English

Proper noun

Marita

1. A female given name occasionally used in English.

Anagrams

• amrita, Amrita
• tamari

Faroese

Etymology

From Norwegian Marita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛaːɹɪta/

  Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪta

Proper noun

Marita f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Marita: Marituson
• daughter of Marita: Maritudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

First recorded in Finland in 1860. From Norwegian Marita. By folk etymology often interpreted as a variant of Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑritɑ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ta

Proper noun

Marita

1. A female given name.
   • 2014 Marja Björk, Mustalaisäidin kehtolaulu, Like, ISBN 978-952-01-1077-2, page 59:

     —Minkälaisesta musiikista se Väinön Maria pitää?

     —Marita.

     En puhu tuolle mitään, kun ei edes nimeä muista, Marita ajatteli.

Declension

Usage notes

• Popular in the mid-twentieth century.

Related terms

• Maritta

Anagrams

• Maarit, raamit

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Norwegian Marita.

Proper noun

Marita f

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Margarita

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Marita was the only given name of 1271 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Etymology

Latinate form of Marit, from Margareta ‎(“Margaret”). Recorded in Norway since the 15th century.

Proper noun

Marita

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1880. From Norwegian Marita, by folk etymology confused with Maria and Marta.

Proper noun

Marita

1. A female given name.

Interlingua

Noun

marita ‎(plural maritas)

1. wife

Verb

marita

1. present of maritar
2. imperative of maritar

Italian

Verb

marita

1. third-person singular present indicative of maritare
2. second-person singular imperative of maritare

Anagrams

• amarti
• armati
• mirata
• ramati
• rimata
• tarmai
• tramai

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈriː.ta/

Noun

marīta f ‎(genitive marītae); first declension

1. a married woman, wife

Inflection

First declension.

Verb

marītā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of marītō

References

• marita in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• marita in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MARITA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “marita”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Novial

Noun

marita ‎(plural maritas)

1. wife