pitbull
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English
Alternative forms
Noun
pitbull (plural pitbulls)
- Shortened form of pit bull terrier.
- (informal, figuratively) An aggressive person.
- My mother was a pitbull.
- (military, aviation) NATO brevity code indicating a semi-active radar homing missile has begun active homing, and no longer requires its operator to maintain a radar track.
Translations
pit bull terrier — see pit bull terrier
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pit‧bull
Noun
pitbull m (plural pitbulls, diminutive pitbulletje n)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pitbull
- pitbull, pit bull terrier (breed of dog)
Declension
| Inflection of pitbull (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pitbull | pitbullit | |
| genitive | pitbullin | pitbullien | |
| partitive | pitbullia | pitbulleja | |
| illative | pitbulliin | pitbulleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pitbull | pitbullit | |
| accusative | nom. | pitbull | pitbullit |
| gen. | pitbullin | ||
| genitive | pitbullin | pitbullien | |
| partitive | pitbullia | pitbulleja | |
| inessive | pitbullissa | pitbulleissa | |
| elative | pitbullista | pitbulleista | |
| illative | pitbulliin | pitbulleihin | |
| adessive | pitbullilla | pitbulleilla | |
| ablative | pitbullilta | pitbulleilta | |
| allative | pitbullille | pitbulleille | |
| essive | pitbullina | pitbulleina | |
| translative | pitbulliksi | pitbulleiksi | |
| abessive | pitbullitta | pitbulleitta | |
| instructive | — | pitbullein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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compounds
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pitbull m (plural pitbulls)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pitbull.
Pronunciation
Noun
pitbull m animal
- pit bull, pit bull terrier
- Synonym: pitbullterier
Declension
Declension of pitbull
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pitbull | pitbulle |
| genitive | pitbulla | pitbulli/pitbullów |
| dative | pitbullowi | pitbullom |
| accusative | pitbulla | pitbulle |
| instrumental | pitbullem | pitbullami |
| locative | pitbullu | pitbullach |
| vocative | pitbullu | pitbulle |
Further reading
- pitbull in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pitbull in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pitbull.
Pronunciation
Noun
pitbull m (plural pitbulls)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.