"pita" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiːtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiːtə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pita.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pita2.wav Forms: pitas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtə, -iːtə Etymology: From Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gkm|πίτα||pie}} Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), {{doublet|en|pide|pizza}} Doublet of pide and pizza Head templates: {{en-noun}} pita (plural pitas)
  1. A piece of pita bread; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels. Wikidata QID: Q211340 Categories (topical): Breads Categories (lifeform): Agavoideae subfamily plants Synonyms: pitta, pita bread, pitta bread Derived forms: pita peach Related terms: fanouropita Translations (bread pouch used for making sandwiches): خُبْز عَرَبِيّ (ḵubz ʕarabiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), عيش بلدى (ʕēš báladi) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), كماج (kmaj) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), pita [feminine] (Catalan), 皮塔餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮塔饼 (pítǎbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 口袋餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 口袋饼 (kǒudàibǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), pita chléb [masculine] (Czech), pitaleipä (Finnish), pita (Finnish), pita [masculine] (French), pita [feminine] (Galician), Pita [feminine] (German), πίτα (píta) [feminine] (Greek), פיתה (pita) [feminine] (Hebrew), pita (Hungarian), pita [feminine] (Italian), pane arabo [masculine] (Italian), ピタ (pita) (Japanese), پیتا (pitâ) (Persian), pita [feminine] (Polish), pita (Portuguese), пи́та (píta) [feminine] (Russian), лава́ш (laváš) [masculine] (Russian), pita [feminine] (Spanish), pan de pita [masculine] (Spanish), pide (Turkish), bara pita [masculine] (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiːtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiːtə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pita.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pita2.wav Forms: pitas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtə, -iːtə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|pita||century plant}} Spanish pita (“century plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas)
  1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Agavoideae subfamily plants
    Sense id: en-pita-en-noun-kHB~kPh1 Disambiguation of Agavoideae subfamily plants: 35 42 23
  2. The plant which yields the fiber. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Agavoideae subfamily plants Synonyms: century plant, maguey, American aloe
    Sense id: en-pita-en-noun-C8HUirBV Disambiguation of Agavoideae subfamily plants: 35 42 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpiːtə/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɪtə"
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      "rhymes": "-iːtə"
    },
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      "homophone": "PETA stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
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      "homophone": "Peter"
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      "homophone": "peter (non-rhotic)"
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    {
      "word": "pitta"
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      "word": "pita bread"
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      "word": "pitta bread"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵubz ʕarabiyy",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "خُبْز عَرَبِيّ"
    },
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      "roman": "ʕēš báladi",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
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      "word": "عيش بلدى"
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      "roman": "kmaj",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
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      "word": "كماج"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "皮塔餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pítǎbǐng",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "皮塔饼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "口袋餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǒudàibǐng",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "口袋饼"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pita chléb"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "pitaleipä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "píta",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πίτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pita",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פיתה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pane arabo"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "pita",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "ピタ"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pitâ",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "پیتا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "pita"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "píta",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "пи́та"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лава́ш"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pita"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pan de pita"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "word": "pide"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bread pouch used for making sandwiches",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bara pita"
    }
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    "pita"
  ],
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}

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