knit

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
2. (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
4. (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
5. (intransitive) To grow together.
6. (transitive) To combine from various elements.
7. (intransitive) To heal following a fracture.
8. (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
9. (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

Noun

1. A knitted garment.
2. A session of knitting.

Concepts

tricoter

tricot

tisser

unir

coudre

élaborer

entrelacer

froisser

froncer

lier

🔗

plaine

se souder

souder

tresser

vomir

assembler

tricotage

chiffonner

construire

échafauder

éditer

Synonymes

weave

crochet

braid

wrinkle

pucker

interlace

knitting

tie

knot

🪢

plait

frown

knit stitch

sew

rumple

plain stitch

grow together

interlaced

plain

intertwine

contract

crumple

cockle

join

accrete

unite

hitch

wave

👋

knitwork

combine

screw up

twine

entwine

scowl

unify

link

🔗

bind

merge

couple

👫

net

connect

build

conjoin

conglutinate

briny

becket

conflate

compound

bring together

complect

grummet

Traductions

tejer

stricken

breien

lavorare a maglia

tricotar

tricotar

πλέκω

hacer punto

saldarsi

soldarse

ζαρώνω

verknüpfen

چنین

fazer meias

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: knytten

Hérité de ancien anglais: cnyttan

Appartenant à bas-allemand: knütten

Appartenant à vieux norrois: knýta

Appartenant à danois: knytte

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: knyta

In summary

From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”).
Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.