wit

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) Sanity.
2. (countable, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable) The senses.
3. (countable, uncountable) Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
4. (countable, uncountable) The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
5. (countable, uncountable) Intelligence; common sense.
6. (countable, uncountable) Humour, especially when clever or quick.
7. (countable, uncountable) A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Verb

To know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).

Prep

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Concepts

intelligence

raison

esprit

ingéniosité

cerveau

🧠

mot d’esprit

sagacité

petit malin

astuce

farceur

bon sens

humeur

humour

intellect

mentalité

perspicacité

rigolo

😄

ruse

sagesse

tête

eutrapélie

acuité

mot d'esprit

aptitude

à savoir

capacité

cervelle

🧠

c’est-à-dire

faculté

finesse

génie

🧞

habileté

habilité

Synonymes

intellect

intelligence

wisdom

mind

humour

wittiness

sense

sharpness

cleverness

sagacity

brain

🧠

brightness

wag

witticism

talent

humor

ability

brainpower

joke

🤣

knowledge

acumen

understanding

humorist

capacity of mind

know

genius

brains

witty person

esprit

comic fellow

joker

witty

learning ability

witster

tact

smartness

subtlety

shrewdness

skill

repartee

reason

resourceful

humourist

punster

resourcefulness

card

mentality

mental capacity

wisecracker

ghost

👻

Traductions

arguzia

Witz

🤣

inteligência

inteligencia

spirito

ingenio

Verstand

Witzbold

boegspriet

ingegno

intelligentie

νους

γνωρίζω

intelligenza

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wit

Hérité de ancien anglais: witt

Appartenant à néerlandais: weet

Appartenant à allemand: Witz

Appartenant à danois: vid

Appartenant à suédois: vett

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: vett

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹

Appartenant à latin: vīdī

Appartenant à bulgare: вям

Appartenant à russe: ве́дать

Appartenant à sanskrit: विद्या

Appartenant à islandais: vita

Appartenant à néerlandais: weten

Appartenant à allemand: wissen

Appartenant à danois: vide

Appartenant à suédois: veta

Appartenant à latin: videō

In summary

From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
Cognate with Dutch wit (“knowledge”), German Witz (“joke; wit, humour”), Danish vid (“wit”), Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish vett (“wit”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”), Bulgarian вям (vjam, “to know”), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge, wisdom”). Compare wise.