slit

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• /ˈslɪt/
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From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: шлиц (šlic) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Bulgarian: цепка (cepka) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Chinese Mandarin: 狭缝 (xiáfèng) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Czech: škvíra — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Czech: skulina — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Czech: štěrbina — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Dutch: spleet — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Dutch: gleuf — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Esperanto: fendo — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Estonian: pilu — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Finnish: viilto — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• French: fente — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Galician: fenda — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Galician: regaña — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• German: Nut — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• German: Schlitz — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• German: Spalt — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Hungarian: vágás — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Italian: fessura — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Macedonian: про́цеп (prócep) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Macedonian: це́пка (cépka) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Māori: hahae — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Māori: haenga — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Occitan: fenda — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Occitan: dobertura — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Occitan: fendascla — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Plautdietsch: Schlerz — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Portuguese: greta — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Portuguese: ranhura — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Russian: щель (ščelʹ) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Russian: разре́з (razréz) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Spanish: ranura — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Spanish: tajo — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Spanish: rendija — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Spanish: rehendija — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Spanish: redendija — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Spanish: hendija — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Ottoman Turkish: فتق (fıtık) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Ottoman Turkish: چاك (çâk) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Ukrainian: щі́лина (ščílyna) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Ukrainian: шпари́на (šparýna) — narrow cut or opening; a slot
• Dutch: spleet — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Esperanto: fendo — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Estonian: pilu — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Finnish: viiva — vulgar, slang: vulva
• French: vulve — vulgar, slang: vulva
• French: fente — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Galician: fenda — vulgar, slang: vulva
• German: Schlitz — vulgar, slang: vulva
• German: Schamritze — vulgar, slang: vulva
• German: Ritze — vulgar, slang: vulva
• German: Schamspalte — vulgar, slang: vulva
• German: Spalte — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Portuguese: racha — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Russian: щёлка (ščólka) — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Spanish: raja — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Spanish: rayita — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Volapük: kunudaslitod — vulgar, slang: vulva
• Dutch: slet — vulgar, slang: a derogatory name for a woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute
• Russian: мокрощёлка (mokroščólka) — vulgar, slang: a derogatory name for a woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute
• Arabic: قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) — cut a narrow opening
• Arabic: شَطَبَ (šaṭaba) — cut a narrow opening
• Arabic: شَرَطَ (šaraṭa) — cut a narrow opening
• Bulgarian: цепя (cepja) — cut a narrow opening
• Bulgarian: разцепвам (razcepvam) — cut a narrow opening
• Czech: rozříznout — cut a narrow opening
• Czech: proříznout — cut a narrow opening
• Dutch: opensnijden — cut a narrow opening
• Finnish: viiltää — cut a narrow opening
• German: schlitzen — cut a narrow opening
• German: aufschlitzen — cut a narrow opening
• German: zerschlitzen — cut a narrow opening
• Italian: fendere — cut a narrow opening
• Māori: hāpara — cut a narrow opening
• Māori: hōripi — cut a narrow opening
• Māori: hōripiripi — cut a narrow opening
• Māori: hae — cut a narrow opening
• Māori: hori — cut a narrow opening
• Spanish: degollar — cut a narrow opening
• Spanish: despescuezar — cut a narrow opening
• Spanish: espescuezar — cut a narrow opening
• Turkish: kesmek — cut a narrow opening
• Bulgarian: разрязвам (razrjazvam) — split into strips
• Dutch: splijten — split into strips
• Dutch: opensnijden — split into strips
• Finnish: leikata suikaleiksi — split into strips
• Galician: esgallar — split into strips
• Galician: fender — split into strips
• Galician: rachar — split into strips
• German: trennen — split into strips
• German: auftrennen — split into strips
• German: teilen — split into strips
• German: zerteilen — split into strips
• Hebrew: חתך (khatákh) — split into strips
• Hebrew: פיצל (pitsél) — split into strips
• Indonesian: mengiris — split into strips
• Japanese: 切る (kiru) — split into strips
• Portuguese: fender — split into strips
• Portuguese: rachar — split into strips