noun
Meaning 1
The egg of a louse.
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Standard Lemma guide
nit
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/nɪt/
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rhymes with -ɪt
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homophone: knit
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noun
Meaning 2
A young louse.
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noun
Meaning 3
A head louse regardless of its age.
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Usage: Ireland, UK, broadly
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noun
Meaning 4
A fool, a nitwit.
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Usage: UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
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noun
Meaning 6
A nitpicker.
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noun
Meaning 7
A candela per square metre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.
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noun
Meaning 8
Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
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noun
Meaning 9
A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 10
Abbreviation of National Institute of Technology.
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Usage: India, abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: education
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verb
Meaning 11
To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.
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Usage: Multicultural-London-English
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noun
Meaning 12
egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
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Broader terms: egg
noun
Meaning 13
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: luminance unit
History
Etymology
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).
From Latin nitēre (“to shine”).
Across languages
Translations
140 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aklanon: eusa' — egg of a louse
- Albanian: thëri — egg of a louse
- Arabic: صُغْبَة (ṣuḡba) — egg of a louse
- Archi: натӏ (natʼ) — egg of a louse
- Armenian: անիծ (anic) — egg of a louse
- Asturian: llendre — egg of a louse
- Asturian: lléndena — egg of a louse
- Asturian: biba — egg of a louse
- Azerbaijani: sirkə — egg of a louse
- Bashkir: һеркә (herkə) — egg of a louse
- Basque: bartz — egg of a louse
- Bats: ხინჭ (xĩč̣) — egg of a louse
- Belarusian: гні́да (hnída) — egg of a louse
- Bhojpuri: लीख (līkh) — egg of a louse
- Central Bikol: lusa — egg of a louse
- Bulgarian: гни́да (gnída) — egg of a louse
- Catalan: llémena — egg of a louse
- Chinese Mandarin: 蟣子 /虮子 (jǐzi) — egg of a louse
- Chuvash: шӑрка (šărk̬a) — egg of a louse
- Czech: hnida — egg of a louse
- Danish: gnid — egg of a louse
- Danish: luseæg — egg of a louse
- Dutch: neet — egg of a louse
- Esperanto: pedikovo — egg of a louse
- Estonian: täimuna — egg of a louse
- Estonian: saere — egg of a louse
- Estonian: ting — egg of a louse
- Faroese: nitra — egg of a louse
- Fijian: lise — egg of a louse
- Finnish: saivare — egg of a louse
- Finnish: saivar — egg of a louse
- French: lente — egg of a louse
- Friulian: glendon — egg of a louse
- Galician: lendia — egg of a louse
- Georgian: ტილის კვერცხი (ṭilis ḳvercxi) — egg of a louse
- German: Nisse — egg of a louse
- Greek: κονίδα (konída) — egg of a louse
- Ancient Greek: κονίς (konís) — egg of a louse
- Mariupol Greek: куны́дъ (kunýð) — egg of a louse
- Hawaiian: liha — egg of a louse
- Hebrew: ביצת כינה (betsát kiná) — egg of a louse
- Hungarian: serke — egg of a louse
- Icelandic: nit — egg of a louse
- Ilocano: lisa — egg of a louse
- Indonesian: telur kutu — egg of a louse
- Ingrian: saivar — egg of a louse
- Irish: sniodh — egg of a louse
- Italian: lendine — egg of a louse
- Japanese: 寄生虫の卵 (kiseichū no tamago) — egg of a louse
- Limos Kalinga: ilit — egg of a louse
- Lubuagan Kalinga: ilit — egg of a louse
- Karao: ilit — egg of a louse
- Khmer: អំបាត (ʼɑmbaat) — egg of a louse
- Korean: 서캐 (seokae) — egg of a louse
- Central Kurdish: ڕِشک (rişk) — egg of a louse
- Laki: ڕِشک (rişk) — egg of a louse
- Northern Kurdish: rişk — egg of a louse
- Southern Kurdish: ڕِشک (rişk) — egg of a louse
- Latin: lēns — egg of a louse
- Laz: მჭკირი (mç̌ǩiri) — egg of a louse
- Lithuanian: glinda — egg of a louse
- Low German: Neet — egg of a louse
- Macedonian: гни́да (gnída) — egg of a louse
- Mansaka: lisa — egg of a louse
- Māori: riha — egg of a louse
- Māori: rihariha — egg of a louse
- Mi'kmaq: gna'ji'j — egg of a louse
- Mingrelian: ჭკირი (č̣ḳiri) — egg of a louse
- Nivkh: ӿискр̌ (hiskř) — egg of a louse
- Norwegian: gnett — egg of a louse
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gnet — egg of a louse
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gnett — egg of a louse
- Norwegian Nynorsk: luseegg — egg of a louse
- Occitan: lende — egg of a louse
- Paicî: nîda — egg of a louse
- Persian: رشک (rešk) — egg of a louse
- Polish: gnida — egg of a louse
- Portuguese: lêndea — egg of a louse
- Punjabi: ਨਿਤ (nit) — egg of a louse
- Quechua: ciya — egg of a louse
- Quechua: iski — egg of a louse
- Romanian: lindină — egg of a louse
- Russian: гни́да (gnída) — egg of a louse
- Sakizaya: licaes — egg of a louse
- Scots: neet — egg of a louse
- Scottish Gaelic: sneadh — egg of a louse
- Serbo-Croatian: гњи̏да — egg of a louse
- Serbo-Croatian: gnjȉda — egg of a louse
- Sicilian: lìnnina — egg of a louse
- Sicilian: dìndina — egg of a louse
- Sicilian: ddìnina — egg of a louse
- Slovak: hnida — egg of a louse
- Slovene: gnjida — egg of a louse
- Lower Sorbian: gnida — egg of a louse
- Spanish: liendre — egg of a louse
- Svan: თიკ (tiḳ) — egg of a louse
- Swedish: gnet — egg of a louse
- Tabasaran: нитӏ (niṭ) — egg of a louse
- Tagalog: lisa — egg of a louse
- Tamil: ஈர் (īr) — egg of a louse
- Tewa: âa — egg of a louse
- Thai: เล็น (len) — egg of a louse
- Thao: riknish — egg of a louse
- Tok Pisin: kiau bilong laus — egg of a louse
- Turkish: sirke — egg of a louse
- Ottoman Turkish: سركه (sirke) — egg of a louse
- Ottoman Turkish: یاوشاق (yavşak) — egg of a louse
- Ukrainian: гни́да (hnýda) — egg of a louse
- Uyghur: دۆت (döt) — egg of a louse
- Uyghur: كالۋا (kalwa) — egg of a louse
- Venetan: léndena — egg of a louse
- Venetan: géndena — egg of a louse
- Vietnamese: trứng chấy — egg of a louse
- Vietnamese: trứng rận — egg of a louse
- Welsh: nedd — egg of a louse
- Yup'ik: ingqiq — egg of a louse
- Asturian: azón — young louse
- Central Bikol: kuyumad — young louse
- Dutch: neet — young louse
- Esperanto: pediklarvo — young louse
- Estonian: täivastne — young louse
- Estonian: nümf — young louse
- Estonian: pusake — young louse
- Estonian: kihu — young louse
- Estonian: ting — young louse
- Georgian: წილი (c̣ili) — young louse
- Mi'kmaq: gna'ji'j — young louse
- Tamil: நமுடு (namuṭu) — young louse
- Tok Pisin: pikinini bilong laus — young louse
- Turkish: yavşak — young louse
- Ottoman Turkish: سركه (sirke) — young louse
- Ottoman Turkish: یاوشاق (yavşak) — young louse
- Chinese Mandarin: 傻瓜 (shǎguā) — slang: fool, nitwit
- Chinese Mandarin: 笨蛋 (bèndàn) — slang: fool, nitwit
- Danish: fjols — slang: fool, nitwit
- Danish: kvaj — slang: fool, nitwit
- Finnish: dille — slang: fool, nitwit
- Georgian: სულელი (suleli) — slang: fool, nitwit
- Georgian: ტუტუცი (ṭuṭuci) — slang: fool, nitwit
- Russian: деби́л (debíl) — slang: fool, nitwit