rit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną.

Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.

Alternative forms

• ritt, ret

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.

Etymology 2

Adverb

rit (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of ritardando.

References

• The Middle English Dictionary
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TIR, TRI, Tir, tri, tri-

Albanian

Noun

rit ?

1. rite

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: rit
• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Homophone: Rith

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *rit, in Middle Dutch only sparsely attested in compounds, from Middle Low German rit or Middle High German ritt, related to Middle Dutch rêde, dialectal Dutch reed, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan.

Noun

rit m (plural ritten, diminutive ritje n)

1. a ride on a mount (animal) or man-powered vehicle
2. a drive in an animal-drawn or motorized vehicle
3. a stage or lap as part of a long tour or journey

Derived terms

• inrit
• koninginnerit
• proefrit
• ritmeester
• rittenkoers
• rittenwedstrijd
• slotrit
• testrit
• tijdrit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rit

1. inflection of ritten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• tri

French

Etymology 1

See the lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁit/

Noun

rit m (plural rits)

1. Archaic spelling of rite.

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi/

• Audio

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Verb

rit

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

Further reading

• “rit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• tir, tri

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rit, from Proto-Germanic *writą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

rit n (genitive singular rits, nominative plural rit)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• rita
• ritari

Occitan

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly substrate origin. Compare Friulian raze, Hungarian réce, Albanian rosë, Serbo-Croatian raca.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedocien)

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Noun

rit m (plural rits)

1. duck

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητός (rhētós) or Latin ritus or French rite.

Noun

rit n (plural rituri)

1. rite

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ritь.

Noun

rȉt f (Cyrillic spelling ри̏т)

1. (vulgar) butt

   Synonyms: stražnjica, zadnjica, guzica, dupe

Further reading

• “rit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From German Ried.

Noun

rȋt m (Cyrillic spelling ри̑т)

1. swamp, peat bog

   Synonyms: močvara, močvarna livada

Further reading

• “rit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ritь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rít/

Noun

rȉt f

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

• ríten
• rítnik

See also

• zádnjica
• zádnjičen
• zádnjičnonôžen
• zádnjik

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin ritus.

Noun

rit c

1. rite

Declension

References

• rit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tri-

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

rit

1. bone