"dit" meaning in English

See dit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dit.wav
enPR: dĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|dit||called}} French dit (“called”), {{doublet|en|ditto}} Doublet of ditto Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dit (not comparable)
  1. (Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French. Tags: Canada, not-comparable, obsolete Related terms: on dit, dit da jow
    Sense id: en-dit-en-adj-HO-z1~DC Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 2 4 16 22 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: /dɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dit.wav Forms: dits [plural]
enPR: dĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Variant of dite. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dit (plural dits)
  1. (obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-dit-en-noun-A5igv~aO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 2 4 16 22 18
  2. (obsolete) A word; a decree. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dit-en-noun-cf9~4-QL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /dɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dit.wav Forms: dits [plural]
enPR: dĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dit (plural dits)
  1. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code. Related terms: dah Translations (spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code): ti (Finnish), ti [masculine] (French), ti (Hungarian), トン (ton) (Japanese), то́чка (tóčka) [feminine] (Russian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /dɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dit.wav Forms: dits [plural]
enPR: dĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dit (plural dits)
  1. (information theory) decimal digit Categories (topical): Information theory Derived forms: qudit
    Sense id: en-dit-en-noun-QeSWKCVd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 2 4 16 22 18 Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /dɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dit.wav Forms: dits [present, singular, third-person], ditting [participle, present], ditted [participle, past], ditted [past]
enPR: dĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ditten}} Middle English ditten, {{inh|en|ang|dyttan||to stop up, close}} Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*duttijan}} Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*duttijaną}} Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, {{cog|is|dytta}} Icelandic dytta, {{cog|ang|dott|t=dot, point}} Old English dott (“dot, point”) Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: Northern-England, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dit-en-verb-5uxOTkS8 Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 2 4 16 22 18
  2. (obsolete) To close up. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dit-en-verb-waquaS0z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 13 2 4 16 22 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dottle
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1599, James VI and I, Basilikon Doron:",
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        "(obsolete) To close up."
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          "text": "that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus",
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        }
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        "To close up."
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        "(obsolete) To close up."
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}

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        "(obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody."
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        "A word; a decree."
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        "(obsolete) A word; a decree."
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}

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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations"
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        "The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code."
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        "decimal digit"
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}

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