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See also: polít, polît, and polit.

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“I polish, smooth”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

polit (comparative politago, superlative politen, excessive politegi)

  1. pretty, lovely
    Antonym: itsusi

Declension

Declension of polit (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive polit polita politak
ergative politek politak politek
dative politi politari politei
genitive politen politaren politen
comitative politekin politarekin politekin
causative politengatik politarengatik politengatik
benefactive politentzat politarentzat politentzat
instrumental politez politaz politez
inessive anim politengan politarengan politengan
inan politetan politean politetan
locative anim — — —
inan politetako politeko politetako
allative anim politengana politarengana politengana
inan politetara politera politetara
terminative anim politenganaino politarenganaino politenganaino
inan politetaraino politeraino politetaraino
directive anim politenganantz politarenganantz politenganantz
inan politetarantz politerantz politetarantz
destinative anim politenganako politarenganako politenganako
inan politetarako politerako politetarako
ablative anim politengandik politarengandik politengandik
inan politetatik politetik politetatik
partitive politik — —
prolative polit-tzat — —

Further reading

  • “polit”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “polit”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

From polir.

Pronunciation

Adjective

polit (feminine polida, masculine plural polits, feminine plural polides)

  1. clean, tidy, refined
    Synonyms: net, endreçat, pulcre
  2. beautiful
    Synonyms: bell, formós, bonic
    la jova més polida de Menorca ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Noun

polit m (plural polits)

  1. whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
  2. curlew
    Synonyms: becut, siglot

Derived terms

Participle

polit (feminine polida, masculine plural polits, feminine plural polides)

  1. past participle of polir

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

polit

  1. masculine singular passive participle of polít

French

Verb

polit

  1. inflection of polir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular past historic

Latin

Verb

polit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of poliō

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

polit m (feminine polida, masculine plural polits, feminine plural polidas)

  1. pretty
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