nit

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. (Ireland, UK, slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
4. (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
5. A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
6. A nitpicker.

Verb

To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

Sinonieme

louse egg

louse

egg of a louse

egg

🥚

lice

larva

moron

nitwit

nits

louse-egg

bead

candela per square metre

flea

head louse

idiot

item of clothing

Vertalings

lendine

liendre

lente

Nisse

neet

lêndea

sirke

llémena

κόνιδα

nit

pidocchio

nit

μηδαμινότητα

lēns

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Nederlands: neet

Verwante met Duits: Nisse

Verwante met Noors: nit

Verwante met Skotse Gallies: sneadh

Verwante met Litaus: glìnda

Verwante met Pools: gnida

Verwante met Albanees: thëri

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: κονίς

In summary

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)).