kit

kit

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.

The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

kit (countable and uncountable, plural kits)

  1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  2. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
    • 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
      He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
  5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
  6. (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
  7. (UK, informal) Clothing.
  8. (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  9. (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
  10. (music) A drum kit.
  11. (dated) The whole set; kit and caboodle.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

kit (third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted)

  1. (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits.
  2. (transitive) To equip (somebody) with something.
    Synonym: kit out

References

Etymology 2

A short form of kitten and/or kitling. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, beaver, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox"). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. A kitten (young cat).
  2. A kit fox.
  3. A young fox.
  4. A young beaver.
  5. A young skunk.
  6. A young ferret.
  7. A young rabbit.
  8. A young weasel
Translations

Etymology 3

16th century, perhaps from cithara.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. Synonym of kit violin

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German kitte, Kütte (“flock of doves”) (circa 1880).

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.

Anagrams

  • ITK, ikt, tik

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian кит (kit).

Noun

kit

  1. whale (Cetacea)

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Etymology 1

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, not used in plural form)

  1. putty

Etymology 2

From English kit (1980).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, plural indefinite kit or kits)

  1. kit
Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin. Possibly borrowed from the dialectal German Kietze (“carrying basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-. The German word has also appeared as Kötze, from Middle High German *kœzze, from Proto-Germanic *kut-, which would be related to the root of kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.

Noun

kit f (plural kitten, diminutive kitje n)

  1. metal can, used mainly for coal
Derived terms
  • kolenkit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kitt.

Noun

kit f or n (uncountable)

  1. sealant
Derived terms
  • kitten

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

kit m (plural kits, diminutive kitje n)

  1. set of tools

References

Anagrams

  • tik

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit (to assemble)

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

ki +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkit]
  • Hyphenation: kit

Pronoun

kit

  1. accusative singular of ki
    Kit ajánl? ― Whom would you recommend?
    Kit érdekel? ― Who cares?

Jehai

Noun

kit

  1. buttocks
    kit tɔm : mouth of the river (literally: buttocks [of the] river)

References

  • Niclas Burenhult, A grammar of Jahai (2005)

Nobiin

Alternative forms

  • ⲕⲓⲧ (kit)

Noun

kit

  1. mountain

Nzadi

Noun

kít (plural kít)

  1. chair

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: kit

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Kitt, from Middle High German küt, küte, from Old High German kuti, quiti, kwiti, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz.

Noun

kit m inan

  1. putty (form of cement)
  2. (slang) lie
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kit f

  1. genitive plural of kita

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kit.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -itʃi, -itɨ
  • Homophones: quite, kitsch (Brazil)

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit (collection of items needed for a specific purpose)
    Synonym: jogo
  2. kit (collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble)

Derived terms

  • kit gay

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

kit n (plural kituri)

  1. kit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

kȉt m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏т)

  1. whale

Declension

Further reading

  • “kit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kíːt/

Noun

kȋt m anim (female equivalent kȋtovka)

  1. whale
Inflection

Etymology 2

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kíːt/

Noun

kȋt m inan

  1. putty
Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkit/ [ˈkit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: kit

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit
    Synonym: (kit) equipo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tok Pisin

Noun

kit

  1. putty

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

kit (definite accusative kidi, plural kitler)

  1. whale

Declension

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