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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Pita from Greece
From Byzantine Greek πίτα ( píta , “ pie ” ) , more at pizza . Doublet of pide and pizza .
Noun
pita (plural pitas )
A piece of pita bread ; a flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels .
Derived terms
Translations
bread pouch used for making sandwiches
Egyptian Arabic: عيش بلدى m ( ʕēš báladi )
South Levantine Arabic: كماج ( kmaj )
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.
Synonyms: century plant , maguey , American aloe
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
pita f (plural pites )
hen ( female bird (i.e. chicken) )
Synonyms
Derived terms
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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
“pita ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Greek πίτα ( píta ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
pita
pita
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
( compounds ) :
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
Etymology 2
From Spanish pita , from an American language.[ 1]
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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy , 2012 –2025
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “pita ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “pita ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “pita ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “pita ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Guaraní
Pronunciation
Verb
pita
to smoke
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template .
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 scripts
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 .
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
Borrowed from Greek πίτα ( píta ) , from Byzantine Greek πίτα ( píta , “ pie ” ) . Doublet of pizza .
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
Unknown, possibly misheard from an original American Indian name.
Noun
pita f (plural pitas )
century plant (Agave americana )
Synonym: ( Latin America ) maguey
pita ( fiber obtained from Agave americana )
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Greek πίτα ( píta ) .
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
“pita ”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language ] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española ], 2024 December 10
Friederici, Georg (1960 ) Amerikanistisches Wörterbuch und Hilfswörterbuch für den Amerikanisten. Deutsch-Spanisch-Englisch (Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde / Reihe B: Völkerkunde, Kulturgeschichte und Sprachen; 53 ), 2nd edition, Hamburg: Cram, De Gruyter & Co., →DOI , pages 512b–513a
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
Noun
pita (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ )
intense , strong or eager desire
Synonym: pithaya
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
pitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ )
low -lying land ; lowland ; watery land
Anagrams