"wit" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \wɪt\, \wĭt\, wĭt Audio: En-us-wit.ogg Forms: wits [plural]
  1. Intelligence, capacité intellectuelle, esprit.
    Sense id: fr-wit-en-noun-w5NmGAJa Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Humour rapide, esprit.
    Sense id: fr-wit-en-noun-~qYNODN~ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  3. Pince-sans-rire, humoriste, homme d’esprit.
    Sense id: fr-wit-en-noun-xnU9jEyp Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dim-witted, dull-witted, halfwitted, sharp-witted, quickwitted, unwitting, witty

Verb

IPA: \wɪt\, \wĭt\, wĭt Audio: En-us-wit.ogg
  1. À savoir, c’est. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: fr-wit-en-verb-i62Plxd4 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes archaïques en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Bonnes entrées",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Bonnes entrées en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en anglais",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
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    {
      "word": "dim-witted"
    },
    {
      "word": "dull-witted"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfwitted"
    },
    {
      "word": "sharp-witted"
    },
    {
      "word": "quickwitted"
    },
    {
      "word": "unwitting"
    },
    {
      "word": "witty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Voir le suédois veta, le néerlandais weten et l’allemand wissen."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wits",
      "ipas": [
        "\\wɪts\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.",
          "translation": "Où est-elle partie est inaccessible à l’esprit humain."
        },
        {
          "text": "The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn’t even have the wit to take it!",
          "translation": "L’occasion était juste devant toi, et tu n’as même pas eu la présence d’esprit de la saisir !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intelligence, capacité intellectuelle, esprit."
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The best man’s speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.",
          "translation": "Le discours du témoin était hilarant, plein d’esprit et de charme."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Humour rapide, esprit."
      ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Your friend is quite a wit, isn’t he?",
          "translation": "Votre ami est un sacré numéro, n’est-ce pas ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pince-sans-rire, humoriste, homme d’esprit."
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    "(Date à préciser) Voir le suédois veta, le néerlandais weten et l’allemand wissen."
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          "ref": "Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist",
          "text": "[…] there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse;",
          "translation": "[…] il en est un commun à la plupart des villes grandes ou petites : c’est le dépôt de mendicité."
        }
      ],
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        "À savoir, c’est."
      ],
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      "word": "dim-witted"
    },
    {
      "word": "dull-witted"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfwitted"
    },
    {
      "word": "sharp-witted"
    },
    {
      "word": "quickwitted"
    },
    {
      "word": "unwitting"
    },
    {
      "word": "witty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Voir le suédois veta, le néerlandais weten et l’allemand wissen."
  ],
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        "\\wɪts\\"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.",
          "translation": "Où est-elle partie est inaccessible à l’esprit humain."
        },
        {
          "text": "The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn’t even have the wit to take it!",
          "translation": "L’occasion était juste devant toi, et tu n’as même pas eu la présence d’esprit de la saisir !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intelligence, capacité intellectuelle, esprit."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The best man’s speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.",
          "translation": "Le discours du témoin était hilarant, plein d’esprit et de charme."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Humour rapide, esprit."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Your friend is quite a wit, isn’t he?",
          "translation": "Votre ami est un sacré numéro, n’est-ce pas ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pince-sans-rire, humoriste, homme d’esprit."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\wĭt\\"
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    "(Date à préciser) Voir le suédois veta, le néerlandais weten et l’allemand wissen."
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          "ref": "Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist",
          "text": "[…] there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse;",
          "translation": "[…] il en est un commun à la plupart des villes grandes ou petites : c’est le dépôt de mendicité."
        }
      ],
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        "À savoir, c’est."
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