English
wikipedia|dab=nit

Pronunciation
rhymes|ɪt

Homophones
knit

Etymology 1
OE. term|hnitu|lang=ang.

Noun
en-noun

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. slang A fool, a nitwit.

Synonyms
dickies qualifier|Geordie

Translations
trans-top|egg of a louse
Albanian: thëri f|p
Bosnian: t|bs|gnjida|f
Croatian: t|hr|gnjida|f
Dutch: t|nl|neet|f
Fijian: t-|fj|lise|xs=Fijian
Finnish: saivare, saivar
French: t+|fr|lente|f
German: t-|de|Nisse|f
Hawaiian: liha
Hungarian: serke
trans-mid
Ilocano: lisa
Maori: t-|mi|riha|xs=Maori
Russian: t|ru|гнида|f|tr=gnída
Serbian: t|sr|г�ида|f|tr=gnjida
Spanish: liendre f
trans-bottom

trans-top|young louse
Dutch: neet f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|slang: fool, nitwit
Finnish: dille
trans-mid
trans-bottom

ttbc-top
ttbc|CJKV Characters: �, �
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Etymology 2
Latin nitere, to shine

Noun
en-noun

1. A candela per square meter.

Anagrams
tin

Catalan

Etymology
L.|ca term|nox|lang=la.

Noun
ca-noun-f

1. night

Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|g=f|niti

1. thread

Declension
hr-decl-noun
|nit|niti
|niti|niti
|niti|nitima
|nit|niti
|niti|niti
|niti|nitima
|ni�u / niti|nitima

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-nit.ogg|audio

Noun
infl|cs|noun

1. thread

Polish

Etymology
G.|pl term|Niete|lang=de.

Noun
infl|pl|noun|gender=m

1. rivet

Romanian

Etymology
G.|ro term|Niete|lang=de.

Noun
infl|ro|noun|g=n

1. rivet

Swedish

Noun
infl|sv|noun

1. The action of breaking very hard.
2. Small metal peg often used to join pieces of metal together, but is also used in e.g. jeans, and in clothes used by punk rockers for aesthetic reasons.
3. A lottery ticket which gave no reward.
4. Zeal.

Conjugation
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| bgcolor#FFFFF0 colspan5 align=center | Common
|-
|- bgcolor#FFFFF0 aligncenter
! rowspan=2 |
| colspan2 width105 | Singular
| colspan=2 | Plural
|- bgcolor#FFFFF0 aligncenter
| width=105 | Indefinite
| width=105 | Definite
| width=105 | Indefinite
| width=105 | Definite
|- align=center
| width105 bgcolor#FFFFF0 | Nominative
| nit
| niten
| nitar
| nitarna
|- align=center
| width105 bgcolor#FFFFF0 | Genitive
| nits
| nitens
| nitars
| nitarnas
|}

Synonyms
tvärnit (1)
nitlott (3)

See also
nita
gå på en nit

Volapük

Noun
infl|vo|noun

1. A staple.
2. A staple for office stapler.

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• 2008-01-01 08:04 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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