bit

See also: Bit, B.I.T., bít, and bịt

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EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: bĭt, IPA^(key): /bɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English bita and bite - all from Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‎(“to split”).

NounEdit

bit ‎(plural bits)

1. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.

   A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.‎

2. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
3. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British Caribbean, and a fourpenny piece, or groat, in the British West Indies.)

   a threepenny bit‎

4. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 10, [1]

     The smallest coin we had in Canada in early days was a dime, worth ten cents. The Indians called this coin "a Bit". Our next coin, double in buying power and in size, was a twenty-five cent piece and this the Indians called "Two Bits".

5. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first came into use, the Spanish 8 reales coin was widely used as a dollar equivalent, and thus the 1 real coin was equivalent to 12.5 cents.)

   A quarter is two bits.‎

6. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
7. A small amount of something.

   There were bits of paper all over the floor.   Does your leg still hurt? / Just a bit now.   I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours.‎

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess^[2]:

     ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’

8. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.

   I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first.   He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.‎

9. A portion of something.
   • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

     Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

   I'd like a big bit of cake, please.‎

10. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.

    Am I bored? Not a bit of it!

    • T. Hook

      My young companion was a bit of a poet.

11. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
    • 1904, The Anamosa prison press, volume 7, Iowa. Colony of Detention at Anamosa:

      Had it not been for the influence of Mrs. Booth and Hope Hall I should still be grafting or doing a bit in some stir

    • 1916, Thomas Mott Osborne. Warden, Sing Sing Prison, N. Y., “Prison Reform”, in The Journal of sociologic medicine, volume 17, page 407:

      Before doing that I am going to tell you what was the result of my own incarceration, because I presume it may not be a secret to you, that I have done a "bit" myself, not the "bit" which the prosecuting attorney was so anxious to have me do.

    • 1994, Odie Hawkins, Lost Angeles, page 158:

      Chino didn't make me think of Dachau or that notorious joint in Angola, Louisiana, where a brother who had done a bit there told me how they used to cut the grass on the front lawn with their fingernails.

    • 2001, Andrew H. Vachss, Pain management:

      Not counting the days—that's okay for a county-time slap, but it'll make you crazy if you've got years to go on a felony bit.

12. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.

    His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.‎

13. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

14. The cutting iron of a plane.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

SynonymsEdit

• (coin): coin, piece
• (small piece): morsel (of food), piece, scrap
• (portion): portion, share, segment
• (horse equipment): snaffle, pelham, kimberwicke

Derived termsEdit

terms derived from bit (noun)

a bit bit by bit bit of rough bit on the side bit part bit player bit-banger bits and bobs

bits and pieces bitty blown to bits brace and bit champ at the bit chomp at the bit do one's bit every bit

fall to bits itty-bitty naughty bit not a bit, not one bit quite a bit sticky bit tit bit two-bit

TranslationsEdit

metal in horse's mouth

• Armenian: սանձ (hy) ‎(sanj), լկամ (hy) ‎(lkam)
• Bulgarian: захапка f ‎(zahapka)
• Catalan: mos (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬銜 (zh), 马衔 (zh) ‎(mǎxián)

• Czech: udidlo (cs) n
• Dutch: bit (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kuolain (fi)
• French: mors (fr) m
• Galician: freo (gl) m, bocado m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gebiss (de) n, Mundstück (de) n
• Greek: στομίδα (el) n ‎(stomída)

  Ancient: χαλινός m ‎(khalinós)

• Hungarian: zabla (hu)
• Italian: morso (it) m, freno (it)
• Japanese: 馬銜 ‎(ハミ, はみ, hami), 轡 (ja) ‎(くつわ, kutsuwa)
• Khmer: បង្ខាំ (km) ‎(bɑŋkʰam)
• Korean: 재갈 (ko) ‎(jaegal)

• Kyrgyz: бөлүк (ky) ‎(bölük), бөлүкчө (ky) ‎(bölükçö), кесинди (ky) ‎(kesindi), кесек (ky) ‎(kesek), кесим (ky) ‎(kesim), тилке (ky) ‎(tilke), тилим (ky) ‎(tilim), үзүм (ky) ‎(üzüm), чагым (ky) ‎(çagım), тешкич (ky) ‎(teşkiç), көзөч (ky) ‎(közöç) бургу (ky) ‎(burgu), ооздук (ky) ‎(oozduk), ачкычтын урчугу (ky) ‎(açkıçtın urçugu), мүштөк (ky) ‎(müştök), мундштук (ky) ‎(mundştuk)
• Latin: frēnum n
• Latvian: laužņi pl, mutes dzelži pl
• Lithuanian: žąslai m pl
• Macedonian: ѓем m ‎(ǵem), џем m ‎(džem)
• Maori: piti
• Mongolian: амгай (mn) ‎(amgaj)
• Norman: mors m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: bitt (no) n
• Polish: wędzidło (pl) n
• Portuguese: bocado (pt) m, bocal (pt) m, morso (pt) m

  (Brazil) freio (pt) m

• Romanian: frâu (ro)
• Russian: удила́ (ru) pl ‎(udilá)
• Spanish: bocado (es) m
• Swahili: charaza (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: gem (tr), oyan (tr)

rotary cutting tool

• Czech: fréza (cs) f, vrták m
• Dutch: boortje (nl) n, bit (nl) m
• Finnish: poranterä
• French: foret (fr) m
• German: Bohrer (de) m
• Italian: trapano (it) m, punta (it) f, punta di trapano
• Korean: 비트 ‎(biteu)
• Lithuanian: grąžtas m
• Macedonian: сврдел m ‎(svrdel)

• Maori: niho, niho ore
• Norwegian: bit (no) n
• Portuguese: broca (pt) f, pua (pt) f, verruma f
• Romanian: burghiu (ro) n
• Russian: сверло́ (ru) n ‎(sverló)
• Spanish: broca f
• Swahili: charaza (sw)
• Telugu: బిట్టు (te) ‎(biṭṭu)
• Turkish: matkap (tr), delgi (tr)

eighth of a dollar

• German: Bit (de) n
• Italian: ottavo di dollaro m
• Korean: 12센트 반 ‎(12senteu ban)

• Navajo: yáál
• Swahili: charaza (sw)

coin — see coin

small amount of something

• Armenian: կտոր (hy) ‎(ktor)
• Bulgarian: късче (bg) n ‎(kǎsče), частица (bg) ‎(častica)
• Catalan: mica f, poquet m
• Chamicuro: naspejka
• Czech: kousek (cs) m, troška f
• Dutch: beetje (nl), hapje (nl) (of food)
• Esperanto: peco
• Finnish: pala (fi), palanen (fi), osa (fi), osanen
• French: petit morceau m, peu (fr) m
• German: Bisschen (de) n, Wenig n, Stück (de) n, Stückchen (de) n, Happen (de) m (of food)
• Irish: ruainne m
• Italian: poco (it) m, poca (it) f, pezzetto m, pezzettino m
• Japanese: ちょっと (ja) ‎(chotto), 少々 ‎(しょうしょう, shōshō), 少し (ja) ‎(すこし, sukoshi)
• Korean: 작은 조각 ‎(jageun jogak), 도막 (ko) ‎(domak)

• Lojban: spisa
• Macedonian: парче n ‎(parče), парченце n ‎(parčence), трошка f ‎(troška)
• Maori: pīhi, maramara
• Norman: morcé m (Jersey, Guernsey)
• Norwegian: bit (no) m
• Polish: kawałek (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: bocado (pt) m, pedaço (pt) m, porção (pt) f
• Romanian: bucată (ro)
• Russian: кусо́к (ru) m ‎(kusók)
• Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag f, criomag f, mìr m, car (gd) m
• Slovene: košček m
• Swahili: charaza (sw)
• Swedish: bit (sv) c
• Telugu: ముక్క (te) ‎(mukka), తుంపు (te) ‎(tuṃpu), తునక (te) ‎(tunaka)
• Turkish: azıcık (tr), biraz (tr), gıdım (tr), parça (tr), parçacık (tr), zerre (tr)

small amount of time

• Czech: chvilka (cs) f, okamžik (cs) m
• Finnish: hetki (fi)

• German: Moment (de) m
• Turkish: an (tr), biraz (tr) (in usage, 'birazdan'), az sonra (tr)

portion

• Bulgarian: парче (bg) n ‎(parče)
• Czech: kousek (cs) m, dílek (cs) m
• Dutch: stuk (nl) n
• Finnish: pala (fi)
• Korean: 조금 (ko) ‎(jogeum), 약간 (ko) ‎(yakgan)
• Lojban: spisa
• Macedonian: парче n ‎(parče)
• Maori: inati, pīhi, tiri

• Norwegian: bit (no) m
• Polish: kawałek (pl) m inan, porcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: bocado (pt) m, pedaço (pt) m, porção (pt) f
• Russian: кусо́к (ru) m ‎(kusók)
• Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag f, criomag f, mìr m
• Swahili: charaza (sw)
• Swedish: bit (sv) c, lite (sv)
• Turkish: parça (tr)

slang: prison sentence

• Czech: flastr (cs) m

• Finnish: kakku (fi)

excerpt from stand-up repertoire

• Finnish: juttu (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} gweskenn f -où (1), ^{(please verify)} un tammig (4)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} sedikit (id) (4)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} morso (1), ^{(please verify)} puncta (2), ^{(please verify)} pauco, ^{(please verify)} poco, ^{(please verify)} morsello (4)

AdverbEdit

bit ‎(not comparable)

1. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").

   That's a bit too sweet.

TranslationsEdit

to a small extent

• Portuguese: um pouco m

VerbEdit

bit ‎(third-person singular simple present bits, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)

1. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

Etymology 2Edit

See bite

VerbEdit

bit

1. simple past tense of bite

   Your dog bit me!

2. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten

   I have been bit by your dog!

AdjectiveEdit

bit ‎(not comparable)

1. (colloquial) bitten.

   Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.‎

2. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
   • 1984, Field & Stream, volume 89, number July, page 24:

     Fortunately, someone who gets skeeter-bit this much may develop an immunity to the skeeter's saliva

   • 1992, Robert Lewis Taylor, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters:

     Only the year before, the conjure man had brought in the Jackson County madstone, from way over in Illinois, for a white peddler that had been dog-bit, and the man went ahead and died just the same

   • 1998, Adele Griffin, Rainy Season, page 121:

     He will not — he'll tell you not to be loco, climbing up trees late at night when you'll get bug-bit to death plus you can't see anything

Etymology 3Edit

Coined by John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”.[3][4] First used in print 1948 by Claude Shannon. Compare byte and nybble.

NounEdit

bit ‎(plural bits)

1. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
2. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
3. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.

   status bits on IRC; permission bits in a file system

4. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
   • 2011 May 17, Lisa Grossman, “Entropy Is Universal Rule of Language”, in Wired Science^[5], retrieved 2012-09-26:

     The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure.
     But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word.

5. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

SynonymsEdit

• (smallest unit of storage): b

Derived termsEdit

terms derived from bit (noun)

bit-depth bitwise hidden bit high-order bit least significant bit most significant bit

8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 64-bit 128-bit

See alsoEdit

• ban, nat, qubit

TranslationsEdit

math: binary digit

• Bulgarian: бит (bg) m ‎(bit)
• Czech: bit (cs) m
• Dutch: bit (nl) m
• Esperanto: bito
• Finnish: bitti (fi)
• French: bit (fr) m
• German: Bit (de) n
• Greek: δυφίο (el) n ‎(dyfío)
• Gujarati: દ્વયંક ‎(dvayaṅk)
• Hebrew: ביט (he) m
• Hindi: द्वयंक ‎(dvayaṅk)

• Icelandic: biti, tvíundatölustafur
• Ido: bico (io)
• Japanese: ビット ‎(bitto)
• Latvian: bits m
• Lithuanian: bitas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бит m ‎(bit)
• Marathi: द्वयंक ‎(dvayaṅk)
• Nepali: द्वयंक ‎(dwayãka)
• Portuguese: bit (pt) m
• Russian: бит (ru) m ‎(bit)
• Slovak: bit m
• Slovene: bit m
• Spanish: binio m
• Swahili: charaza (sw)
• Swedish: bit (sv) c

computing smallest unit of storage

• Armenian: բիթ ‎(bitʿ)
• Bulgarian: бит (bg) m ‎(bit)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 位元 ‎(wai⁶ jyun⁴), 二進制位, 二进制位 ‎(ji⁶ zeon³ zai³ wai⁶⁻²), 二進制位元, 二进制位元 ‎(ji⁶ zeon³ zai³ wai⁶ jyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 位 (zh) ‎(wèi), 比特 (zh) ‎(bǐtè), 位元 (zh) ‎(wèiyuán), 二進位元, 二进位元 ‎(èrjìn wèiyuán) (Taiwan), 二進制位元, 二进制位元 ‎(èrjìnzhì wèiyuán) (Taiwan), 二進制數字, 二进制数字 ‎(èrjìnzhì shùzì), 二進制位, 二进制位 ‎(èrjìnzhì wèi)

  Min Nan: 位元 (zh-min-nan) ‎(ūi-gôan)

• Czech: bit (cs) m
• Dutch: bit (nl) m
• Esperanto: bito
• Finnish: bitti (fi)

• German: Bit (de) n
• Greek: μπιτ (el) n ‎(bit)
• Icelandic: biti, tvíundatölustafur
• Japanese: ビット ‎(bitto)
• Korean: 비트 ‎(biteu)
• Latvian: bits m
• Lithuanian: bitas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бит m ‎(bit)
• Portuguese: bit (pt) m
• Russian: бит (ru) m ‎(bit)
• Slovene: bit m
• Spanish: binio m
• Swahili: charaza (sw)
• Swedish: bit (sv) c

datum that may take on one of exactly two values

• Dutch: bit (nl) m
• Esperanto: bit
• Finnish: bitti (fi)
• German: Bit (de) n
• Greek: δυφίο (el) n ‎(dyfío)

• Lithuanian: bitas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бит m ‎(bit)
• Portuguese: bit (pt) m
• Spanish: binio m
• Swahili: charaza (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bit (5,6)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} bit (5,6)

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923: news · prepared · support · #823: bit · Indian · produce · drawn

AnagramsEdit

• tib, TiB

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

bit m ‎(plural bits)

1. (computing) bit

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English bit, from binary digit.

NounEdit

bit m

1. (computing) bit

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bit

	singular	plural
nominative	bit	bity
genitive	bitu	bitů
dative	bitu	bitům
accusative	bit	bity
vocative	bite	bity
locative	bitu	bitech
instrumental	bitem	bity

Derived termsEdit

• bitový
• osmibitový
• šestnáctibitový

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

bit n ‎(plural bitten, diminutive bitje n)

1. bit (for a working animal)
2. bit (rotary cutting tool)

Etymology 2Edit

From English bit.

NounEdit

bit m ‎(plural bits, diminutive bitje n)

1. bit (binary digit)
2. bit (unit of storage)
3. bit (datum with two possible values)

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

bit m ‎(plural bits)

1. (computing) bit

External linksEdit

• “bit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GreekEdit

NounEdit

bit n ‎(invariable)

1. (computing) bit

SynonymsEdit

• μπιτ n ‎(bit)

External linksEdit

• Bit on the Greek Wikipedia.el.Wikipedia

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English bit.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈbit]
• Hyphenation: bit

NounEdit

bit ‎(plural bitek)

1. (computing) bit (binary digit)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bit	bitek
accusative	bitet	biteket
dative	bitnek	biteknek
instrumental	bittel	bitekkel
causal-final	bitért	bitekért
translative	bitté	bitekké
terminative	bitig	bitekig
essive-formal	bitként	bitekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bitben	bitekben
superessive	biten	biteken
adessive	bitnél	biteknél
illative	bitbe	bitekbe
sublative	bitre	bitekre
allative	bithez	bitekhez
elative	bitből	bitekből
delative	bitről	bitekről
ablative	bittől	bitektől

Possessive forms of bit
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bitem	bitjeim
2nd person sing.	bited	bitjeid
3rd person sing.	bitje	bitjei
1st person plural	bitünk	bitjeink
2nd person plural	bitetek	bitjeitek
3rd person plural	bitjük	bitjeik

Derived termsEdit

• jelzőbit

ReferencesEdit

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

bit

1. rafsi of birti.

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Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bʲit/

VerbEdit

bit

1. supine of biś

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Nigerian PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English beat.

VerbEdit

bit

1. beat

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse biti

NounEdit

bit m ‎(definite singular biten, indefinite plural biter, definite plural bitene)

1. a bit, piece (of something)
2. a bite, mouthful (of food)

Derived termsEdit

• smakebit

Etymology 2Edit

From English bit ‎(binary digit)

NounEdit

bit m ‎(definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or biter, definite plural bitene)

1. a bit (binary digit)

ReferencesEdit

• “bit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse

NounEdit

bit m ‎(definite singular biten, indefinite plural bitar, definite plural bitane)

1. a bit, piece (of something)

Derived termsEdit

• smakebit

Etymology 2Edit

From English bit ‎(binary digit)

NounEdit

bit m ‎(definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or bitar, definit plural bitane)

1. a bit (binary digit)

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse bit

NounEdit

bit n ‎(definite singular bitet, indefinite plural bit, definite plural bita)

1. a bite (e.g. insect bite, dog bite)
2. a bite, mouthful (of food)

ReferencesEdit

• “bit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old IrishEdit

VerbEdit

bit

1. third-person plural future of is

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English bit.

PronunciationEdit

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡ʃ/, /ˈbit/

NounEdit

bit m (plural bits)

1. (mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit)

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From bȉti ‎(“to be”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bîːt/

NounEdit

bȋt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling би̑т)

1. essence

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bit

	singular	plural
nominative	bȋt	biti
genitive	biti	bítī
dative	biti	bitima
accusative	bit	biti
vocative	biti	biti
locative	biti	bitima
instrumental	biti	bitima

Etymology 2Edit

From English bit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bît/

NounEdit

bȉt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling би̏т)

1. (computing) bit

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bit

	singular	plural
nominative	bȉt	bìtovi
genitive	bita	bitova
dative	bitu	bitovima
accusative	bit	bitove
vocative	bite	bitovi
locative	bitu	bitovima
instrumental	bitom	bitovima

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

bit m ‎(plural bits)

1. bit (binary digit)

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse biti, noun definitions 2 and 4: From English bit, from binary digit.

NounEdit

bit c

1. bit (small piece)
2. bit (portion)
3. bit (binary digit)
4. bit (unit of storage)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of bit
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bit	biten	bitar	bitarna
Genitive	bits	bitens	bitars	bitarnas

Related termsEdit

• pusselbit
• sockerbit

VerbEdit

bit

1. imperative of bita.

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TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Turkic bit, from Proto-Turkic *bɨt ‎(“louse”).

NounEdit

bit ‎(definite accusative biti, plural bitler)

1. (zoology) louse

DeclensionEdit

declension of bit

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bit	bitler
definite accusative (belirtme)	biti	bitleri
dative (yönelme)	bite	bitlere
locative (bulunma)	bitte	bitlerde
ablative (çıkma)	bitten	bitlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitin	bitlerin

possessive forms of bit

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitim	bitlerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitimi	bitlerimi
dative (yönelme)	bitime	bitlerime
locative (bulunma)	bitimde	bitlerimde
ablative (çıkma)	bitimden	bitlerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitimin	bitlerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitin	bitlerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitini	bitlerini
dative (yönelme)	bitine	bitlerine
locative (bulunma)	bitinde	bitlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	bitinden	bitlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitinin	bitlerinin
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	biti	bitleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitini	bitlerini
dative (yönelme)	bitine	bitlerine
locative (bulunma)	bitinde	bitlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	bitinden	bitlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitinin	bitlerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitimiz	bitlerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitimizi	bitlerimizi
dative (yönelme)	bitimize	bitlerimize
locative (bulunma)	bitimizde	bitlerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	bitimizden	bitlerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitimizin	bitlerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitiniz	bitleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitinizi	bitlerinizi
dative (yönelme)	bitinize	bitlerinize
locative (bulunma)	bitinizde	bitlerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	bitinizden	bitlerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitinizin	bitlerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitleri	bitleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitlerini	bitlerini
dative (yönelme)	bitlerine	bitlerine
locative (bulunma)	bitlerinde	bitlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	bitlerinden	bitlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitlerinin	bitlerinin

predicative forms of bit

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	bitim	bitlerim*
sen (you are)	bitsin	bitlersin*
o (he/she/it is)	bit / bittir	bitler* / bitlerdir*
biz (we are)	bitiz	bitleriz
siz (you are)	bitsiniz	bitlersiniz
onlar (they are)	bitler	bitlerdir
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	bittim	bitlerdim*
sen (you were)	bittin	bitlerdin*
o (he/she/it was)	bitti	bitlerdi*
biz (we were)	bittik	bitlerdik
siz (you were)	bittiniz	bitlerdiniz
onlar (they were)	bittiler	bitlerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	bitmişim	bitlermişim*
sen (you were)	bitmişsin	bitlermişsin*
o (he/she/it was)	bitmiş	bitlermiş*
biz (we were)	bitmişiz	bitlermişiz
siz (you were)	bitmişsiniz	bitlermişsiniz
onlar (they were)	bitmişler	bitlermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Derived termsEdit

• bit yeniği (fishy)
• bitli (lousy)

See alsoEdit

• pire (flea)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from English bit, abbreviation of binary digit.

NounEdit

bit ‎(definite accusative biti, plural bitler)

1. (computing) bit

DeclensionEdit

declension of bit

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bit	bitler
definite accusative (belirtme)	biti	bitleri
dative (yönelme)	bite	bitlere
locative (bulunma)	bitte	bitlerde
ablative (çıkma)	bitten	bitlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitin	bitlerin

possessive forms of bit

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitim	bitlerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitimi	bitlerimi
dative (yönelme)	bitime	bitlerime
locative (bulunma)	bitimde	bitlerimde
ablative (çıkma)	bitimden	bitlerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitimin	bitlerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitin	bitlerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitini	bitlerini
dative (yönelme)	bitine	bitlerine
locative (bulunma)	bitinde	bitlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	bitinden	bitlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitinin	bitlerinin
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	biti	bitleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitini	bitlerini
dative (yönelme)	bitine	bitlerine
locative (bulunma)	bitinde	bitlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	bitinden	bitlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitinin	bitlerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitimiz	bitlerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitimizi	bitlerimizi
dative (yönelme)	bitimize	bitlerimize
locative (bulunma)	bitimizde	bitlerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	bitimizden	bitlerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitimizin	bitlerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitiniz	bitleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitinizi	bitlerinizi
dative (yönelme)	bitinize	bitlerinize
locative (bulunma)	bitinizde	bitlerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	bitinizden	bitlerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitinizin	bitlerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	bitleri	bitleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	bitlerini	bitlerini
dative (yönelme)	bitlerine	bitlerine
locative (bulunma)	bitlerinde	bitlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	bitlerinden	bitlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	bitlerinin	bitlerinin

predicative forms of bit

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	bitim	bitlerim*
sen (you are)	bitsin	bitlersin*
o (he/she/it is)	bit / bittir	bitler* / bitlerdir*
biz (we are)	bitiz	bitleriz
siz (you are)	bitsiniz	bitlersiniz
onlar (they are)	bitler	bitlerdir
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	bittim	bitlerdim*
sen (you were)	bittin	bitlerdin*
o (he/she/it was)	bitti	bitlerdi*
biz (we were)	bittik	bitlerdik
siz (you were)	bittiniz	bitlerdiniz
onlar (they were)	bittiler	bitlerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	bitmişim	bitlermişim*
sen (you were)	bitmişsin	bitlermişsin*
o (he/she/it was)	bitmiş	bitlermiş*
biz (we were)	bitmişiz	bitlermişiz
siz (you were)	bitmişsiniz	bitlermişsiniz
onlar (they were)	bitmişler	bitlermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

bit

1. end (imperative - see "bitmek")

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TurkmenEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Turkic bit, from Proto-Turkic *bɨt ‎(“louse”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bit̪/

NounEdit

bit ‎(definite accusative bidi, plural bitler)

1. (zoology) louse

DeclensionEdit

    declension of bit

	singular	plural
nominative	bit	bitler
accusative	bidi	bitleri
genitive	bidiň	bitleriň
dative	bide	bitlere
locative	bitde	bitlerde
ablative	bitden	bitlerden

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ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Lao ເປັດ ‎(pet), Thai เป็ด ‎(bpèt).

NounEdit

bit

1. duck