"shvitz" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃvɪts/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav Forms: shvitzes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪts Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|שוויצן}} Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), {{der|en|goh|swizzen}} Old High German swizzen, {{der|en|gem-pro|*swait-}} Proto-Germanic *swait-, {{cog|en|sweat}} English sweat, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swoyd-|t=to sweat}} Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), {{doublet|en|sweat}} Doublet of sweat Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shvitz (countable and uncountable, plural shvitzes)
  1. Sweat. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shvitz-en-noun-nIqMBXe3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 30 13 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 21 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 26 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 22 4 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 52 38 6 4
  2. A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shvitz-en-noun-kaqVlBD-
  3. (by extension) A sauna or sauna session. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (steam bath): שוויצבאָד (shvitsbod) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-shvitz-en-noun-R1735Kl9 Disambiguation of 'steam bath': 0 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schvitz, schwitz

Verb

IPA: /ʃvɪts/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav Forms: shvitzes [present, singular, third-person], shvitzing [participle, present], shvitzed [participle, past], shvitzed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪts Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|שוויצן}} Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), {{der|en|goh|swizzen}} Old High German swizzen, {{der|en|gem-pro|*swait-}} Proto-Germanic *swait-, {{cog|en|sweat}} English sweat, {{der|en|ine-pro|*swoyd-|t=to sweat}} Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), {{doublet|en|sweat}} Doublet of sweat Head templates: {{en-verb}} shvitz (third-person singular simple present shvitzes, present participle shvitzing, simple past and past participle shvitzed)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To sweat. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-shvitz-en-verb-qSDqHthm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schvitz, schwitz

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪts"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "schvitz"
    },
    {
      "word": "schwitz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shvitz"
}

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