"fitting" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɪtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fitting.ogg [US] Forms: more fitting [comparative], most fitting [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
  1. Appropriate; suitable. Translations (appropriate): ἁρμόδιος (harmódios) (Ancient Greek), πρόσφορος (prósphoros) (Ancient Greek), ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs) (Ancient Greek), подходящ (podhodjašt) (Bulgarian), taŭga (Esperanto), sopiva (Finnish), osuva (Finnish), approprié [masculine] (French), conforme [feminine, masculine] (French), convenable [feminine, masculine] (French), baril (Galician), სათანადო (satanado) (Georgian), შესაფერისი (šesaperisi) (Georgian), passend (German), geeignet (German), recht (German), gebührend (German), angemessen (German), megfelelő (Hungarian), illő (Hungarian), méltó (Hungarian), helyénvaló (Hungarian), diongbháilte (Irish), oiriúnach (Irish), fóirsteanach (Irish), traaoil (Manx), freagarrach (Scottish Gaelic), iomchaidh (Scottish Gaelic), lagom (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-adj-neF9r2cA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 1 6 10 14 14 9 17 12

Noun

IPA: /fɪtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fitting.ogg [US] Forms: fittings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)
  1. A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a small detachable part of a device or machine): фитинг (fiting) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 配件 (pèijiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kování (Czech), hela (Finnish), irto-osa (Finnish), Formstück [neuter] (German), Teil [neuter] (German), Maschinenteil [neuter] (German), Passstück [neuter] (German), Paßstück [neuter] (German), Armatur [feminine] (German), Element [neuter] (German), Zubehör [neuter] (German), フィッティング (fittingu) (Japanese), whakarawe (Maori), фи́тинг (fíting) [masculine] (Russian), гарниту́ра (garnitúra) [feminine] (Russian), освети́тельные прибо́ры (osvetítelʹnyje pribóry) (english: lighting) [masculine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-noun-dvIAIGlW Disambiguation of 'a small detachable part of a device or machine': 91 6 0 2 1 0
  2. (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (tube connector): koppeling [feminine] (Dutch), coupleur [masculine] (French), Verbindungsstück [neuter] (German), Anschlußstück [neuter] (German), Muffe [feminine] (German), Fitting [masculine] (German), Anschlussstück [neuter] (German), Verbinder [masculine] (German), Formstück [masculine] (German), Rohrleitungsverbinder [masculine] (German), Rohrleitungsverbindung [feminine] (German), Verbindung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-noun-13S1CCWh Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'tube connector': 0 93 1 1 4 0
  3. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit): проба (proba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), emprova [feminine] (Catalan), sovitus (Finnish), essayage [masculine] (French), Anprobe [feminine] (German), Anpassung [feminine] (German), Anprobieren [neuter] (German), Anpassen [neuter] (German), felpróbálás (Hungarian), próba (Hungarian), gabháil [masculine] (Irish), przymiarka [feminine] (Polish), prova [feminine] (Portuguese), probă [feminine] (Romanian), приме́рка (primérka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-noun-viJaBJjB Disambiguation of Clothing: 1 0 1 45 2 19 1 23 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10 Disambiguation of 'the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit': 1 2 79 8 5 5
  4. (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Manufacturing Translations (assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary): Montage [feminine] (German), Anpassung [feminine] (German), Einbau [masculine] (German), Aufbau [masculine] (German), illesztés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-noun-b3VVfsfj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 1 6 10 14 14 9 17 12 Topics: business, manufacturing Disambiguation of 'assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary': 5 6 14 40 24 11
  5. (chiefly British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture. Tags: British, countable, often, plural, uncountable Translations (domestic furnishings or fixtures): kalusteet [plural] (Finnish), Einrichtung [feminine] (German), Einrichtungsgegenstand [masculine] (German), Möbiliar [neuter] (German), Möbel [neuter] (German), ме́бель (mébelʹ) [feminine] [furniture, lifestyle] (Russian), недви́жимый инвента́рь (nedvížimyj inventárʹ) (english: fixtures) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-noun-QhsHOeiL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 1 6 10 14 14 9 17 12 Disambiguation of 'domestic furnishings or fixtures': 1 7 17 24 36 15
  6. (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-noun-r6ytikdI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: banjo fitting, fitting-out, fitting room [noun]

Verb

IPA: /fɪtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fitting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fitting
  1. present participle and gerund of fit Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fit
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-verb-lTYJ-si9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 1 6 10 14 14 9 17 12
  2. (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing. Tags: US, informal, with-infinitive Synonyms (ready): fixing to (english: see also going to), fittin', fittin
    Sense id: en-fitting-en-verb-uMcube-G Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 6 13 19 14 11 16 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 1 6 10 14 14 9 17 12 Disambiguation of 'ready': 9 91

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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06",
          "text": "And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54",
          "text": "The L&YR built a small number of these trains, known as 'Rail Motors', for rural branch lines. It was only fitting that the Horwich branch should have its own.",
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        }
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        "Appropriate; suitable."
      ],
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        [
          "Appropriate",
          "appropriate"
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          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/fɪtɪŋ/"
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      "sense": "ready",
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      "sense": "ready",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podhodjašt",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "подходящ"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "taŭga"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "sopiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "osuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "approprié"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conforme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "convenable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "baril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "satanado",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "სათანადო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šesaperisi",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "შესაფერისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "passend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "geeignet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "recht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "gebührend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "angemessen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "harmódios",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "ἁρμόδιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "prósphoros",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "πρόσφορος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "epieikḗs",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "megfelelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "illő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "méltó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "helyénvaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "diongbháilte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "oiriúnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "fóirsteanach"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "traaoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "freagarrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "appropriate",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "appropriate",
      "word": "lagom"
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}

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        "(chiefly British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "pèijiàn",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "word": "配件"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "word": "kování"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "word": "hela"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "word": "irto-osa"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Formstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Teil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Maschinenteil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Passstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Paßstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Armatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Element"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zubehör"
    },
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      "word": "フィッティング"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "word": "whakarawe"
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      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "фи́тинг"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a small detachable part of a device or machine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гарниту́ра"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coupleur"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verbindungsstück"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Anschlussstück"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Verbinder"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Formstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Rohrleitungsverbinder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rohrleitungsverbindung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tube connector",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      ],
      "word": "emprova"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "word": "sovitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "essayage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
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      ],
      "word": "Anprobe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anpassung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Anpassen"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "word": "felpróbálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "word": "próba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gabháil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przymiarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "probă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primérka",
      "sense": "the act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приме́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Montage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anpassung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Einbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "assembling machines and other products, especially when an adjustment or adaptation is necessary",
      "word": "illesztés"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kalusteet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einrichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Einrichtungsgegenstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Möbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mébelʹ",
      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "furniture",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "ме́бель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "fixtures",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedvížimyj inventárʹ",
      "sense": "domestic furnishings or fixtures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "недви́жимый инвента́рь"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fitting"
  ],
  "word": "fitting"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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