fit

fit

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Translingual

Symbol

fit

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Meänkieli.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Meänkieli terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).

Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)

  1. Suitable; proper
  2. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
  3. In good shape; physically well.
  4. (British, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
  5. Prepared; ready.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted or fit)

  1. (transitive) To be suitable for.
    • 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
      The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
  2. (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
  3. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
  4. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
  5. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
    1. (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
  6. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
  7. (transitive) To adjust.
  8. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
  9. (transitive) To equip or supply.
  10. (transitive) To make ready.
  11. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
  12. To be proper or becoming.
  13. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
Usage notes
  • In senses 1 to 6, this is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

fit (plural fits)

  1. The degree to which something fits.
  2. Conformity of elements one to another.
  3. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
  4. (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
  5. (statistics) Goodness of fit.
  6. (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
Usage notes

Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.

Derived terms
Translations

References

  • (advertising): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length. Compare Old Saxon *fittea (attested in the borrowed Latin vittea).

Noun

fit (plural fits)

  1. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
    • 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
      Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1

Etymology 3

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”). Compare Cornish fit (“game match, bout”); or else, probably cognate with Italian fitta (“pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain”). See more at Latin fīgere.

Noun

fit (plural fits)

  1. A seizure or convulsion.
  2. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
  3. A sudden outburst of emotion.
    Synonyms: blowout, hissy, tantrum, spell, moment
  4. A sudden burst (of an activity).
    Synonyms: flurry, frenzy, paroxysm
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)

  1. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

Etymology 4

Formed from fight on the model of bite:bit and light:lit.

Verb

fit

  2. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, dated) simple past and past participle of fight; fought.
    • c. 19th century, unknown author, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
      Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down

Etymology 5

Clipping of outfit

Noun

fit (plural fits)

  1. (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.

See also

  • fit-fit

References

Anagrams

  • ITF, IFT, TIF, if't, tif, TFI

Albanian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fit m (plural fite, definite fiti)

  1. wedge
    Synonym: pykë
  2. (figurative) provocation
    Synonyms: spica, kalla
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fitoj (“to profit”).

Noun

fit m (definite fiti)

  1. (archaic) profit, gain
    Synonym: fitim

Adverb

fit (colloquial)

  1. even, quits
    Synonyms: barabar, pat

References

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[5], 1980, page 477

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fit]

Noun

fit (definite accusative fiti, plural fitlər)

  1. whistle
  2. siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device)

Declension

Derived terms

  • fit çalmaq (“to whistle”)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīctus, archaic past participle of fīgō (“to fasten, fix”). Doublet of fix (“fixed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfit]
  • Rhymes: -it

Adjective

fit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)

  1. fixed, steady (of eyes, regard, etc.)

Derived terms

  • de fit a fit
  • fitar

Related terms

  • fita
  • fitó

Noun

fit m (plural fits)

  1. target
    Synonym: fitó

Further reading

  • “fit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fit.

Adjective

fit

  1. (Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)
Alternative forms
  • 弗 (fit1)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Irregular romanisation of 法 (fit1).

Noun

fit

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Used in 符fit.

Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation of 弗 (fit1).

Noun

fit

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Used in 揸fit and 花fit.
Alternative forms
  • 𢝵, 𢞵 (fit1)

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

fit

  1. (Cantonese) to whip
Alternative forms
  • 𢝵, 𢞵 (fit1)

Etymology 5

Clipping of English fitting room.

Noun

fit

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) fitting room

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɪt]

Adjective

fit (indeclinable)

  1. fit, healthy

Further reading

  • “fit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “fit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)

  1. fit (in good shape)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fit

  1. third-person singular past historic of faire

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Adjective

fit (strong nominative masculine singular fitter, comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)

  1. fit (in good physical condition)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Fitmacher
  • Fitness (rarely Fitheit)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

fit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)

  1. (zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
  2. (knitting) a casting on, casting on

Declension

Related terms

  • breiðafit
  • fitja
  • fuglafit
  • fuglsfit
  • gullfit
  • hundafit
  • lykkjufit
  • Halldórufit
  • silfurfit
  • skollafit
  • sundfit

Further reading

  • A deliberation on the word "fit" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")


Latin

Verb

fit

  1. third-person singular present passive indicative of faciō
  2. third-person singular present active indicative of fīō

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From English fit, probably through German fit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fit/
  • Rhymes: -it

Adjective

fit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)

  1. fit (in good shape)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English fit.

Verb

fit

  1. to be able to, can
    I no fit talk. ― I can not talk.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fit.

Noun

fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fet

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fit f (genitive fitjar, plural fitjar)

  1. (zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)
  2. (zoology, anatomy) flippers (of a seal)
  3. (landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river

Declension

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: fit
  • Homophones: Fit, -fit

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

Adjective

fit (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (slang) fit (in good shape; physically well)
Related terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fit m animal

  1. horse that is well prepared for a race
Declension

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fit m inan

  1. (bridge) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {}.
Declension

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fit f

  1. genitive plural of fita

Further reading

  • fit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • fit at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Scots

Etymology 1

Inherited from Northern Middle English fut, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Alternative forms

  • fuit, fut, fute

Noun

fit (plural fits)

  1. foot
  2. lower end (of a street, river, field etc)
Related terms
  • fitbaw

Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitin, simple past fitt, past participle fitt)

  1. to foot

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

fit

  1. Doric Scots form of what

Spanish

Adjective

fit m or f (masculine and feminine plural fits) or fit (invariable)

  1. fit (in good shape)

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fit]

Noun

fit (nominative plural fits)

  1. (male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)

Declension

Derived terms

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