Wiktionary

item

See also: ítem and Item

English Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, the members of lists were referred to as "items".

Pronunciation Edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.təm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.təm/, [ˈaɪ̯.ɾəm], [ˈaɪ̯.ɾm̩]
    • Audio (US)(file)
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɑɪ.təm/, [ˈɑɪ.ɾəm]
  • Hyphenation: i‧tem

Noun Edit

item (plural items)

  1. A distinct physical object.
    Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.
    • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects   […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters  […] . But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.
  2. (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
  3. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
    the items in a bill
    In response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1143:
      Beyond being mere items of a legal code, they [the mitzvot] are the very basis of the relationship that God and the people Israel have established.
  4. (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
    The exam has 100 items, each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.
  5. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
    The first item for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.
  6. (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
    Jack and Jill are an item.
  8. A short article in a newspaper.
    an item concerning the weather
  9. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
      A secret item was given to some of the bishops […] to absent themselves.
      The spelling has been modernized.
  10. (India) Short for item girl.
    • 2017, Nandita Chaudhary, Pernille Hviid, Giuseppina Marsico, Resistance in Everyday Life: Constructing Cultural Experiences, page 246:
      In this chapter, we will attempt to trace the course of initiation into the classical arts, from the self-taught gyrations of Bollywood items to the serious rigours of a classical Indian dance form.

Synonyms Edit

  • (object): article, object, thing
  • (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning):
  • (matter for discussion): subject, topic
  • (two people who are having a relationship with each other): couple
  • (psychometrics): test/assessment question

Hyponyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Translations Edit

line of text having a particular meaning
short article

Verb Edit

item (third-person singular simple present items, present participle iteming, simple past and past participle itemed)

  1. (transitive) To make a note of.

Related terms Edit

Adverb Edit

item (not comparable)

  1. likewise

Anagrams Edit

Czech Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

item

  1. (archaic) as well
    Synonyms: také, rovněž, dále, kromě toho
    Jedná se o zdravý všelék proti bolestem a item proti závrati. ― It's a healthy universal cure for pain and also for vertigo.

Further reading Edit

  • item in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • item in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin item.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

item

  1. same; in the same way

Further reading Edit

Italian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin item. Doublet of item.

Adverb Edit

item

  1. (law) in the same way

Etymology 2 Edit

Borrowed from English item, from Latin item. Doublet of item.

Noun Edit

item m (invariable)

  1. (computer science) a single programmed unit
  2. (linguistics) an element of a grammatical or lexical set

Anagrams Edit

Latin Edit

Etymology Edit

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *só. Compare ita and itidem.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

item (not comparable)

  1. just like (in a comparison)
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 5.4:
      HĒGIŌ. Salvē, exoptāte gnāte mī. TYNDARUS. Hem, quid 'gnāte mī'?
      Attat, sciō quor tē patrem assimules esse et mē fīlium:
      quia mī item ut parentēs lūcis dās tuendī cōpiam.
      HEGIO. Hello, my wished-for son. TYNDARUS. Huh, what 'my son'?
      Alas, I know why you act as if you were a father and I your son:
      because you give me the means to see the light, just like parents do.
    • 46 BCE, Cicero, Orator 60:
      Ita fit ut nōn item in ōrātiōne ut in versū numerus exstet, idque quod numerōsum in ōrātiōne dīcitur nōn semper numerō fīat, sed nōnnunquam aut concinnitāte aut cōnstructiōne verbōrum.
      So it turns out that there isn't a metre in prose just like in verse, and that which in oration is called 'metrical' is not always caused by metre, but also on occasion by the euphony and construction of the words.
  2. likewise, also, further

Descendants Edit

  • → French: item
  • → Middle English: item

See also Edit

Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quispiam quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alter, alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter, uterque neuter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, ubīque, uspiam usquam nusquam alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde, undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōquam aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā, quāque nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō, quandōque umquam numquam aliās
exact time hac hōra ista hōra illa hōra ea hōra eadem hōra quota hōra quotacumque hōra altera/alia hōra
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot
order totus quotus quotuscumque
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References Edit

  • “item”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • item in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • item in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English Edit

Etymology Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin item.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

item

  1. also, and this

Further reading Edit

Noun Edit

item

  1. the same; identical.

Descendants Edit

Further reading Edit

Middle French Edit

Etymology Edit

Latin.

Adverb Edit

item

  1. same; in the same way

Old French Edit

Etymology Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin item.

Adverb Edit

item

  1. same; in the same way

Descendants Edit

Portuguese Edit

Etymology Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”).

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: i‧tem

Noun Edit

item m (plural itens)

  1. item
  2. a matter for discussion in an agenda or elsewhere
    O primeiro item a considerar é o orçamento para o próximo piquenique.
    The first point to consider is the budget for the next picnic.
  3. a line of text with some meaning
    Consideremos um item de cada vez.
    Let's look at one item at a time.

Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Anglicism (English item).

Noun Edit

item m (plural itemi)

  1. item

Declension Edit

Declension of item
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) item itemul (niște) itemi itemii
genitive/dative (unui) item itemului (unor) itemi itemilor
vocative itemule itemilor

Swedish Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • it. (abbreviation)

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin item (“just like”), attested since 1628.

Adverb Edit

item

  1. (obsolete) also, as well
    Synonyms: likaså, jämväl, vidare
    • 1847 July 24, Sophie von Knorring, Bref till hemmet‎[1]:
      Jag blef helt ond och ändå mera E., som är en förklarad hundvän, item hund-advokat, som du väl mins.
      I became wholly mad, and even more E., who are a declared dog friend, as well as dog advocate, as you might well remember.

See also Edit

Noun Edit

item c

  1. an item on a list or agenda; a number; an item in bookkeeping
    Synonym: post
  2. (obsolete) additional circumstance, additional item of concern
    • 1864, Johan Magnus Rosén, Hvad man minst väntar‎[2]:
      Olsson profvade; men det var ingen, som passade rigtigt. — Så är det väl bäst du beställer en och låter ta mått, — sade Berg och tilläde, vände sig till hattmakarn: — Men det är ett lite item här, farbror! Det är fråga om kredit; [...]
      Olsson tried, but there were none, which fit really. — So it is best you order and let measures be taken, — said Berg and added, turned to the hat maker: — But there is an small additional matter of concern here, sir! It is a question about credit; [...]

References Edit

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