item

English Online Dictionary. What means item‎? What does item mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, the members of lists were referred to as "items".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.təm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.təm/, [ˈaɪ̯.ɾəm], [ˈaɪ̯.ɾm̩]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɪ.təm/, [ˈɑɪ.ɾəm]
• Hyphenation: i‧tem

Noun

item (plural items)

1. A distinct physical object.
2. (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
3. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
4. (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

5. A matter for discussion in an agenda.

6. (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
8. A short article in a newspaper.

9. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
10. (India) Short for item girl.

Synonyms

• (object): article, object, thing
• (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning):
• (matter for discussion): subject, topic
• (two people who are having a relationship with each other): couple
• (psychometrics): test/assessment question

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

item (third-person singular simple present items, present participle iteming, simple past and past participle itemed)

1. (transitive) To make a note of.

Related terms

• itemize

Adverb

item (not comparable)

1. likewise

Anagrams

• METI, EMT-I, it me, time, emit, Mite, mite, -time

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪtɛm]

Adverb

item

1. (archaic) as well

   Synonyms: také, rovněž, dále, kromě toho

   Jedná se o zdravý všelék proti bolestem a item proti závrati. ― It's a healthy universal cure for pain and also for vertigo.

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English item.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑjtəm/
• Hyphenation: item

Noun

item n (plural items, diminutive itempje n)

1. item (matter of discussion)

   Synonyms: thema, onderwerp, kwestie, issue

2. item (specific object)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.tɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin item.

Adverb

item

1. (obsolete) same; in the same way
2. (obsolete) in addition

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English item.

Noun

item m (plural items)

1. item (line of text in a grouping, list)
2. (psychometrics) item (of a questionnaire, test)
3. (video games) item (collectable object)

Further reading

• “item”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin item. Doublet of item.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.tem/
• Rhymes: -item
• Hyphenation: ì‧tem

Adverb

item

1. (law) in the same way

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English item, from Latin item. Doublet of item.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.tem/
• Rhymes: -aitem

Noun

item m (invariable)

1. (computer science) a single programmed unit
2. (linguistics) an element of a grammatical or lexical set

References

Anagrams

• mite, temi

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *só. Compare ita and itidem.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tem/, [ˈɪt̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tem/, [ˈiːt̪em]

Adverb

item (not comparable)

1. just like (in a comparison)
2. likewise, also, further

Descendants

• → French: item
• → Middle English: item
  • English: item
  • Scots: eetem

See also

References

• “item”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "item", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• item in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin item.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːtɛm/

Adverb

item

1. also, and this

Further reading

• “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Noun

item

1. the same; identical.

Descendants

• English: item
• Scots: eetem

Further reading

• “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Middle French

Etymology

Latin.

Adverb

item

1. same; in the same way

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin item.

Adverb

item

1. same; in the same way

Descendants

• Middle French: item
  • French: item

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧tem

Noun

item m (plural itens)

1. item
2. a matter for discussion in an agenda or elsewhere

3. a line of text with some meaning

Romanian

Etymology

Anglicism (English item).

Noun

item m (plural itemi)

1. item

Declension

Swedish

Alternative forms

• it. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin item (“just like”), attested since 1628.

Adverb

item

1. (obsolete) also, as well

   Synonyms: likaså, jämväl, vidare

See also

• dito (“ditto”)

Noun

item c

1. an item on a list or agenda; a number; an item in bookkeeping

   Synonym: post

2. (obsolete) additional circumstance, additional item of concern

References

• item in Nordisk Familjebok, Uggleupplagan
• item in Svensk ordbok (SO)