English Online Dictionary. What means lit? What does lit mean?
Translingual
Symbol
lit
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lithuanian.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”)) by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”).
Verb
lit
- simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
- simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
Verb
lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
- (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
Adjective
lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)
- Illuminated.
- Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining
- (slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- Synonyms: stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk
- 1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February:
- True to my word last night, I got very lit.
- (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy
- (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
- (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
- 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:
- At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.
Adjective
lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)
- (obsolete) Little.
Noun
lit (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Little.
Related terms
- lite
Etymology 3
From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic litur (“colour”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).
Noun
lit (uncountable)
- (UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
Derived terms
- lithouse, lit-house
- litmus
Etymology 4
From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.
Verb
lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
- (transitive) To colour; dye.
Etymology 5
Short for literature.
Noun
lit (uncountable)
- Clipping of literature.
Derived terms
See also
- wagon-lit (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
- 'til, TIL, TLI, til
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɪt]
Participle
lit
- masculine singular passive participle of lít
Faroese
Etymology
From the verb líta (‘to view’).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [liːt]
Noun
lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)
- short wink, view, look
Declension
Synonyms
- eygnabrá (wink)
Derived terms
- andlit (face)
- álit (trust)
- eftirlit (control)
- fyrilit (caution)
- innlit (insight)
- útlit (outlook)
- yvirlit (overview, summary)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li/
- Homophones: lie, lient, lies, lis, lits
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French lit, from Latin lectus.
Noun
lit m (plural lits)
- bed
- Synonym: (colloquial) plumard
- Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. ― Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lit
- third-person singular present indicative of lire
- Jean lit très souvent. ― Jean reads very often.
Further reading
- “lit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
Noun
lit
- indefinite accusative/dative singular of litur
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lit/
Noun
lit
- air
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Middle English
Noun
lit
- Alternative form of light
Norman
Noun
lit m (plural lits)
- Alternative form of llit (“bed”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːt/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hlít.
Noun
lit f or m (definite singular)
- trust
Etymology 2
Verb
lit
- present tense of lite
- imperative of lite
Etymology 3
Noun
lìt m (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)
- (pre-1917) alternative form of let
References
- “lit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ilt, til
Old French
Etymology
From Latin lectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lit/
Noun
lit oblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)
- bed
Descendants
- Bourguignon: leit
- French: lit
- Norman: liet
Old Norse
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lit/
Noun
lit n
- glance
Related terms
- líta (“to see”)
- litr (“complexion, colour; the first dawn; dye”)
References
- J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on lit.
Anagrams
- til
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlit/
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: lit
- Homophones: lead, -lit
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from New Latin lithium.
Noun
lit m inan
- lithium (soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3)
- (informal, organic chemistry) lithium carbonate (lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Lithuanian litas.
Noun
lit m animal
- (historical) litas (former unit of currency of Lithuania)
Declension
Further reading
- lit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- lit in PWN's encyclopedia
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
lit f
- genitive singular of lite
Sumbawa
Noun
lit
- sea
Swedish
Noun
lit c
- trust
Declension
Synonyms
- tillit
See also
- lita
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Licht and English light.
Noun
lit (nominative plural lits)
- light
- illumination
Declension
Zay
Noun
lit
- tree-bark
References
- Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
Zhuang
Etymology
Cognate with Bouyei ridt (“hail”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /lit˥/
- Tone numbers: lit7
- Hyphenation: lit
Noun
lit (1957–1982 spelling lit)
- (dialectal, weather) hail
- Synonyms: lwgbag, (dialectal) haet, (dialectal) byagcaej