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Webster 1913 Edition


Rit

Rit

,
obs.
3d p
ers.
s
ing.
p
res.
of
Ride
, contracted from rideth.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


rit

rit

See also: rît, rīt, riť, and řiť

English

Alternative forms

Noun

rit (plural rits)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A scratch, a score or a groove.

Verb

rit (third-person singular simple present rits, present participle ritting, simple past and past participle ritted)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To scratch or score.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) To tear, rip, rend.
  3. (Northern England, Scotland) To slit.

References

Abbreviation

rit

  1. ritardando

Anagrams


Albanian

Noun

rit ?

  1. rite

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

rit m (plural ritten, diminutive ritje n)

  1. a short ride on horseback or on a vehicle

Verb

rit

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of ritten
  2. imperative of ritten

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Latin ritus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi/

Noun

rit m (plural rits)

  1. rite

Verb

rit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of rire
  2. third-person singular past historic of rire

Anagrams


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse.

Noun

rit n (genitive singular rits, nominative plural rit)

  1. a writ
  2. a work, a literary work
  3. (mathematics) a chart, a diagram

Derived terms

Related terms


Lhaovo

Noun

rit

  1. water

References

  • Paul K. Benedict, Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus (1972, ISBN 0521081750), page 61 (rit)
  • Proto-Northern-Burmic Reconstruction (SIL) (ɣit⁴)
  • Huang Bufan (editor), Xu Shouchun, Chen Jiaying, Wan Huiyin, A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon (1992; Central Minorities University, Beijing) (ɣək³¹)

Lojban

Rafsi

rit

  1. rafsi of brito.

Occitan

Noun

rit m (plural rits)

  1. duck

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ritь.

Noun

rȉt f

  1. (vulgar) butt
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From German Ried.

Noun

rȋt m

  1. swamp, peat bog

Synonyms


Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ritь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrít/
  • Tonal orthography: rȉt

Noun

rìt f (genitive ríti, nominative plural ríti)

  1. (vulgar) ass (buttocks); **** (anus)

Declension

Derived terms

See also


Swedish

Noun

rit c

  1. rite