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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Byzantine Greek πίτα ( píta , “ pie ” ) , more at pizza . Doublet of pide and pizza .
Alternative forms
Noun
pita (plural pitas )
A piece of pita bread ; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels .
Translations
bread pouch used for making sandwiches
Egyptian Arabic: عيش بلدى m ( ʕēš báladi )
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish pita ( “ century plant ” ) .
Noun
pita (countable and uncountable , plural pitas )
A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper .
The plant which yields the fiber.
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
pita f (plural pites )
hen ( female bird (i.e. chicken) )
Synonyms
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: pi‧ta
IPA (key ) : /piˈtaʔ/ ,
Noun
pitâ
( anatomy , childish ) vagina of young girls
Synonyms: buray , putay , buday , pipi
Buhi'non Bikol
Noun
pita
morning
Coordinate terms: udto , apon , gabi
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish pita ( “ century plant ” ) .
Noun
pita f (plural pites )
century plant
Synonym: atzavara
pita ( fiber obtained from Agave americana )
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Greek πίτα ( píta ) .
Noun
pita f (plural pites )
pita ( flat bread pouch )
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
pita f
pita
Declension
Declension of pita (hard feminine )
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
pita
inflection of pít :
feminine singular passive participle
neuter plural passive participle
Further reading
pita in Příruční slovník jazyka českého , 1935–1957
pita in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého , 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Greek πίτα ( píta ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
pita
pita
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Galician
Pita ("hen")
Teño tres pitas... ("I have three hens...")
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic .
Pronunciation
Noun
pita f (plural pitas )
young hen
Synonym: pola
hen
Synonym: galiña
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Spanish pita , from an American language.
Pronunciation
Noun
pita f (plural pitas )
century plant
Synonyms: agave , piteira
pita ( fiber obtained from Agave americana )
pita ( the plant which yields the fiber )
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita
inflection of pitar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
References
“pita ” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega , Royal Galician Academy .
“pita ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“pita ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega , SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“pita ” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega . Santiago: ILG.
“pita ” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués , Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Guaraní
Verb
pita
smoke
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French plus tard ( “ later ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adverb
pita
later
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay pita , from Portuguese fita , from Latin vitta .
Pronunciation
Noun
pita
ribbon
excise seal
band
( physics , computing ) a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpi.ta/
Rhymes: -ita
Hyphenation: pì‧ta
Noun
pita f (plural pite )
pita ( type of slightly leavened flatbread )
Synonym: pane arabo
Anagrams
Javanese
Romanization
pita
Romanization of ꦥꦶꦠ
Limos Kalinga
Noun
pita
dirt
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Participle
pita
nominative singular feminine of pity
Lubuagan Kalinga
Noun
pita
land ; earth
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown, probably affixed hita ( “ benefit, welfare ” ) + pa- .
Pronunciation
Adjective
pita
drunk
Noun
pita
drink
food
Descendants
Further reading
"pita" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
𑀧𑀺𑀢 ( Brahmi script ) पित ( Devanagari script ) পিত ( Bengali script ) පිත ( Sinhalese script ) ပိတ ( Burmese script ) ปิต or ปิตะ ( Thai script ) ᨷᩥᨲ ( Tai Tham script ) ປິຕ or ປິຕະ ( Lao script ) បិត ( Khmer script ) 𑄛𑄨𑄖 ( Chakma script )
Noun
pita
vocative singular of pitar ( “ father ” )
Anagrams
Polish
pita
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Perhaps borrowed from Greek πίτα ( píta ) . Doublet of pizza .
Alternative forms
Noun
pita f
pita ( piece of pita bread; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels )
Hypernym: pieczywo
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
pita
feminine nominative / vocative singular of pity
Further reading
pita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
pita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
pita in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
pita m (plural pitas )
pita ( a type of slightly leavened flatbread )
Synonyms: pão sírio , pão árabe
Etymology 2
Noun
pita f (plural pitas )
Furcraea foetida , a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas
Synonym: piteira
agave ( any plant of the genus Agave )
Synonyms: agave , piteira
pita ( fibre obtained from agaves )
feminine of puto
( slang , Portugal ) jailbait
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita
inflection of pitar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Greek πίτα ( píta ) .
Noun
pȉta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏та )
pie (a type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling )
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita (Cyrillic spelling пита )
third-person singular present of pitati
Slovene
Etymology
From Greek πίτα ( píta ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
píta f
pie (type of pastry)
Inflection
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpita/
Rhymes: -ita
Syllabification: pi‧ta
Etymology 1
Noun
pita f (plural pitas )
century plant (Agave americana )
Synonym: ( Latin America ) maguey
pita ( fiber obtained from Agave americana )
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
pita f (plural pitas )
pita ( flat bread pouch )
Synonym: pan de pita
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita
inflection of pitar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-pita (infinitive kupita )
to pass , exceed , surpass
( euphemistic ) to die
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa
Conjugation
Conjugation of -pita
Positive present
-na pita
Subjunctive
-pite
Negative
-piti
Imperative singular
pita
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hupita
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li pita
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku pita
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na pita)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni napita/na pita
tu napita
2nd person
u napita
m napita
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a napita
wa napita
other classes
positive subject concord + -na pita
Negative present (negative subject concord + -piti )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si piti
hatu piti
2nd person
hu piti
ham piti
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha piti
hawa piti
other classes
negative subject concord + -piti
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta pita
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta pita
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pite )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni pite
tu pite
2nd person
u pite
m pite
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a pite
wa pite
other classes
positive subject concord + -pite
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si pite
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge pita
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe pita
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali pita
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali pita
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me pita
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha pita
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja pita
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki pita
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo pita
Consecutive
kapita / positive subject concord + -ka pita
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka pite
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpita/ ,
Hyphenation: pi‧ta
Noun
pita (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ )
intense , strong or eager desire
Synonym: pithaya
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /piˈtaʔ/ ,
Hyphenation: pi‧ta
Noun
pitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ )
low -lying land ; lowland ; watery land