zit

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zit"

English

Etymology

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English teenagers' slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

zit (plural zits)

1. (Canada, US, slang) Pimple
   • 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, “Pinball 1959”, in Generation, volumes 20-21, page 182:

     I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits.

   • 1987 Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35:

     Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?

Synonyms

• acker, akker (Archaic Australian slang)

Derived terms

• zitso
• zitty

Translations

pimple

• Bulgarian: пъпка (bg) f (pǎpka), петно по кожата n (petno po kožata)
• Esperanto: akno, aknero
• Finnish: näppylä, finni (fi)
• German: Pickel (de) m, Pustel (de) f
• Greek: μπιμπίκι (el) (bimpíki)
• Hungarian: pattanás (hu), ragya (hu)
• Latvian: pumpa
• Portuguese: espinha (pt) f
• Russian: пры́щ (ru) m (prýšč)
• Spanish: granujo m, grano (es) m, barrito (es) m (Latin America), barrillo m, barro (es) m, comedón cerrado m, comedón blanco m

See also

• acne
• blackhead
• pimple
• spot

Anagrams

• tiz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /zɪt/
• Hyphenation: zit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From zitten.

Noun

zit m (plural zitten, diminutive zitje n)

1. the act of sitting
2. (Belgium, by extension) an exam term at university or an institution of intermediate tertiary education
3. seat
   • 2009 May 21 (last accessed), (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 April 2011:

     Dit zitje is niet geschikt voor kinderen jonger dan 6 maanden.

     This seat is not suitable for children under 6 months.

4. (Belgium, by extension) a seat in a legislative or regulatory group (e.g. in a parliament or a board)

Synonyms

• (the act of sitting): zitting
• (exam term): zittijd
• (seat): zetel, zeet
• (seat in a group): zetel, zitje

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zit

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

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• zeit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis

Proto-Germanic *tīdiz

Proto-West Germanic *tīdi

Old High German zīt

Middle High German zit

Inherited from Old High German zīt, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈt͡siːt/

Noun

zīt f

1. time

Declension

Declension of zīt (strong feminine ending in a consonant)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	zīt	die	zīte
genitive	einer	dër	zīte, zīt	dër	zīte
dative	einer	dër	zīte, zīt	dën	zīten
accusative	eine	die	zīt	die	zīte

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit, Zyt
• Bavarian: Zeid

  Cimbrian: zait

  Mòcheno: zait

• Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick (Kölsch), Ziet (western and northernmost Ripuarian), Zitt (Siegerland, otherwise scattered compromise form), Zeit (most of Moselle Franconian)
• East Central German:

  Vilamovian: cajt

• East Franconian:
• German: Zeit
• Hunsrik: Zeid
• Luxembourgish: Zäit
• Pennsylvania German: Zeit, Zeid
• Yiddish: צײַט (tsayt)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “zît”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis

Proto-Germanic *tīdiz

Proto-West Germanic *tīdi

Old High German zit

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siːt/

Noun

zīt f

1. time

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle High German: zīt, zeit
  • Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit, Zyt
  • Bavarian: Zeid

    Cimbrian: zait

    Mòcheno: zait

  • Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick (Kölsch), Ziet (western and northernmost Ripuarian), Zitt (Siegerland, otherwise scattered compromise form), Zeit (most of Moselle Franconian)
  • East Central German:

    Vilamovian: cajt

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Zeit
  • Hunsrik: Zeid
  • Luxembourgish: Zäit
  • Pennsylvania German: Zeit, Zeid
  • Yiddish: צײַט (tsayt)

Paipai

Noun

zit

1. day

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪt/

Verb

zit (present participle zitheen)

1. to sit
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 6:

     But zit ad hime wi vlaxen wheel,

     But sit at home with flaxen wheel,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 18:

     An thaar zit down an yux our vill,

     And there sit down and sob our fill,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[2], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131