hit

hit

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Translingual

Symbol

hit

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hittite.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”).

Cognate with Icelandic hitta (“to meet”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Latin caedō (“to kill”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”).

Verb

hit (third-person singular simple present hits, present participle hitting, simple past hit or (dialectal, obsolete) hat or (rare, dialectal) het, past participle hit or (archaic, rare, dialectal) hitten)

  1. (heading, physical) To strike.
    1. (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
    2. (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
    3. (intransitive) To strike against something.
    4. (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
    5. (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
      • 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
        FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch.
    6. (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
    7. (figurative, transitive, intransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
  2. (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
    Antonym: miss
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To switch on.
    Antonyms: cut, kill
  4. (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
  5. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
  6. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
  7. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
    1. (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
    2. (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
    3. To guess; to light upon or discover.
  8. (transitive) To affect negatively.
  9. (figuratively) To attack.
  10. (heading, games) To make a play.
    1. (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
    2. (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
    3. (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
  11. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
  12. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
  13. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
  14. (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
  15. (transitive, bodybuilding) to work out
Synonyms
  • (administer a blow): beat, pelt, thump; see also Thesaurus:hit
  • (kill a person): bump off, do away with, whack; see also Thesaurus:kill
  • (attack): beset, fall upon, lay into; see also Thesaurus:attack
  • (have sex with): bang, ram, smash; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  • (smoke marijuana): smoke up, toke
  • (work out): hit the gym
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “manage to touch in the right place”): miss
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

hit (plural hits)

  1. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
  3. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
  4. (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
  5. An attack on a location, person or people.
  6. A collision of a projectile with the target.
    1. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
  7. (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
  8. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
  9. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
  10. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
  11. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
  12. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
  13. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
  14. (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
  15. (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “a punch”): miss
  • (antonym(s) of “success”): flop, turkey
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Adjective

hit (not comparable)

  1. Very successful.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hit (“it”), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch het (“it”). More at it; also note 'it.

Pronoun

hit (subjective and objective hit, reflexive and intensive hitself, possessive adjective and noun hits)

  1. (dialectal) It.
Derived terms
  • hits
  • hitself

References

  • “hit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “hit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Thi, iht, ith, thi-

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • hüt, hüüd (Uri)

Etymology

From Old High German hiutu, from hiu +‎ tagu, a calque of Latin hodie. Cognate with German heute, Dutch heden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪt/

Adverb

hit

  1. (Alsatian) today
    Hit isch dr Jean-Pierre so drüri. ― Jean-Pierre is so sad today.

Catalan

Etymology

From English hit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hit/

Noun

hit m (plural hits)

  1. hit (something very successful)
    Synonym: èxit

References

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Doublet of ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hit/

Pronoun

hit

  1. we, us (inclusive)

Usage notes

  • hit is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or as an object of a transitive verb, while ta is used as a subject of a transitive verb.
  • In transitive clauses with an indefinite object, hit can be used as a subject.

See also

References

  • Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎[8], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Chinese

Etymology

From English hit.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hit

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) hit; popular; hot

Czech

Etymology

From English hit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪt/

Noun

hit m inan

  1. hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)
    Synonym: šlágr

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From English hit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hit/, [ˈhid̥]

Noun

hit n (singular definite hittet, plural indefinite hit or hits)

  1. hit (something very successful)

Declension

Further reading

  • “hit” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɪt/
  • Hyphenation: hit
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hit.

Noun

hit m (plural hits, diminutive hitje n)

  1. a hit song, a very popular and successful song
  2. (by extension) a success, something popular and successful (especially in the entertainment industry)
Derived terms
  • feesthit
  • kersthit
  • zomerhit

Etymology 2

Shortening of Hitlander (“Shetlander”).

Noun

hit m (plural hitten, diminutive hitje n or hitske n)

  1. (dated) a Shetland pony
  2. (dated, regional) any pony or small horse
Derived terms
  • daghit

French

Noun

hit m (plural hits)

  1. hit (popular song)
  2. hit (success)

Hokkien

Hungarian

Etymology

From the stem of hisz (“to believe”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhit]
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

hit (plural hitek)

  1. faith, belief
  2. (archaic) oath, word of honour (e.g. in hitves and hitet tesz)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hit in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

  • it (dialectal spelling)
    • i (dialectal pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole it, from English it

IPA(key): /hɪt/

Noun

hit n

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Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hit/

Adverb

hit

  1. here

Determiner

hit

  1. this

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[9], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Limburgish

Alternative forms

  • Hit (german-based spelling)
    • Hétt (Eupen)

Etymology

From Dutch hit, from English hit.

Noun

hit f

  1. (slang, Dutch) something popular (book, song, band, country)

Usage notes

Slang. Mainly used when speaking Dutch, rather than in real Limburgish. Overall speaking, Limburgish is more conservative, therefore slaag is more often used.

Inflection

  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
  • The dative got out of use around 1900. As this is a recent loanword, there is no conjugation for it to be found.

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪt/

Pronoun

hit

  1. Alternative form of het

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • hitt, hitte, hyt, hytte, it, itt, itte, jt, yt

Etymology

From Old English hit, from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hit/, /it/

Pronoun

hit (accusative hit, genitive hit, his, possessive determiner hit, his)

  2. Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it
  3. Sometimes used in reference to a child or man: he, she
  4. Third-person singular neuter accusative pronoun: it
  5. Third-person singular neuter genitive pronoun: its
  6. (impersonal, placeholder) Third-person singular impersonal placeholder pronoun: it

Descendants

  • English: it
  • Scots: hid
  • Yola: it, yt, t' (misspelling)

See also

Determiner

hit (nominative pronoun hit)

  1. Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: it

References

  • “hit, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian hít. Compare Swedish hit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːt/

Adverb

hit

  1. here (to this place), hither

References

  • “hit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːt/

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian hít. Compare Swedish hit.

Adverb

hit

  1. here (to this place), hither
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hít. Compare Faroese hít (“condom”).

Noun

hit f (definite singular hita, indefinite plural hiter, definite plural hitene)

  1. a leather bag (usually made from a hide in a single piece)
  2. (dialectal, derogatory) used of a woman, especially in compounds
Derived terms
  • mjølhit

References

  • “hit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “hit”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hit.

Pronoun

hit

  1. it

Alternative forms

  • it

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: het
    • Dutch: het (only the pronoun; the definite article is a weakened form of dat)
    • Limburgish: hèt

Further reading

  • “hit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hitt
  • hib

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Old Frisian hit (“it”), Old High German iz (“it”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰 (hita, “it”). More at hē.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xit/, [hit]

Pronoun

hit n (accusative hit, genitive his, dative him)

  1. it

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: hit, hitt, hitte, hyt, hytte, it, itt, itte, jt, yt
    • English: it
    • Scots: hid
    • Yola: it, yt, t' (misspelling)

Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

hit

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of hinn

Declension

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *siti- (“length”).

Conjunction

hit

  1. until

Descendants

  • Middle Welsh: hyt
    • Welsh: hyd

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hit, from Middle English hitten, from Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: hit

Noun

hit m inan

  1. (music) hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hit.

Pronunciation

Noun

hit m (plural hits)

  1. hit (success, especially in the entertainment industry)
    Synonym: êxito

Derived terms

  • hitar

Further reading

  • “hit”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

From English hit.

Noun

hit n (plural hituri)

  1. hit (a success, especially in the entertainment industry)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxit/ [ˈxit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

hit m (plural hits)

  1. hit (success)
    Synonym: éxito

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hit, from *hī+at.

  • hī, from Proto-Indo-European *kei- (as in Ancient Greek ἐκεῖ (ekeî))
  • at, from Proto-Germanic *at, from Proto-Indo-European *ád (as in Swedish åt)

Composed in a similar way: Icelandic hegat and hingað.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːt/
  • Homophone: heat

Adverb

hit (not comparable)

  1. to here, hither, (often in practice, in translations) here
    Antonym: dit (“to there, thither”)
Related terms
  • här (“here, as a location”)
  • hitåt (“towards here, this way”)
  • hit och dit

Etymology 2

From English hit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪt/

Noun

hit c

  1. (informal) a hit (popular song, or some other popular or successful thing)
Declension
Derived terms
  • turkhit

References

  • hit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • hit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • hit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hit.

Noun

hit (definite accusative hidi, plural hitler)

  1. (music) hit

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English heat. Compare German Hitze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hit/

Noun

hit (nominative plural hits)

  1. heat, warmth

Declension

Derived terms

  • hitüp (“summer”)

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