tuit

English

Etymology

A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.

Noun

tuit (plural tuits)

1. (humorous) Synonym of round tuit.
   • 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:

     THIS IS A TUIT

   • 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet [2]:

     My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.

   • 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet [3]:

     1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.

Anagrams

• ITU-T

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tuit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtujt]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

tuit m (plural tuits)

2. (social media) tweet (Twitter post)

   Synonyms: piulada, tweet

Derived terms

• tuitejar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tœy̯t/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tuit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.

Noun

tuit f or m (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)

1. a spout
2. (obsolete) lock of hair

Derived terms

• ijdeltuit
• plastuit
• schenktuit
• tuiten

Related terms

• toet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tuit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuit

1. inflection of tuiten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Finnish

Verb

tuit

1. second-person singular past indicative of tukea

Anagrams

• tiut, tuti

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tweed, from English tweed.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtuit/ [ˈt̪u.ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: tu‧it

Noun

tuit (plural tuit-tuit)

1. (fashion) tweed

Further reading

• “tuit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Noun

tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)

1. alternative form of toit (“smoke”)

Declension

Declension of tuit (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tuit tuiteanna vocative a thuit a thuiteanna genitive tuite tuiteanna dative tuit tuiteanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tuit na tuiteanna genitive na tuite na dtuiteanna dative leis an tuit don tuit leis na tuiteanna

Verb

tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)

1. alternative form of tit (“fall”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuit (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	tuitim	tuiteann tú; tuitir†	tuiteann sé, sí	tuitimid; tuiteann muid	tuiteann sibh	tuiteann siad; tuitid†	a thuiteann; a thuiteas	tuitear
past	thuit mé; thuiteas	thuit tú; thuitis	thuit sé, sí	thuiteamar; thuit muid	thuit sibh; thuiteabhair	thuit siad; thuiteadar	a thuit	tuiteadh
past habitual	thuitinn / tuitinn‡	thuiteá / tuiteá‡	thuiteadh sé, sí / tuiteadh sé, sí‡	thuitimis; thuiteadh muid / tuitimis‡; tuiteadh muid‡	thuiteadh sibh / tuiteadh sibh‡	thuitidís; thuiteadh siad / tuitidís‡; tuiteadh siad‡	a thuiteadh	thuití / tuití‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	tuitfidh mé; tuitfead	tuitfidh tú; tuitfir†	tuitfidh sé, sí	tuitfimid; tuitfidh muid	tuitfidh sibh	tuitfidh siad; tuitfid†	a thuitfidh; a thuitfeas	tuitfear
conditional	thuitfinn / tuitfinn‡	thuitfeá / tuitfeá‡	thuitfeadh sé, sí / tuitfeadh sé, sí‡	thuitfimis; thuitfeadh muid / tuitfimis‡; tuitfeadh muid‡	thuitfeadh sibh / tuitfeadh sibh‡	thuitfidís; thuitfeadh siad / tuitfidís‡; tuitfeadh siad‡	a thuitfeadh	thuitfí / tuitfí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go dtuite mé; go dtuitead†	go dtuite tú; go dtuitir†	go dtuite sé, sí	go dtuitimid; go dtuite muid	go dtuite sibh	go dtuite siad; go dtuitid†	—	go dtuitear
past	dá dtuitinn	dá dtuiteá	dá dtuiteadh sé, sí	dá dtuitimis; dá dtuiteadh muid	dá dtuiteadh sibh	dá dtuitidís; dá dtuiteadh siad	—	dá dtuití
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	tuitim	tuit	tuiteadh sé, sí	tuitimis	tuitigí; tuitidh†	tuitidís	—	tuitear
past participle	tuite
verbal noun	tuitim

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuit

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuit	thuit	dtuit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tuit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Adjective

tuit m

1. nominative singular of tot (“all”)

Adverb

tuit

1. nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ut̠ʲ/

Verb

·tuit

1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit

Verb

tuit

1. second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit

Mutation

Mutation of tuit

radical	lenition	nasalization
tuit	thuit	tuit pronounced with /d̪-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• tot, tuih

Adjective

tuit

1. all; every

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/

Verb

tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)

1. fall
2. happen, befall, chance
3. stumble, slip
4. subside
5. sink
6. set (as the sun)
7. benight
8. be seduced by
9. fail
10. damp

Mutation

Mutation of tuit

radical	lenition
tuit	thuit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “tuit”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 do-tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tweet. Orthographically adapted by the Fundación del Español Urgente. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: tuit

Noun

tuit m (plural tuits)

2. (social media) tweet (Twitter post)
   • 2019 February 6, Elvira Guillén, “Premios Oscar sin anfitrión”, in Teleradio América Noticias‎^[4]:

     En diciembre, el comediante Kevin Hart declinó una oferta de la Academia para presentar los Oscar debido a una controversia que se desató por unos tuits homofóbicos de hace una década.

     In December, the comedian Kevin Hart declined an offer from the Academy to host the Oscars due to a controversy sparked by some homophobic tweets from a decade ago.

Related terms

• tuitear
• tuiteo
• tuitero

Further reading

• “tuit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025