vit

See also Vít, vît, and vịt

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *weta, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (compare Greek έτος (étos), Latin vetus ‘old’).

Noun

vit m (indefinite plural vite ~ vjet, definite singular viti, definite plural vjetit)

1. year

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Faroese

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [viːt]

Noun

vit n (genitive singular vits, uncountable)

1. intelligence
2. consciousness
   • fáa vitið aftur

     to regain consciousness

Synonyms

• (intelligence): skilningur, fatan, skyn, skil

Declension

n3s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vit	vitið
Accusative	vit	vitið
Dative	viti	vitinum
Genitive	vits	vitsins

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vit.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [viːt], hasty: IPA: [vɪtː]

Pronoun

vit

1. we
   • Vit eru føroyingar.

     We are Faroese.

   • Vit koma aftur.

     We come back. / We will return.

Declension

Personal pronouns - Persónsfornøvn
Singular (eintal)	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg	teg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara	hennara	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Synonyms

• okur (Sandoy, Suðuroy)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vi/, X-SAMPA: /vi/

Etymology 1

See voir.

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of voir

Etymology 2

See vivre.

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

Etymology 3

Old French vit, from Latin vectis (“rod, lever”).

Noun

vit m (plural vits)

1. (obsolete, literary) pintle, John Thomas (penis)
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Ce fut Durcet qui, ce matin-là, se prêta aux exercices de pollutions, et, comme son vit était extraordinairement petit, il donna plus de peine aux écolières.

     It was Durcet who, that morning, took part in the spunking exercises, and, as his dick was extraordinarily small, he caused the school girls more grief.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

vit n (genitive singular vits, uncountable)

1. wits, an intellect
2. comfortable
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Vits er þörf

     þeim er víða ratar.

     Dælt er heima hvað.

     Að augabragði verður

     sá er ekki kann

     og með snotrum situr.

     Wits must he have

     who wanders wide,

     But all is easy at home;

     At the witless man

     the wise shall wink

     When among such men he sits.

   Viðskiptavit.

   Business acumen.

Declension

declension of vit

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	vitið
accusative	vit	vitið
dative	viti	vitinu
genitive	vits	vitsins

Derived terms

• vitfirring
• vitfirringur
• vitfirrtur
• vitgrannur
• vitiborinn
• vitlaus
• vitlausrahæli
• vitlegur
• vitleysa
• vitleysingur
• vitmaður
• vitneskja
• vitorð
• vitringur
• vitrænn
• vitskertur
• vitsmunalíf
• vitsmunir
• vitstola

See also

• skynsemi
• greind

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Lojban

Rafsi

vit

1. rafsi of vitci.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vit

1. imperative of vita and vite

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vit/

Etymology 1

From Latin vectis (“rod”).

Noun

vit m (oblique plural viz, nominative singular viz, nominative plural vit)

1. (vulgar) dick; cock (human penis)

Etymology 2

see veoir

Verb

vit

1. Third-person singular past historic of veoir

Etymology 3

see vivre

Verb

vit

1. Third-person singular present indicative of vivre

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Old Norse

Pronoun

vit

1. first-person dual pronoun (we two)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

vit

1. of the colour white

Inflection

Declension of vit

Inflections of vit		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	vit	vitare		vitast
	Neuter	vitt
Definite singular	Masc.	vite		vitaste
	All	vita		vitaste
Plural		vita		vitaste

See also

• vitt n