rit
English
Alternative forms
- ritt, ret
Etymology
From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną.
Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
rit (plural rits)
- (Northern England, Scotland) A scratch, a score or a groove.
Verb
rit (third-person singular simple present rits, present participle ritting, simple past and past participle ritted)
- (Northern England, Scotland) To scratch or score.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To tear, rip, rend.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To slit.
Adverb
rit (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of ritardando.
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- IRT, RTI, TIR, TRI, Tir, tri, tri-
Albanian
Noun
rit ?
- rite
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɪt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rit
- Rhymes: -ɪt
- Homophone: Rith
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch *rit, in Middle Dutch only sparsely attested in compounds, from Middle Low German rit or Middle High German ritt, related to Middle Dutch rêde, dialectal Dutch reed, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan.
Noun
rit m (plural ritten, diminutive ritje n)
- a ride on a mount (animal) or man-powered vehicle
- a drive in an animal-drawn or motorized vehicle
- a stage or lap as part of a long tour or journey
Derived terms
- koninginnerit
- proefrit
- ritmeester
- rittenkoers
- rittenwedstrijd
- slotrit
- testrit
- tijdrit
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rit
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of ritten
- imperative of ritten
Anagrams
- tri
French
Etymology 1
See the lemma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁit/
Noun
rit m (plural rits)
- Archaic spelling of rite.
Etymology 2
See the lemma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi/
Audio (file)
Verb
rit
- inflection of rire:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Further reading
- “rit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tir, tri
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rit, from Proto-Germanic *writą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪːt/
- Rhymes: -ɪːt
Noun
rit n (genitive singular rits, nominative plural rit)
- writ
- work, literary work
- (mathematics) chart, diagram
Declension
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rit | ritið | rit | ritin |
| accusative | rit | ritið | rit | ritin |
| dative | riti | ritinu | ritum | ritunum |
| genitive | rits | ritsins | rita | ritanna |
Derived terms
- fylgirit
- rithöfundur
- ritröð
- ritsafn
- dreifirit (correlation diagram, dispersion diagram, scattergram)
- Dynkin-rit (Dynkin diagram)
- eftirlitsrit (control chart)
- eiginfylgnirit (autocorrellogram)
- fallrit (functional graph, graph)
- flæðirit (flow chart)
- fylgnirit (correlogram)
- hyrnurit (simplex algorithm)
- línurit (functional graph, graph)
- myndrit (pictogram)
- prósentustöplarit, hlutfallsstöplarit (band chart)
- punktarit (correlation diagram, dispersion diagram, scattergram)
- sjálffylgnirit (autocorrellogram)
- skífurit (circular chart, circular graph, pie chart)
- stuðlarit (area histogram, histogram)
- stöplarit (bar diagram, column diagram)
- súlurit (area histogram, histogram)
- tíðnirit (frequency diagram)
- varprit (functional graph, graph)
- venslarit (graph)
- örvarit (diagram)
- leikrit
- ljósrit (photocopy)
- reiknirit
- ritmál
Related terms
- rita
- ritari
Occitan
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly substrate origin. Compare Friulian raze, Hungarian réce, Albanian rosë, Serbo-Croatian raca.
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Noun
rit m (plural rits)
- duck
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητός (rhētós) or Latin ritus or French rite.
Noun
rit n (plural rituri)
- rite
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) rit | ritul | (niște) rituri | riturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) rit | ritului | (unor) rituri | riturilor |
| vocative | ritule | riturilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *ritь.
Noun
rȉt f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏т)
- (vulgar) butt
Synonyms
- stražnjica, zadnjica, guzica, dupe
Etymology 2
From German Ried.
Noun
rȋt m (Cyrillic spelling ри̑т)
- swamp, peat bog
Synonyms
- močvara, močvarna livada
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ritь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rít/
Noun
rȉt f
- (vulgar) ass (buttocks); asshole (anus)
Inflection
| Feminine, i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | rít | ||
| gen. sing. | ríti | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | rít | ríti | ríti |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | ríti | ríti | ríti |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | ríti | rítma | rítim |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | rít | ríti | ríti |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | ríti | rítih | rítih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | rítjo | rítma | rítmi |
Derived terms
- ríten
- rítnik
See also
- zádnjica
- zádnjičen
- zádnjičnonôžen
- zádnjik
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin ritus.
Noun
rit c
- rite
Declension
| Declension of rit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rit | riten | riter | riterna |
| Genitive | rits | ritens | riters | riternas |
Anagrams
- tri-
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ríːt] (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -íːt
- (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íːt, -ýːt
Noun
rit f (definite singular rita, dative ritn, definite plural riten, dative ritåm)
- drawn line, dash
Verb
rit
- singular active present indicative of riit
Zaniza Zapotec
Noun
rit
- bone