dit

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
2. (obsolete) To close up.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A ditty, a little melody.
2. (obsolete) A word; a decree.

Noun

The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

Noun

decimal digit

Adj

Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

Concepts

point

ti

Synonymes

dot

di

full point

full stop

period

pinpoint

pip

point

score

speck

spot

tally

vertex

punctum

stop

🛑

telegraphic signal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.