levita

See also: levitá, lévita, levità, and levitä

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ləˈβi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ləˈvi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [leˈvi.ta]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French lévite.

Noun

levita f (plural levites)

1. frock coat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin Levīta.

Noun

levita m or f by sense (plural levites)

1. (historical) Levite

Etymology 3

Verb

levita

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

Further reading

• “levita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Esperanto

Adjective

levita (accusative singular levitan, plural levitaj, accusative plural levitajn)

1. singular past passive participle of levi

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈvi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: le‧vì‧ta

Noun

levita m (plural leviti)

1. Levite

Derived terms

• levitico

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛvita
• Hyphenation: lè‧vi‧ta

Verb

levita

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

Anagrams

• levati, velati, vitale

Portuguese

Verb

levita

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈbita/ [leˈβ̞i.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: le‧vi‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French lévite.

Noun

levita f (plural levitas)

1. frock
2. long coat
3. tail coat
4. dress coat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin Levīta.

Noun

levita m (plural levitas)

1. (historical) Levite

Etymology 3

Verb

levita

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

Further reading

• “levita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014