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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/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

zit (plural zits)

1. (Canada, US, slang) Pimple
   • 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

See also

• acne
• blackhead
• pimple
• spot

Anagrams

• tiz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• 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
4. (by extension) a seat in a legislative or regulatory group (e.g. in a parliament or a board)
5. (Suriname, always in the diminutive) a small social gathering at someone's home

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

Inherited from Old High German zīt

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zīt f

1. time

Declension

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

From Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- (“time, period”), from *dī- (“time”).

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

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