name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pita
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
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɪtə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈpiːtə/
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rhymes with -ɪtə
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rhymes with -iːtə
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homophone: pitter (non-rhotic)
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homophone: PETA (US)
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homophone: Peter
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homophone: peter (non-rhotic)
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homophone: PITA
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/ˈpiːtə/
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homophone: pita (US)
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CMU ARPABET: P IY1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The plant which yields the fiber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: century plant, maguey, American aloe
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Acronym of pain in the ass/arse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 6
usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pocket bread
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flatbread
History
Etymology
From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.
Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عيش بلدى (ʕēš báladi) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Arabic: كماج (kmaj) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Armenian: պիտա (pita) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Catalan: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Chinese Mandarin: 皮塔餅 /皮塔饼 (pítǎbǐng) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Chinese Mandarin: 口袋餅 /口袋饼 (kǒudàibǐng) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Czech: pita chléb — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Finnish: pitaleipä — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Finnish: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- French: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Galician: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Georgian: პიტა (ṗiṭa) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- German: Pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Greek: πίτα (píta) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Hebrew: פִּיתָה (píta) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Hindi: पीता (pītā) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Hungarian: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Italian: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Italian: pane arabo — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Japanese: ピタ (pita) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Korean: 피타 (pita) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Iranian Persian: پیتا (pitâ) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Iranian Persian: کُماج (komâj) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Polish: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Portuguese: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Russian: пи́та (píta) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Russian: лава́ш (laváš) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Spanish: pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Spanish: pan de pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Turkish: pide — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Ottoman Turkish: پیده (pide) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Ottoman Turkish: پیته (pite) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Ukrainian: пі́та (píta) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Urdu: پِیتا (pītā) — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
- Welsh: bara pita — bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide