tit

== Translingual == === Symbol === tit (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tinigua. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Tinigua terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tit, titte, tette, from Old English tit, titt, from Proto-West Germanic *titt, from Proto-Germanic *tittaz (“teat; nipple; breast”), of expressive origin. Perhaps related to an original meaning “to suck”; compare Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-y-. Doublet of teat, which was borrowed from Old French. ==== Alternative forms ==== tet (in certain senses only) ==== Noun ==== tit (plural tits) (vulgar, slang) (chiefly in the plural) A person's breast or nipple. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breast An animal's teat or udder. (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) An idiot; a fool. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot 2012 January 15, Stephen Thompson, "The Reichenbach Fall", episode 2-3 of Sherlock, 00:52:46-00:52:55: John Watson (to Sherlock Holmes): It's Lestrade. Says they're all coming over here right now. Queuing up to slap on the handcuffs, every single officer you ever made feel like a tit. Which is a lot of people. (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A police officer; a "tithead". ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== titty, tittie ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps imitative of light tap. Compare earlier tip for tap (“blow for blow”), from tip + tap; compare also dialectal tint for tant. ==== Noun ==== tit (plural tits) (archaic) A light blow or hit (now usually in the phrase tit for tat). ==== Verb ==== tit (third-person singular simple present tits, present participle titting, simple past and past participle titted) (transitive or intransitive, obsolete) To strike lightly, tap, pat. (transitive, obsolete) To taunt, to reproach. === Etymology 3 === Probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; found earliest in titling and titmouse; compare Faroese títlingur, dialectal Norwegian titling (“small stockfish”). ==== Noun ==== tit (plural tits) A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere. Any of various other small passerine birds. (archaic) A small horse; a nag. (archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy. A morsel; a bit. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === tit lok === Anagrams === ITT, TTI, itt == Catalan == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtit] === Noun === tit m (plural tits) a sharp short sound, such as a whistle, especially when used to call poultry (childish) chick Synonym: pollet ==== Derived terms ==== tita === Further reading === “tit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “tit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tit”, 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 == Chuukese == === Noun === tit fence, wall pen (enclosure) == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tit/, [ˈtˢid̥] === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse títt (“often”), the neuter form of the adjective tíðr (“frequent”), from Proto-Germanic *tīdijaz. Derived from the noun *tīdiz (“time”). ==== Adverb ==== tit (comparative tiere, superlative tiest) often frequently ===== Synonyms ===== ofte hyppigt mange gange === Etymology 2 === Verbal noun to titte (“peep, peek”). ==== Noun ==== tit n (singular definite tittet, plural indefinite tit) glimpse ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tit imperative of titte == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse þit (earlier Old Norse it), cognate with Icelandic þið. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːt/ Rhymes: -iːt === Pronoun === tit you (plural) Synonym: tykur (Suðuroy) ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtit/, [ˈt̪it̪] Rhymes: -it Syllabification(key): tit Hyphenation(key): tit === Noun === tit alternative form of ti (“dit (in Morse code)”) ==== Declension ==== not inflected ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ti/ === Adjective === tit (feminine tite, masculine plural tits, feminine plural tites) (colloquial) contraction of petit === Noun === tit m (plural tits, feminine tite) (colloquial) contraction of petit == Irish == === Alternative forms === tuit === Etymology === From Middle Irish tuitid, from Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʲitʲ/ === Verb === tit (present analytic titeann, future analytic titfidh, verbal noun titim, past participle tite) (intransitive) to fall, drop, come down to collapse to descend to decline, abate, deteriorate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== titimeach (“falling, tending to fall; caducous”, adjective) titimeán m (“dropper”) (fishing) titimeas m (“epilepsy”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tuitim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1275; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “titim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “titim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Kavalan == === Noun === tit kingfisher == Old Dutch == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis. === Noun === tīt f or m time moment ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: tijtDutch: tijd, (obsolete) tyd, tijdt, tydt, tijt, tytAfrikaans: tydBerbice Creole Dutch: titiJavindo: tetJersey Dutch: tāid, tāidtNegerhollands: tied, tid, titSkepi Creole Dutch: teit→ Indonesian: kala (semantic loan)Limburgish: tiedZealandic: tied === References === “tīt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Noun === tit m alternative form of titt == Pipil == === Etymology === From Proto-Nahuan *tai(h)-tl. Compare Classical Nahuatl tletl (“fire”). === Pronunciation === (standard) IPA(key): /tiːt/ === Noun === tīt fire == Pnar == === Etymology === From Proto-Khasian *tit, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *pt₁is. Cognate with Khasi tit, Riang [Sak] tis¹, Khmu [Cuang] tih, Khmer ផ្សិត (phsət). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tit/ === Noun === tit mushroom == Slavomolisano == === Etymology === From Ikavian Serbo-Croatian htiti; compare Ijekavian htjeti, Ekavian hteti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tît/ === Verb === tit impf to want === References === Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 413–414 == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English teeth. === Noun === tit tooth ==== Derived terms ==== marasin bilong klinim tit (“toothpaste”) sop bilong tit (“toothpaste”) == Torres Strait Creole == === Etymology === From English teeth. === Noun === tit tooth