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6-letter words (1 found)

BANDIT,

5-letter words (3 found)

DAINT,IDANT,TABID,

4-letter words (17 found)

ABID,ADIT,ANTI,BAIT,BAND,BANI,BANT,BIND,BINT,DANT,DINT,DITA,TABI,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,TIND,

3-letter words (29 found)

AID,AIN,AIT,AND,ANI,ANT,BAD,BAN,BAT,BID,BIN,BIT,DAB,DAN,DIB,DIN,DIT,ITA,NAB,NAT,NIB,NID,NIT,TAB,TAD,TAI,TAN,TID,TIN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AD,AI,AN,AT,BA,BI,DA,DI,ID,IN,IT,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 65 words from bandit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bandit

bandit

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bandito (outlawed), a derivative of Italian bandire (to ban), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, to signal)) of Late Latin bannīre (to ban), from Frankish *bannan (to ban). Doublet of bandito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbændɪt/

Noun

bandit (plural bandits or (archaic) banditti)

  1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
  2. An outlaw.
  3. One who cheats others.
  4. (military, aviation) An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
  5. (sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

Synonyms

  • (one who robs others): See Thesaurus:thief
  • (outlaw): criminal, fugitive, outlaw
  • (one who cheats others): cheater

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.

References

Anagrams

  • IT Band, IT band

Catalan

Etymology

From bandir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bənˈdit]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [banˈdit]

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits, feminine bandida)

  1. outlaw

Related terms

  • bàndol

Further reading

  • “bandit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃.di/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Homophone: bandits

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits)

  1. bandit
    des procédés de banditdishonest practices

Derived terms

  • banditisme
  • bandit de grand chemin
  • bandit manchot

Descendants

  • German: Bandit
    • Bulgarian: банди́т (bandít)
    • Polish: bandyta
  • Norman: bandit
  • Romanian: bandit

Further reading

  • “bandit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bandiet, from Middle French bandit, from Italian bandito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbandɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun

bandit (first-person possessive banditku, second-person possessive banditmu, third-person possessive banditnya)

  1. bandit
    Synonyms: penjahat, pencuri

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bandit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French bandit.

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits)

  1. (Jersey) bandit

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bandit.

Noun

bandit m (plural bandiți)

  1. bandit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian bandito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎndiːt/
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun

bàndīt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ндӣт)

  1. bandit

Declension

References

  • “bandit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

bandit c

  1. (somewhat dated) a career criminal living outside society; a robber, a bandit

Declension

Derived terms

  • enarmad bandit

References

  • bandit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • bandit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • bandit in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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