fita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “fita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfita/ [ˈfi.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: fi‧ta

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.

Noun

fita f (plural fitas)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin fictum (“fixed”).

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 Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fita”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪːta/

  Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fita f (genitive singular fitu, nominative plural fitur)

1. fat
2. fatness

Declension

Declension of fita (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	fita	fitanna

Derived terms

• fitusækinn
• offita (“obesity”)

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. to fatten, make fat [with accusative]

   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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fita	fitaði		fiti	fitaði
	þú	fitar	fitaðir		fitir	fitaðir
	hann, hún, það	fitar	fitaði		fiti	fitaði
plural	við	fitum	fituðum		fitum	fituðum
	þið	fitið	fituðuð		fitið	fituðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fita	fituðu		fiti	fituðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fita (þú), fitaðu
plural	þið	fitið (þið), fitiði1

¹ 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

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese fita.

Noun

fita (plural fita-fita)

1. tape, ribbon, band

   fita di sapato ― shoelaces (literally, “shoe ribbon”)

2. film, movie

   Synonym: pintura

   fita-cinéma ― film

   olâ fita ― to see a movie, to go to the cinema

Derived terms

• fazê-fita (“to be duplicitous”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#f

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fita”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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

• Macanese: fita
• → 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!

2. tantrum

   Fazer fita.

   To pull a tantrum.

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 (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fita” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fita”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “fita”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “fita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fita”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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)