See wit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for wit meaning in English (31.5kB)
{ "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "afterwit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "brevity is the soul of wit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "collect one's wits" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witty" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "forewit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "fuckwit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "gather one's wits" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "half-wit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "have one’s wits about one" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "inwit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "lackwit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "mother wit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "native wit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "nitwit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "dimwit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "scare out of one’s wits" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staircase wit" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wit tooth" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wit-cracker" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wit-cracking" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witcraft" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witful" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witless" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witling" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witter" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wittol" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "witticism" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "wit" }, "expansion": "Middle English wit", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "witt", "4": "", "5": "understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience" }, "expansion": "Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*witi" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witi", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*witją", "4": "", "5": "knowledge, reason" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-", "4": "", "5": "see, know" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "weet" }, "expansion": "Dutch weet", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Witz" }, "expansion": "German Witz", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "vid" }, "expansion": "Danish vid", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "vett" }, "expansion": "Swedish vett", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nb", "2": "vett" }, "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål vett", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "got", "2": "𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹", "3": "", "4": "ignorance" }, "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "vīdī", "3": "", "4": "see (pf.)" }, "expansion": "Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "bg", "2": "вям" }, "expansion": "Bulgarian вям (vjam)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "ru", "2": "ве́дать" }, "expansion": "Russian ве́дать (védatʹ)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sa", "2": "विद्या" }, "expansion": "Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "wise" }, "expansion": "wise", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nCognate with Dutch weet, German Witz, Danish vid, Swedish vett, Norwegian Bokmål vett, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”), Bulgarian вям (vjam), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ), Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā). Compare wise.", "forms": [ { "form": "wits", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "wit (countable and uncountable, plural wits)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "acid" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "biting" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "cutting" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "lambent" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "He's gone completely out of his wits.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Sanity." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-2q3h6aD6", "links": [ [ "Sanity", "sanity" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(now usually in the plural) Sanity." ], "tags": [ "countable", "plural-normally", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xelkʿ", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "խելք" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "razum", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "разум" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ment" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "enteniment" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rozum" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vid" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mentalidade" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "siso" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "entendemento" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣ḳua", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "ჭკუა" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "goneba", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "გონება" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "de", "english": "out of wits", "lang": "German", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "von Sinnen" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "note": "in one's right mind", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "bei Sinnen" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "senno" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "prāts" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "saprāts" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vett" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "esperit" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sen" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "èime" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ment" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "mentalidade" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "sanidade" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rázum", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ра́зум" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "mentalidad" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cordura" }, { "_dis1": "84 0 4 1 10 1 0", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "rozum", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "розум" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "The senses." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-JUrBgj~7", "links": [ [ "sense", "sense" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(obsolete, usually in the plural) The senses." ], "tags": [ "countable", "obsolete", "plural-normally", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-YwM7VAL6", "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "وعي" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "إدراك" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xelkʿ", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "խելք" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "um", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "ум" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vid" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "siso" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "intelecto" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Verstand" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Intellekt" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "ingegno vivace" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "arguzia" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ingenium" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "forstand" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "intellekt" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "intelectual" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "intelecto" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "um", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ум" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "intelectualidad" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 53 37 8 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "intelecto" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "3 2 6 12 7 35 29 6 1", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Comedy", "orig": "en:Comedy", "parents": [ "Drama", "Theater", "Art", "Entertainment", "Culture", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-W-IKK5hH", "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎobrazitelnost", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "съобразителност" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "vtip" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "důvtip" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "sukkeluus" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "nokkeluus" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "sutkaus" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gonebamaxviloba", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "გონებამახვილობა" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Auffassungsgabe" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "arguzia" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "genio" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "acutezza" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "nunchi", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "눈치" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "atjautība" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "agudeza" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "agudez" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "esperteza" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "schepsis" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "um", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ум" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "agudeza" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "inteligencia" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "ingenio" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "mentalidad" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "gracia" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "listeza" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 35 59 4 1 1", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "nükte" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Intelligence; common sense." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-kieEG96j", "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "3 2 6 12 7 35 29 6 1", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Comedy", "orig": "en:Comedy", "parents": [ "Drama", "Theater", "Art", "Entertainment", "Culture", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "04 February 1996, Jennifer Crittenden, “Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 14, production code 3F13", "text": "Evelyn Peters: \"Don't worry, Marge. Her idea of wit is nothing more than an incisive observation humorously phrased and delivered with impeccable timing\".", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Humour, especially when clever or quick." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-24c4oXdI", "links": [ [ "Humour", "humour" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "3 2 6 12 7 35 29 6 1", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Comedy", "orig": "en:Comedy", "parents": [ "Drama", "Theater", "Art", "Entertainment", "Culture", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty." ], "id": "en-wit-en-noun-zwhRQmC-", "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "divertit" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "spritulo" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "petit malin" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Witzbold" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "ilare" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "battuta" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "facezia" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "spiritosaggine" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "freddura" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "scurra" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "asprātis" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "naho" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ostrják", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "остря́к" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "imaginativo" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "divertido" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hilaro" }, { "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 2 93", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hilara" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɪt/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪt" }, { "homophone": "whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)" }, { "audio": "en-us-wit.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg/En-us-wit.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "wĭt" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "ostroúmie", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "остроу́мие" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "vtip" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "humor" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vid" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mot d’esprit" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Witz" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "asteïsmós", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ἀστεϊσμός" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "senso umoristico" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "motto di spirito" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spirito" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "prontezza di spirito" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "brio" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "argūtia" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "facetiae" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "asprātība" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "ngutu atamai" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vidd" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Witsichkjeit" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "humorístico" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "humor" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "engraçado" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ostroúmije", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "остроу́мие" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "humor" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "gracia" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mordacidad" }, { "_dis1": "1 2 3 44 4 42 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chiste espontáneo" } ], "word": "wit" } { "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "witen" }, "expansion": "Middle English witen", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "witan" }, "expansion": "Old English witan", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*witan" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witan", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*witaną" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witaną", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-", "4": "", "5": "see, know" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "vita" }, "expansion": "Icelandic vita", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "weten" }, "expansion": "Dutch weten", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "wissen" }, "expansion": "German wissen", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "veta" }, "expansion": "Swedish veta", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "videō", "3": "", "4": "I see" }, "expansion": "Latin videō (“I see”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "guide" }, "expansion": "guide", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English witen, from Old English witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nCognate with Icelandic vita, Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.", "forms": [ { "form": "", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "qualifier", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "wit", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "infinitive" ] }, { "form": "wit", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "imperative" ] }, { "form": "witting", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "wist", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "qualifier", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "wot", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "indicative", "present", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wist", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "indicative", "past", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wost", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "indicative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wot", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "archaic", "indicative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wottest", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "archaic", "indicative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wist", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "indicative", "past", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wistest", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "indicative", "past", "second-person", "singular" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "verb", "cat2": "defective verbs" }, "expansion": "wit", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "derived": [ { "word": "bewit" }, { "word": "to wit" }, { "word": "unwitting" }, { "word": "witness" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1483, Thomas Malory, Le morte d'Arthur", "text": "Truly, said fair Elaine, I shall do all that I may do, for as fain would I know and wit where he is become as you or any of his kin, or queen Guenever, and cause great enough have I thereto as well as any other. And wit ye well, said fair Elaine to Sir Bors, I would lose my life for him rather than he should be hurt.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "1849, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, St. Luke the Painter, lines 5–8", "text": "but soon having wist\nHow sky-breadth and field-silence and this day\nAre symbols also in some deeper way,\nShe looked through these to God and was God’s priest.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively)." ], "id": "en-wit-en-verb-en:know", "links": [ [ "transitive", "transitive" ], [ "intransitive", "intransitive" ], [ "Know", "know" ], [ "be", "be" ], [ "aware", "aware" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively)." ], "senseid": [ "en:know" ], "tags": [ "archaic", "intransitive", "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "code": "ayn", "lang": "Yemeni Arabic", "roman": "derā", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "درى" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "znaja", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "зная" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "vide" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "weten" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "scii" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "savoir" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "connaître" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "wissen" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "zināt" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "nojaust" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "vite" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "saber" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "znatʹ", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "знать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "védatʹ", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "ве́дать" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "veta" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɪt/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪt" }, { "homophone": "whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)" }, { "audio": "en-us-wit.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg/En-us-wit.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "wĭt" } ], "word": "wit" } { "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "with" }, "expansion": "with", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From with.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositions", "head": "" }, "expansion": "wit", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "wit", "name": "en-prep" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "with" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English pronunciation spellings", "parents": [ "Pronunciation spellings", "Terms by orthographic property", "Terms by lexical property" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Southern US English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Pronunciation spelling of with." ], "id": "en-wit-en-prep-YBOtKyb~", "links": [ [ "Pronunciation spelling", "pronunciation spelling" ], [ "with", "with#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of with." ], "tags": [ "Southern-US", "alt-of", "pronunciation-spelling" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɪt/", "tags": [ "Southern-American-English" ] }, { "ipa": "/wɪtʃ/", "tags": [ "Southern-American-English" ] }, { "ipa": "/wɪt/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪt" }, { "homophone": "whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)" }, { "audio": "en-us-wit.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg/En-us-wit.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "wĭt" } ], "word": "wit" }
{ "categories": [ "en:Comedy" ], "derived": [ { "word": "afterwit" }, { "word": "brevity is the soul of wit" }, { "word": "collect one's wits" }, { "word": "witty" }, { "word": "forewit" }, { "word": "fuckwit" }, { "word": "gather one's wits" }, { "word": "half-wit" }, { "word": "have one’s wits about one" }, { "word": "inwit" }, { "word": "lackwit" }, { "word": "mother wit" }, { "word": "native wit" }, { "word": "nitwit" }, { "word": "dimwit" }, { "word": "scare out of one’s wits" }, { "word": "staircase wit" }, { "word": "wit tooth" }, { "word": "wit-cracker" }, { "word": "wit-cracking" }, { "word": "witcraft" }, { "word": "witful" }, { "word": "witless" }, { "word": "witling" }, { "word": "witter" }, { "word": "wittol" }, { "word": "witticism" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "wit" }, "expansion": "Middle English wit", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "witt", "4": "", "5": "understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience" }, "expansion": "Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*witi" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witi", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*witją", "4": "", "5": "knowledge, reason" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-", "4": "", "5": "see, know" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "weet" }, "expansion": "Dutch weet", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Witz" }, "expansion": "German Witz", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "vid" }, "expansion": "Danish vid", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "vett" }, "expansion": "Swedish vett", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nb", "2": "vett" }, "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål vett", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "got", "2": "𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹", "3": "", "4": "ignorance" }, "expansion": "Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "vīdī", "3": "", "4": "see (pf.)" }, "expansion": "Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "bg", "2": "вям" }, "expansion": "Bulgarian вям (vjam)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "ru", "2": "ве́дать" }, "expansion": "Russian ве́дать (védatʹ)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sa", "2": "विद्या" }, "expansion": "Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "wise" }, "expansion": "wise", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nCognate with Dutch weet, German Witz, Danish vid, Swedish vett, Norwegian Bokmål vett, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”), Bulgarian вям (vjam), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ), Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā). Compare wise.", "forms": [ { "form": "wits", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "wit (countable and uncountable, plural wits)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "acid" }, { "word": "biting" }, { "word": "cutting" }, { "word": "lambent" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He's gone completely out of his wits.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Sanity." ], "links": [ [ "Sanity", "sanity" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(now usually in the plural) Sanity." ], "tags": [ "countable", "plural-normally", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with obsolete senses" ], "glosses": [ "The senses." ], "links": [ [ "sense", "sense" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(obsolete, usually in the plural) The senses." ], "tags": [ "countable", "obsolete", "plural-normally", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Intelligence; common sense." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "04 February 1996, Jennifer Crittenden, “Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 14, production code 3F13", "text": "Evelyn Peters: \"Don't worry, Marge. Her idea of wit is nothing more than an incisive observation humorously phrased and delivered with impeccable timing\".", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Humour, especially when clever or quick." ], "links": [ [ "Humour", "humour" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɪt/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪt" }, { "homophone": "whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)" }, { "audio": "en-us-wit.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg/En-us-wit.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "wĭt" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xelkʿ", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "խելք" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "razum", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "разум" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ment" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "enteniment" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rozum" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vid" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mentalidade" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "siso" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "entendemento" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "č̣ḳua", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "ჭკუა" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "goneba", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "გონება" }, { "code": "de", "english": "out of wits", "lang": "German", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "von Sinnen" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "note": "in one's right mind", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "bei Sinnen" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "senno" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "prāts" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "saprāts" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vett" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "esperit" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "sen" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "èime" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ment" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "mentalidade" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "sanidade" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rázum", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ра́зум" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "mind; sanity", "word": "mentalidad" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cordura" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "rozum", "sense": "mind; sanity", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "розум" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "وعي" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "إدراك" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "xelkʿ", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "խելք" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "um", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "ум" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vid" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "siso" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "intelecto" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Verstand" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Intellekt" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "ingegno vivace" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "arguzia" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ingenium" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "forstand" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "intellekt" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "intelectual" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "intelecto" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "um", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ум" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intellectual ability", "word": "intelectualidad" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "intellectual ability", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "intelecto" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sǎobrazitelnost", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "съобразителност" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "vtip" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "důvtip" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "sukkeluus" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "nokkeluus" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "sutkaus" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "gonebamaxviloba", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "გონებამახვილობა" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Auffassungsgabe" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "arguzia" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "genio" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "acutezza" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "nunchi", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "눈치" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "atjautība" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "agudeza" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "agudez" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "esperteza" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "schepsis" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "um", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ум" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "agudeza" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "inteligencia" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "ingenio" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "mentalidad" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "gracia" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "listeza" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "Ability to think quickly", "word": "nükte" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "ostroúmie", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "остроу́мие" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "vtip" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "humor" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vid" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mot d’esprit" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Witz" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "asteïsmós", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ἀστεϊσμός" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "senso umoristico" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "motto di spirito" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "spirito" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "prontezza di spirito" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "brio" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "argūtia" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "facetiae" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "asprātība" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "ngutu atamai" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "vidd" }, { "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Witsichkjeit" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "humorístico" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "word": "humor" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "engraçado" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ostroúmije", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "остроу́мие" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "humor" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "gracia" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mordacidad" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "chiste espontáneo" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "divertit" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "spritulo" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "petit malin" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Witzbold" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "ilare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "battuta" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "facezia" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "spiritosaggine" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "freddura" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "scurra" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "asprātis" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "word": "naho" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ostrják", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "остря́к" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "imaginativo" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "divertido" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hilaro" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hilara" } ], "word": "wit" } { "categories": [ "en:Comedy" ], "derived": [ { "word": "bewit" }, { "word": "to wit" }, { "word": "unwitting" }, { "word": "witness" } ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "witen" }, "expansion": "Middle English witen", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "witan" }, "expansion": "Old English witan", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*witan" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witan", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*witaną" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witaną", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*weyd-", "4": "", "5": "see, know" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "vita" }, "expansion": "Icelandic vita", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "weten" }, "expansion": "Dutch weten", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "wissen" }, "expansion": "German wissen", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "veta" }, "expansion": "Swedish veta", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "la", "2": "videō", "3": "", "4": "I see" }, "expansion": "Latin videō (“I see”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "guide" }, "expansion": "guide", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English witen, from Old English witan, from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).\nCognate with Icelandic vita, Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.", "forms": [ { "form": "", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "qualifier", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "wit", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "infinitive" ] }, { "form": "wit", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "imperative" ] }, { "form": "witting", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "wist", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "qualifier", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "wot", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "indicative", "present", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wist", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "indicative", "past", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wost", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "indicative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wot", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "archaic", "indicative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wottest", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "archaic", "indicative", "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wist", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "indicative", "past", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "wistest", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "indicative", "past", "second-person", "singular" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "verb", "cat2": "defective verbs" }, "expansion": "wit", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English intransitive verbs", "English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "text": "You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1483, Thomas Malory, Le morte d'Arthur", "text": "Truly, said fair Elaine, I shall do all that I may do, for as fain would I know and wit where he is become as you or any of his kin, or queen Guenever, and cause great enough have I thereto as well as any other. And wit ye well, said fair Elaine to Sir Bors, I would lose my life for him rather than he should be hurt.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "1849, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, St. Luke the Painter, lines 5–8", "text": "but soon having wist\nHow sky-breadth and field-silence and this day\nAre symbols also in some deeper way,\nShe looked through these to God and was God’s priest.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively)." ], "links": [ [ "transitive", "transitive" ], [ "intransitive", "intransitive" ], [ "Know", "know" ], [ "be", "be" ], [ "aware", "aware" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively)." ], "senseid": [ "en:know" ], "tags": [ "archaic", "intransitive", "transitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɪt/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪt" }, { "homophone": "whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)" }, { "audio": "en-us-wit.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg/En-us-wit.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "wĭt" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ayn", "lang": "Yemeni Arabic", "roman": "derā", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "درى" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "znaja", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "зная" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "vide" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "weten" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "scii" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "savoir" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "connaître" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "wissen" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "zināt" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "nojaust" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "vite" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "saber" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "znatʹ", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "знать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "védatʹ", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "ве́дать" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "Know, be aware of", "word": "veta" } ], "word": "wit" } { "categories": [ "en:Comedy" ], "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "with" }, "expansion": "with", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From with.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositions", "head": "" }, "expansion": "wit", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "wit", "name": "en-prep" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "with" } ], "categories": [ "English pronunciation spellings", "Southern US English" ], "glosses": [ "Pronunciation spelling of with." ], "links": [ [ "Pronunciation spelling", "pronunciation spelling" ], [ "with", "with#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of with." ], "tags": [ "Southern-US", "alt-of", "pronunciation-spelling" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/wɪt/", "tags": [ "Southern-American-English" ] }, { "ipa": "/wɪtʃ/", "tags": [ "Southern-American-English" ] }, { "ipa": "/wɪt/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɪt" }, { "homophone": "whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)" }, { "audio": "en-us-wit.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg/En-us-wit.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-wit.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" }, { "enpr": "wĭt" } ], "word": "wit" }
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). 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.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.