fita

See also: -fita and FITA

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фита́ (fitá).

Noun

fita (plural fitas)

1. The obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѳ, ѳ formerly used in Russian to write proper names and loanwords derived from or via Greek.

Translations

Ѳ

• Russian: фита́ (ru) f (fitá), ѳита́ f (fitá) (pre-1918 reform spelling)

Anagrams

• fiat, IATF, Fiat, FIAT, Taif, Tafi, Fait, fait

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *[petra] fīcta, from Latin petra (“stone”) and figere (“to fix in place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.ta]

Noun

fita f (plural fites)

1. milestone, boundary stone

   Synonym: molló

2. waypoint
3. (mathematics) bound

Derived terms

• fita inferior
• fita superior
• fitar

Related terms

• fit

Further reading

• “fita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

fita

1. inflection of fitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfita] (Aosta)

Noun

fita (Valdôtain, Vaudois)

1. Alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)

References

• fête in Patois VdA: Le site du Francoprovençal en Vallée d'Aoste – on patoisvda.org
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fĕsta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 482

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin vitta (“ribbon”), although the required evolution, with Latin <vi> becoming /fi/, is irregular. Alternatively from Suevic, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *fetjō, compare Old High German fizza (“thread, tissue”), Old Norse fitja (“to knit”). Compare also Italian fetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfita̝/

Noun

fita f (plural fitas)

1. band, ribbon
2. (sewing) wristband, girdle, hem
3. elongated plot of land

Etymology 2

From Latin fictum (“fixed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfita̝/

Adjective

fita

1. feminine singular of fito

Derived terms

• Pedrafita

Verb

fita

1. inflection of fitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fita”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “fita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

fita

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐍄𐌰

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fì.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸɪ̀.táː]

Noun

fìtā f (possessed form fìtar̃)

1. graduation

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪːta/

  Rhymes: -ɪːta

Noun

fita f (genitive singular fitu, no plural)

1. fat
2. fatness

Declension

declension of fita

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fita	fitan
accusative	fitu	fituna
dative	fitu	fitunni
genitive	fitu	fitunnar

Derived terms

• fitusækinn
• offita (“obesity”)

Verb

fita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitaði, supine fitað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fatten, make fat

   Bændurnir fita dýrin.

   The farmers fatten the animals.

Conjugation

fita — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að fita
supine (sagnbót)		fitað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		fitandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég fita	við fitum	present (nútíð)	ég fiti	við fitum
	þú fitar	þið fitið		þú fitir	þið fitið
	hann, hún, það fitar	þeir, þær, þau fita		hann, hún, það fiti	þeir, þær, þau fiti
past (þátíð)	ég fitaði	við fituðum	past (þátíð)	ég fitaði	við fituðum
	þú fitaðir	þið fituðuð		þú fitaðir	þið fituðuð
	hann, hún, það fitaði	þeir, þær, þau fituðu		hann, hún, það fitaði	þeir, þær, þau fituðu
imperative (boðháttur)	fita (þú)	fitið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	fitaðu	fitiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fitaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fitaður	fituð	fitað		fitaðir	fitaðar	fituð
accusative (þolfall)	fitaðan	fitaða	fitað		fitaða	fitaðar	fituð
dative (þágufall)	fituðum	fitaðri	fituðu		fituðum	fituðum	fituðum
genitive (eignarfall)	fitaðs	fitaðrar	fitaðs		fitaðra	fitaðra	fitaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fitaði	fitaða	fitaða		fituðu	fituðu	fituðu
accusative (þolfall)	fitaða	fituðu	fitaða		fituðu	fituðu	fituðu
dative (þágufall)	fitaða	fituðu	fitaða		fituðu	fituðu	fituðu
genitive (eignarfall)	fitaða	fituðu	fitaða		fituðu	fituðu	fituðu

Related terms

• fitna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fita

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of fit

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fita f (genitive fitu)

1. fat, grease

Declension

  Declension of fita (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fita	fitan	fitur	fiturnar
accusative	fitu	fituna	fitur	fiturnar
dative	fitu	fitunni	fitum	fitunum
genitive	fitu	fitunnar	fitna	fitnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fita f
• >? Norwegian Nynorsk: fete m

References

• “fita”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -itɐ
• Hyphenation: fi‧ta

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Likely from Latin vitta (“band, ribbon”).

Noun

fita f (plural fitas)

1. tape, ribbon, band
2. (colloquial) film, movie

   Synonyms: filme, película

3. (Brazil, video games, colloquial) cartridge

   Synonym: cartucho

4. (Portugal, education, slang) a colored ribbon to indicate membership of a faculty
5. (Portugal, colloquial) necktie

   Synonym: gravata

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fita.

Derived terms

• fita adesiva
• fita cassete
• fita de Möbius
• fita demo
• fita dentária
• fita gomada
• fita isoladora
• fita magnética
• fita métrica
• fita-cola
• fita-crepe
• fita-do-mar
• serra de fita

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: ফিতা (phita)
• → Hindi: फ़ीता (fītā)

Etymology 2

From Latin ficta.

Noun

fita f (plural fitas)

1. act, deception, lie

   É tudo fita!

   It's all an act!

   Deixem-se de fitas!

   Stop pretending!

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fita.

Derived terms

• meter fita

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fita

1. inflection of fitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fita” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “fita” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fita” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “fita” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “fita” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “fita” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “fita” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Volapük

Noun

fita

1. genitive singular of fit ( = fish)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸiˈ.t̪a/

Verb

fita

1. (stative) to be right, correct

Conjugation

Conjugation of fita (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tifita	mifita	afita
2nd person		nifita	fifita
3rd person	inanimate	ifita	difita
	animate	mafita
imperative		—, fita	—, fita

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics (as fitá)