rit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną.

Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.

Etymology 2

References

• The Middle English Dictionary
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TIR, TRI, Tir, tri, tri-

Noun

rit ?

1. rite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪt/

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• Hyphenation: rit
• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Homophone: Rith

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *rit, in Middle Dutch only sparsely attested in compounds, from Middle Low German rit or Middle High German ritt, related to Middle Dutch rêde, dialectal Dutch reed, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• tri

Etymology 1

See the lemma.

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Further reading

• “rit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tir, tri

Etymology

From Old Norse rit, from Proto-Germanic *writą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

rit n (genitive singular rits, nominative plural rit)

1. writ
2. work, literary work
3. (mathematics) chart, diagram

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly substrate origin. Compare Friulian raze, Hungarian réce, Albanian rosë, Serbo-Croatian raca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rit m (plural rits)

1. duck

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːt/

Verb

rīt

1. third-person singular present indicative of rīdan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητός (rhētós) or Latin ritus or French rite.

Noun

rit n (plural rituri)

1. rite