tuit
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.
=== Noun ===
tuit (plural tuits)
(humorous) Synonym of round tuit.
1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:
THIS IS A TUIT
2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet [2]:
My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet [3]:
1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.
=== Anagrams ===
ITU-T
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish tuit.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtujt]
=== Noun ===
tuit m (plural tuits)
(social media) tweet (Twitter post)
Synonyms: piulada, tweet
==== Derived terms ====
tuitejar
== Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tœy̯t/
Hyphenation: tuit
Rhymes: -œy̯t
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.
==== Noun ====
tuit f or m (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)
a spout
(obsolete) lock of hair
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
===== Descendants =====
Afrikaans: tuit
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
tuit
inflection of tuiten:
first/second/third-person singular present indicative
imperative
== Finnish ==
=== Verb ===
tuit
second-person singular past indicative of tukea
=== Anagrams ===
tiut, tuti
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch tweed, from English tweed.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtuit/ [ˈt̪u.ɪt̪̚]
Rhymes: -it
Syllabification: tu‧it
=== Noun ===
tuit (plural tuit-tuit)
(fashion) tweed
=== Further reading ===
“tuit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Irish ==
=== Noun ===
tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)
alternative form of toit (“smoke”)
==== Declension ====
=== Verb ===
tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)
alternative form of tit (“fall”)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tuit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
== Old French ==
=== Adjective ===
tuit m
nominative singular of tot (“all”)
=== Adverb ===
tuit
nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)
== Old Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈt̪ut̠ʲ/
=== Verb ===
·tuit
third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit
=== Verb ===
tuit
second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit
=== Mutation ===
== Old Occitan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tot, tuih
=== Adjective ===
tuit
all; every
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/
=== Verb ===
tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)
fall
happen, befall, chance
stumble, slip
subside
sink
set (as the sun)
benight
be seduced by
fail
damp
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “tuit”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 do-tuit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English tweet. Orthographically adapted by the Fundación del Español Urgente. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
Rhymes: -it
Syllabification: tuit
=== Noun ===
tuit m (plural tuits)
(social media) tweet (Twitter post)
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“tuit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025