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.

Concepten

neet

stommeling

leeghoofd

nit

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

lendine

liendre

lente

Nisse

lêndea

llémena

κόνιδα

sirke

nit

pidocchio

nit

lēns

μηδαμινότητα

Nit

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/nɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: neet

Verwant aan Duits: Nisse

Verwant aan Noors: nit

Verwant aan Schots-Gaelisch: sneadh

Verwant aan Litouws: glìnda

Verwant aan Pools: gnida

Verwant aan Albanees: thëri

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: 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)).