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Definitions and meaning of dit

dit

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭt, IPA(key): /dɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

Verb

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditting, simple past and past participle ditted)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
  2. (obsolete) To close up.
Related terms
  • dottle

Etymology 2

Variant of dite.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
  2. (obsolete) A word; a decree.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

  1. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
Translations

See also

  • dah

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

  1. (information theory) decimal digit
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto.

Adjective

dit (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.
Related terms
  • on dit

See also

  • dit da jow

Anagrams

  • DTI, IDT, TDI, TID, it'd, tid

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • 't (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dət/

Pronoun

dit (possessive sy)

  1. it, this, that (subject and object)
    1. referring to the context
    2. referring to something seen or heard in the real world
      Dit is ’n huis. ― This is a house.
    3. referring to non-personal singular nouns

Usage notes

  • Dit is is commonly contracted to dis, both in speech and writing: Dis 'n huis.

Synonyms

  • (referring to something seen or heard): hierdie; daardie (both more demonstrative)
  • (referring to non-personal singulars): hy, hom

Derived terms

  • dis

Related terms

  • die, dié

See also

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • ditu, ditru, din

Etymology

From Latin de-inter.

Preposition

dit

  1. from

Related terms

  • dintrã
  • ditrã

Breton

Pronoun

dit

  1. second-person singular of da

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdit]
  • Rhymes: -it

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin digitus. Doublet of dígit. Cognate with Occitan det and dit, French doigt, Spanish dedo and dígito, Portuguese dedo and dígito, and Galician dedo.

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

  1. finger, toe
  2. fingerbreadth
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin dictus.

Participle

dit (feminine dita, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)

  1. past participle of dir
Derived terms
  • dita

Further reading

  • “dit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “dit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • diss (as neuter singular, especially Kölsch)
  • det, dess (widespread vocalic variant)

Etymology

From Middle High German diser m, whose neuter was dit in Central Franconian (other Middle High German diz). The regular outcome would be disse vs. det. The vocalic variation was levelled one way or the other in all dialects. Levelling of the consonantism remained optional and probably occurred only after the determiner had been chiefly restricted to periods of time.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dit/
  • (masculine disse) /ˈdizə/

Determiner

dit (masculine disse, feminine and plural diss)

  1. this, the current
    disse Mond ― this month
    diss Woch ― this week
    dit Johr ― this year
  2. (very rare) this, the one right here
    Synonyms: dat, hee dat, dat ... hee

Danish

Pronoun

dit (common din, plural dine)

  1. (possessive) neuter singular of din

See also

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit. Cognate with German dies.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪt/
  • Homophone: Dit
  • Hyphenation: dit
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Determiner

dit n (proximal demonstrative)

  1. neuter singular of deze (“this”); referring to a thing or a person closer by.

Declension


Derived terms

  • ditmaal

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dit
  • Jersey Dutch: dit

Pronoun

dit n (proximal demonstrative)

  1. neuter singular of deze; this, this here

Usage notes

This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart hier. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

See also

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di/

Etymology 1

From Old French dit, from Latin dictus.

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

  1. (dated) a sentence, saying or maxim
  2. (historical, literature) a story from the mediæval period; a tale

Participle

dit (feminine dite, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)

  1. past participle of dire
    Il a dit son nom. ― He said his name.
  2. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin dīcit, third-person singular present active indicative of dīcō.

Verb

dit

  1. inflection of dire:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular past historic
    « Je m'appelle Paul, » dit-il. ― “My name is Paul,” he said.

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin dictus, dictum.

Verb

dit

  1. past participle of dî

Adjective

dit

  1. said

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

  1. saying, maxim

German

Alternative forms

  • düt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪt/, /dʏt/

Pronoun

dit

  1. (colloquial, regional, north-eastern Germany, including Berlin) synonym of das

Indonesian

Noun

dit

  1. (law enforcement) clipping of direktorat (“directorate”)

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French dire (“to tell”), compare Haitian Creole di.

Verb

dit

  1. to tell

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Low German

Alternative forms

  • düt

Pronoun

dit n

  1. this

See also

  • disse (dissen)

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

dit

  1. this

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

dit

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of dese

Further reading

  • “dit”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dit”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

North Frisian

Article

dit

  1. (Sylt) the (neuter singular)

Usage notes

  • Besides personal and possessive pronouns, dit is the only gendered form in Sylt Frisian, as gender distinctions in determiners and adjectives have been lost (unlike other North Frisian dialects). This causes a marked tendency to abolish grammatical gender altogether (compare the article template below). The distinction of the neuter is mainly stabilized by Standard German influence; gender distribution, when applied, therefore tends to follow closely the German pattern.

Alternative forms

  • det (Föhr-Amrum), dåt (Mooring)

See also

  • de, jü, da, dön

Norwegian

Adverb

dit

  1. to that place; thither

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • det

Etymology

From Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dit]

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

  1. finger

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin dictum.

Noun

dit oblique singular, m (oblique plural diz or ditz, nominative singular diz or ditz, nominative plural dit)

  1. word
  2. story; tale
Synonyms
  • conte
  • lai

Etymology 2

From Latin dictus.

Verb

dit

  1. past participle of dire
  2. third-person singular present indicative of dire
  3. third-person singular past historic of dire
Descendants
  • French: dit

Scots

Alternative forms

  • dyt
  • ditt

Etymology

From Early Scots ditt or dyt, from Old English dyttan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪt/
  • (Hawick) IPA(key): /ˈdɪʔ/

Verb

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditin, simple past ditt, past participle ditt)

  1. to close (especially of a door or mouth)
  2. to block or stop up (of an opening)
  3. to obstruct, especially from view
  4. to darken or dim (in the sense of obscuring light)
  5. of the sun: to sink or to be obscured by clouds

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þit, from Old Norse þít, according to SAOB likely from þí + at. þí is in turn an old locative, possibly related to Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹 (þei), and more distantly to Ancient Greek τεῖ (teî) in τεῖδε (teîde, “thither”). Equivalent to ty + åt.

Pronunciation

Adverb

dit (not comparable)

  1. to there, thither, (often in practice, in translations) there
    Antonym: hit (“to here, hither”)
  2. (relative) to where, where (expresses movement to a place)

See also

  • där (“there, as a location”)
  • ditåt (“that way”)
  • ty
  • vart

References

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

Anagrams

  • tid

West Frisian

Determiner

dit

  1. neuter singular of dizze

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