Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, not-comparable, obsolete
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noun
A ditty, a little melody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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noun
A word; a decree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
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noun
decimal digit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Initialism of diet-induced thermogenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of digital intermediate technician.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of digital imaging technician.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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verb
To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, UK, dialectal
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verb
To close up.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dot
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Broader terms: telegraphic signal, radiotelegraphic signal
History
From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto.
Variant of dite.
Imitative.
Shortening.
From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
