lite
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: līt, IPA(key): /laɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪt
- Homophone: light
Etymology 1
Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.)
Adjective
lite (not comparable)
- (usually postpositive) Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
- Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.
- His lite dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with lite ranch dressing.
- Lightweight
- Informal spelling of light.
- My favorite color is lite blue!
- (usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
- 2003 March 6, “Reform Lite”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
- this compromise bill is reform lite. It is both more palatable to nursing home owners and less protective of elderly patients
- 2006, Alfie Kohn, Beyond discipline: from compliance to community, page 42:
- If there is a difference between doing this to a child and engaging in old-fashioned punishment, it is at best a quantitative rather than a qualitative difference. What Dreikurs and his followers are selling is Punishment Lite.
- 2010 April 8, “Sovereign debt crisis at 'boiling point', warns Bank for International Settlements”, in Telegraph.co.uk:
- The analysis bolsters claims by the Tories that markets will not wait patiently as Britain draws up leisurely plans for austerity-lite
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Derived terms
- marriage lite
Translations
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Noun
lite (plural lites)
- Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English lit, lut (“little”), from Old English lȳt.
Noun
lite (uncountable)
- (Britain, dialect) A little, bit.
Adjective
lite (comparative liter, superlative litest)
- (Britain, dialect) few; little
Etymology 3
From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply”), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”), Danish lide (“to trust”).
Verb
lite (third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited)
- (Britain, dialect) To expect; wait.
- (Britain, dialect) To rely.
Noun
lite (plural lites)
- (Britain, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.
Anagrams
- IELT, Tiel, teil, tiel, tile
Dutch
Noun
lite m (plural liten, diminutive litetje n)
- (historical) The (rare) singular of liten
Synonyms
- laat m (cognate)
- lijfeigene m
Anagrams
- liet
French
Verb
lite
- inflection of liter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- élit
Irish
Alternative forms
- lighte (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲə/
Participle
lite
- past participle of ligh
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lītem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.te/
- Rhymes: -ite
- Hyphenation: lì‧te
Noun
lite f (plural liti)
- a quarrel, row, altercation, fight
- Synonyms: alterco, contesa, disputa, litigio, litigata, rissa
- (law) a suit, lawsuit
- Synonyms: contesa, disputa
Related terms
- litigare
- litighio
- litigio
Anagrams
- teli
Ladin
Verb
lite
- first-person singular present indicative of liter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of liter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of liter
- third-person plural present subjunctive of liter
Latin
Noun
līte
- ablative singular of līs
Middle English
Noun
lite (plural lites)
- Alternative form of light
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of adjective) smått
Adjective
lite
- neuter singular of liten
Adverb
lite
- little
- lite kjent ― little known
References
- “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²liːtə/
Adjective
lite n
- neuter singular of liten
Adverb
lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
- little
- Me veit lite om djuphava.
- We know little about the deep oceans.
- Me veit lite om djuphava.
Verb
lite (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)
- Alternative form of lita
References
- “lite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.tɛ/
- Rhymes: -itɛ
- Syllabification: li‧te
Adjective
lite
- inflection of lity:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish littiu f (“porridge, gruel”).
Noun
lite f (genitive singular lite or lit)
- (north-west of Scotland) porridge
- (historical) pottage
- (historical) posset
Synonyms
- brochan
Derived terms
- ionnsaich do sheanmhair lit' a dhèanamh
Spanish
Verb
lite
- inflection of litar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Alternative forms
- litet (archaic)
Etymology
Contraction of litet, neuter of liten. Compare mycket, with similar formation.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Adjective
lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
- little, some; a small amount
- Det finns lite vatten i flaskan.
- There is a little water in the bottle.
- Jag har lite pengar kvar.
- I've got a little money left.
- Jag skrev lite på hemuppgiften.
- I wrote a little on the homework.
- Antonym: mycket
Usage notes
To be used with uncountable nouns.
Related terms
- liten
Adverb
lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
- a little, to a small extent; somewhat
- Jag har lite för lite pengar kvar.
- I've got slightly too little money left.
- Jag har lite för lite pengar kvar.
Further reading
- lite in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- elit