slit

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈslɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt === Noun === slit (plural slits) A narrow cut or opening; a slot. (vulgar) The vulva. [from 1640s] (synecdochic, vulgar) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten) To cut a narrow opening. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === slit (not comparable) Having a cut narrow opening. === Anagrams === &lits, List, list, lits, silt, tils == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈslɪt] === Participle === slit masculine singular passive participle of slít == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse *slit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stlɪːt/ Rhymes: -ɪːt === Noun === slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural) wear and tear ==== Declension ==== === See also === slitna === Anagrams === list == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === slit imperative of slite == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === slit inflection of slita: present imperative == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sliːt/ Rhymes: -iːt === Verb === slīt third-person singular present indicative of slīdan == Swedish == === Etymology === Deverbal from slita (“to toil”). === Noun === slit n toil, labour (grueling work) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slit och släp ==== Related terms ==== slita slitig slitsam === Verb === slit imperative of slita === Anagrams === list, lits, silt, stil