lite

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

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: līt, IPA^(key): /laɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophone: light

Etymology 1

Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.)

Adjective

lite (not comparable)

1. (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
2. Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.

3. Lightweight
4. Informal spelling of light.

5. (usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

lite (plural lites)

1. Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”).
2. (architecture) A window pane

Etymology 2

From Middle English lit, lut (“little”), from Old English lȳt.

Noun

lite (uncountable)

1. (British, dialect) A little, bit.

Adjective

lite (comparative liter, superlative litest)

1. (British, dialect) few; little

Etymology 3

From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply”), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”), Danish lide (“to trust”).

Verb

lite (third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited)

1. (British, dialect) To expect; wait.
2. (British, dialect) To rely.

Noun

lite (plural lites)

1. (British, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

Anagrams

• IELT, Tiel, teil, tiel, tile

Dutch

Noun

lite m (plural liten, diminutive litetje n)

1. (history) the (rare) singular of liten

Synonyms

• laat m (cognate)
• lijfeigene m

Anagrams

• liet

French

Verb

lite

1. inflection of liter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• élit

Irish

Alternative forms

• lighte (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲə/

Participle

lite

1. past participle of ligh

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lītem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: lì‧te

Noun

lite f (plural liti)

1. a quarrel, row, altercation, fight

   Synonyms: alterco, contesa, disputa, litigio, litigata, rissa

2. (law) a suit, lawsuit

   Synonyms: contesa, disputa

Related terms

• litigare
• litighio
• litigio

Anagrams

• teli

Ladin

Verb

lite

1. first-person singular present indicative of liter
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of liter
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of liter
4. third-person plural present subjunctive of liter

Latin

Noun

līte

1. ablative singular of līs

Middle English

Noun

lite (plural lites)

1. Alternative form of light

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• smått (of adjective)

Adjective

lite

1. neuter singular of liten

Adverb

lite

1. little

   lite kjent ― little known

References

• “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːtə/

Adjective

lite n

1. neuter singular of liten

Adverb

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. little

Verb

lite (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)

1. Alternative form of lita

References

• “lite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -itɛ
• Syllabification: li‧te

Adjective

lite

1. inflection of lity:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish littiu f (“porridge, gruel”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈʎiʰtʲ(ə)/
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈʎiçtʲə/

Noun

lite f (genitive singular lite or lit) (Lewis, Harris, Skye, Ross-shire, Sutherland, Badenoch, Strathspey)

1. porridge
2. (historical) pottage
3. (historical) posset

Synonyms

• brochan

Derived terms

• ionnsaich do sheanmhair lit' a dhèanamh

References

Spanish

Verb

lite

1. inflection of litar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Alternative forms

• litet (archaic)

Etymology

Contraction of litet, neuter of liten. Compare mycket, with similar formation.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. little, some; a small amount

   Antonym: mycket

Usage notes

To be used with uncountable nouns.

Related terms

• liten

Adverb

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. a little, to a small extent; somewhat

Further reading

• lite in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• elit