Noun

bit m inan

  1. big beat (form of pop music having distorted breakbeats at a moderate tempo)
    Synonym: big-beat
    polski bit ― Polish big beat
Declension
Declension of bit
singular
nominative bit
genitive bitu
dative bitowi
accusative bit
instrumental bitem
locative bicie
vocative bicie

Further reading

  • bit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bit.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

bit m (plural bits)

  1. (mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit)

Synonyms

  • Abbreviations: b

Coordinate terms

  • byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)

Romanian

Etymology

From English bit or French bit.

Noun

bit m (plural biți)

  1. (computing) bit

Declension

Declension of bit
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bit bitul (niște) biți biții
genitive/dative (unui) bit bitului (unor) biți biților
vocative bitule biților

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Related to German bis.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

bit

  1. until

Preposition

bit

  1. until, to

Derived terms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “bit”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots

Adjective

bit

  1. Little.
    • 1889, Jessup Whitehead, The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering (page 439)
      A bit wee lambie
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
      He laid a hundred guineas with the laird of Slofferfield that he would drive four horses through the Slofferfield loch, and in the prank he had his bit chariot dung to pieces and a good mare killed.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From bȉti (“to be”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bȋt f (Cyrillic spelling би̑т)

  1. essence
  2. point, meaning
Declension
Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bȋt biti
genitive biti bítī
dative biti bitima
accusative bit biti
vocative biti biti
locative biti bitima
instrumental biti bitima

Etymology 2

From English bit.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȉt m (Cyrillic spelling би̏т)

  1. (computing) bit
Declension
Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bȉt bìtovi
genitive bita bitova
dative bitu bitovima
accusative bit bitove
vocative bite bitovi
locative bitu bitovima
instrumental bitom bitovima

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian biti, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Verb

bit pf or impf

  1. to be

References

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 409–412

Spanish

Etymology

From English bit.

Pronunciation

Noun

bit m (plural bits)

  1. bit (binary digit)

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse biti, noun definitions 2 and 4: From English bit, from binary digit.

Pronunciation

Noun

bit c

  1. bit (small piece)
  2. bit (portion)
  3. bit (binary digit)
  4. bit (unit of storage)
  5. bit (piece of music)

Declension

Declension of bit 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bit biten bitar bitarna
Genitive bits bitens bitars bitarnas

Verb

bit

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of bita.

Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بیت, بت, from Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).

Noun

bit (definite accusative biti, plural bitler)

  1. (zoology) louse
Declension
Inflection
Nominative bit
Definite accusative biti
Singular Plural
Nominative bit bitler
Definite accusative biti bitleri
Dative bite bitlere
Locative bitte bitlerde
Ablative bitten bitlerden
Genitive bitin bitlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitim bitlerim
2nd singular bitin bitlerin
3rd singular biti bitleri
1st plural bitimiz bitlerimiz
2nd plural bitiniz bitleriniz
3rd plural bitleri bitleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimi bitlerimi
2nd singular bitini bitlerini
3rd singular bitini bitlerini
1st plural bitimizi bitlerimizi
2nd plural bitinizi bitlerinizi
3rd plural bitlerini bitlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitime bitlerime
2nd singular bitine bitlerine
3rd singular bitine bitlerine
1st plural bitimize bitlerimize
2nd plural bitinize bitlerinize
3rd plural bitlerine bitlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimde bitlerimde
2nd singular bitinde bitlerinde
3rd singular bitinde bitlerinde
1st plural bitimizde bitlerimizde
2nd plural bitinizde bitlerinizde
3rd plural bitlerinde bitlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimden bitlerimden
2nd singular bitinden bitlerinden
3rd singular bitinden bitlerinden
1st plural bitimizden bitlerimizden
2nd plural bitinizden bitlerinizden
3rd plural bitlerinden bitlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimin bitlerimin
2nd singular bitinin bitlerinin
3rd singular bitinin bitlerinin
1st plural bitimizin bitlerimizin
2nd plural bitinizin bitlerinizin
3rd plural bitlerinin bitlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular bitim bitlerim
2nd singular bitsin bitlersin
3rd singular bit
bittir 		bitler
bitlerdir
1st plural bitiz bitleriz
2nd plural bitsiniz bitlersiniz
3rd plural bitler bitlerdir
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bit, abbreviation of binary digit.

Noun

bit (definite accusative biti, plural bitler)

  1. (computing) bit
Declension
Inflection
Nominative bit
Definite accusative biti
Singular Plural
Nominative bit bitler
Definite accusative biti bitleri
Dative bite bitlere
Locative bitte bitlerde
Ablative bitten bitlerden
Genitive bitin bitlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitim bitlerim
2nd singular bitin bitlerin
3rd singular biti bitleri
1st plural bitimiz bitlerimiz
2nd plural bitiniz bitleriniz
3rd plural bitleri bitleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimi bitlerimi
2nd singular bitini bitlerini
3rd singular bitini bitlerini
1st plural bitimizi bitlerimizi
2nd plural bitinizi bitlerinizi
3rd plural bitlerini bitlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitime bitlerime
2nd singular bitine bitlerine
3rd singular bitine bitlerine
1st plural bitimize bitlerimize
2nd plural bitinize bitlerinize
3rd plural bitlerine bitlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimde bitlerimde
2nd singular bitinde bitlerinde
3rd singular bitinde bitlerinde
1st plural bitimizde bitlerimizde
2nd plural bitinizde bitlerinizde
3rd plural bitlerinde bitlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimden bitlerimden
2nd singular bitinden bitlerinden
3rd singular bitinden bitlerinden
1st plural bitimizden bitlerimizden
2nd plural bitinizden bitlerinizden
3rd plural bitlerinden bitlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular bitimin bitlerimin
2nd singular bitinin bitlerinin
3rd singular bitinin bitlerinin
1st plural bitimizin bitlerimizin
2nd plural bitinizin bitlerinizin
3rd plural bitlerinin bitlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular bitim bitlerim
2nd singular bitsin bitlersin
3rd singular bit
bittir 		bitler
bitlerdir
1st plural bitiz bitleriz
2nd plural bitsiniz bitlersiniz
3rd plural bitler bitlerdir

Etymology 3

Verb

bit

  1. second-person singular imperative of bitmek

Turkmen

Etymology

From Old Turkic bit, from Proto-Turkic *bɨt (“louse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bit (definite accusative bidi, plural bitler)

  1. (zoology) louse

Declension

Declension of bit
singular plural
nominative bit bitler
accusative bidi bitleri
genitive bidiň bitleriň
dative bide bitlere
locative bitde bitlerde
ablative bitden bitlerden

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

bit

  1. (computing) bit

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *pitᴰ (“duck”). Cognate with Thai เป็ด (bpèt), Lao ເປັດ (pet), Lü ᦵᦔᧆ (ṗed), Tai Dam ꪹꪜꪸꪒ, Shan ပဵတ်း (páet), Ahom 𑜆𑜢𑜄𑜫 (pit), Bouyei bidt, Saek ปิ๊ด. Compare Old Chinese 鴄 (OC *pʰid).

Noun

bit (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 鴓 or 𱈶 or ⿰品鳥, 1957–1982 spelling bit)

  1. duck
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Chinese 筆 (MC pit).

Noun

bit (classifier gaiq, Sawndip forms 𣭈 or 𰚎, 1957–1982 spelling bit)

  1. pen; pencil; writing implement

Classifier

bit (1957–1982 spelling bit)

  1. Classifier for sums of money and deals.

Etymology 3

From Chinese 匹 (MC phjit).

Classifier

bit (1957–1982 spelling bit)

  1. Classifier for cloth: bolt of
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