zenit
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /zəˈnit/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /zeˈnit/
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
zenit m (plural zenits)
- zenith
Further reading
- “zenit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “zenit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “zenit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “zenit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
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Noun
zenit m
- zenith
- Synonym: nadhlavník
Further reading
- zenit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- zenit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cenit (see further there).
Noun
zenit
- (uncountable) zenith
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cenit, from Old Spanish [Term?], from Arabic سَمْت (samt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːnɪt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ze‧nit
Noun
zenit n (uncountable)
- (astronomy) zenith
Related terms
- azimut
Anagrams
- inzet, zet in
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zenit,[1] from Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʾs, “direction of the head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɛnit]
- Hyphenation: ze‧nit
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
zenit (plural zenitek)
- (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir)
- (figuratively) zenith (highest point or state; peak)
- Synonyms: csúcspont, tetőpont
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | zenit | zenitek |
| accusative | zenitet | zeniteket |
| dative | zenitnek | zeniteknek |
| instrumental | zenittel | zenitekkel |
| causal-final | zenitért | zenitekért |
| translative | zenitté | zenitekké |
| terminative | zenitig | zenitekig |
| essive-formal | zenitként | zenitekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | zenitben | zenitekben |
| superessive | zeniten | zeniteken |
| adessive | zenitnél | zeniteknél |
| illative | zenitbe | zenitekbe |
| sublative | zenitre | zenitekre |
| allative | zenithez | zenitekhez |
| elative | zenitből | zenitekből |
| delative | zenitről | zenitekről |
| ablative | zenittől | zenitektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | zenité | zeniteké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | zenitéi | zenitekéi |
| Possessive forms of zenit | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | zenitem | zenitjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | zenited | zenitjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | zenitje | zenitjei |
| 1st person plural | zenitünk | zenitjeink |
| 2nd person plural | zenitetek | zenitjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | zenitjük | zenitjeik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- zenit in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʾs, “direction of the head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.nit/
- Rhymes: -ɛnit
- Hyphenation: zè‧nit
Noun
zenit m
- (astronomy) zenith
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Spanish zenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt), from Aramaic סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, from Proto-Italic *sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European *swé + *mey- + *-tós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.ɲit/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲit
- Syllabification: ze‧nit
Noun
zenit m inan
- (astronomy) zenith (point vertically above a position or observer)
- Synonym: apogeum
- Antonym: nadir
- (astronomy) zenith (highest point reached by a celestial body)
- zenith (highest point or state; peak)
- Synonyms: maks, maksimum
- Antonym: minimum
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | zenit |
| genitive | zenitu |
| dative | zenitowi |
| accusative | zenit |
| instrumental | zenitem |
| locative | zenicie |
| vocative | zenicie |
Derived terms
- zenitalny
- zenitowy
- zenitka
- zenitówka
Further reading
- zenit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zenit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French zénith.
Noun
zenit n (uncountable)
- zenith
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) zenit | zenitul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) zenit | zenitului |
| vocative | zenitule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zěniːt/
- Hyphenation: ze‧nit
Noun
zènīt m (Cyrillic spelling зѐнӣт)
- zenith
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zènīt | zeniti |
| genitive | zeníta | zenita |
| dative | zenitu | zenitima |
| accusative | zenit | zenite |
| vocative | zenite | zeniti |
| locative | zenitu | zenitima |
| instrumental | zenitom | zenitima |
Spanish
Noun
zenit m (plural zenit)
- Alternative spelling of cenit
Further reading
- “zenit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
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Noun
zenit n
- (astronomy) zenith