buit

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bœi̯t/ === Noun === buit (uncountable) The booty, spoils. ==== Derived terms ==== buitmaak krygsbuit oorlogsbuit == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbujt] Rhymes: -ujt Homophone: vuit (Central) === Adjective === buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides) vacant empty ==== Antonyms ==== ple ==== Derived terms ==== buidar buidesa buidor === Noun === buit m (plural buits) empty space; gap vacuum void === Further reading === “buit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “buit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “buit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Alternative forms === buyt, buet (archaic) === Etymology === 16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bœy̯t/ (Netherlands) IPA(key): [bɜʏ̯t] (Belgium) IPA(key): [bœːt] Hyphenation: buit Rhymes: -œy̯t === Noun === buit m (uncountable, no diminutive) the spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war the loot, fruits of crime a hunter's prey the gains, as in a game of chance ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: buit → West Frisian: bût, bút === References ===