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kit

See also: Kit, kıt, KIT, кіт, кит, and кит.

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

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From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.[1]

The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

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kit (countable and uncountable, plural kits)

  1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  2. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
    • 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
      He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
    Always carry a good first-aid kit.
  5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
    I built the entire car from a kit.
  6. (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
    • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎[1]:
      A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
  7. (UK, informal) Clothing.
    Get your kit off and come to bed.
    • 2022 December 20, “Topless Argie fan breaks silence with more nude vids as she dodges Qatar's wrath”, in The US Sun‎[2]:
      The Argentina fan who risked jail by getting her kit off at the World Cup final has broken her silence by posting more topless videos.
  8. (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  9. (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
  10. (music) A drum kit.
  11. (dated) The whole set; kit and caboodle.
    • 1818, Reports, volume 92, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 82:
      Do you know the proportion between ten and twelve or thirteen? — No; I should suppose you may take the whole kit of them as thirty; and the rest are people at from twenty to forty years of age.
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Translations to be checked‌: "equipment"

Verb

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kit (third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted)

  1. (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits.
    We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.
  2. (transitive) To equip (somebody) with something.
    Synonym: kit out

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kotze”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Etymology 2

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A short form of kitten and/or kitling. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, beaver, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox"). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit.

Noun

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kit (plural kits)

  1. A kitten (young cat).
  2. A kit fox.
  3. A young fox.
  4. A young beaver.
  5. A young skunk.
  6. A young ferret.
  7. A young rabbit.
  8. A young weasel
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Etymology 3

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16th century, perhaps from cithara.

Noun

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kit (plural kits)

  1. Synonym of kit violin
    • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
      A dancing master's kit.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
      Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from German kitte, Kütte (“flock of doves”) (circa 1880).

Noun

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kit (plural kits)

  1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Russian кит (kit).

Noun

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kit

  1. whale (Cetacea)

Declension

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Declension of kit
nominative kit
genitive kitniñ
dative kitke
accusative kitni
locative kitte
ablative kitten

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From German Kitt (“putty”).

Noun

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kit n (singular definite kittet, not used in plural form)

  1. putty

Etymology 2

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From English kit (1980).

Noun

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kit n (singular definite kittet, plural indefinite kit or kits)

  1. kit
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Declension of kit
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kit kittet kit
kits 		kittene
genitive kits kittets kits
kits' 		kittenes

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Of unknown origin. Possibly borrowed from the dialectal German Kietze (“carrying basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-. The German word has also appeared as Kötze, from Middle High German *kœzze, from Proto-Germanic *kut-, which would be related to the root of kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.[1]

Noun

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kit f (plural kitten, diminutive kitje n)

  1. metal can, used mainly for coal
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Kitt.

Noun

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kit f or n (uncountable)

  1. sealant
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

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kit m (plural kits, diminutive kitje n)

  1. set of tools

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kotze”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

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kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit (to assemble)

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Hungarian

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Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Etymology

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ki +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkit]
  • Hyphenation: kit

Pronoun

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kit

  1. accusative singular of ki
    Kit ajánl? ― Whom would you recommend?
    Kit érdekel? ― Who cares?

Jehai

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Noun

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kit

  1. buttocks
    kit tɔm : mouth of the river (literally: buttocks [of the] river)

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Nobiin

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Noun

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kit

  1. mountain

Nzadi

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Noun

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kít (plural kít)

  1. chair

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  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from German Kitt, from Middle High German küt, küte, from Old High German kuti, quiti, kwiti, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz.

Noun

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kit m inan

  1. putty (form of cement)
  2. (slang) lie
Declension
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Declension of kit
singular plural
nominative kit kity
genitive kitu kitów
dative kitowi kitom
accusative kit kity
instrumental kitem kitami
locative kicie kitach
vocative kicie kity
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adjective
interjection
noun
noun phrase
verbs

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kit f

  1. genitive plural of kita

Further reading

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  • kit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English kit.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈki.t͡ʃi/, /ˈkit͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkit͡ʃ/, /ˈki.t͡ʃi/

Noun

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kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit (collection of items needed for a specific purpose)
    Synonym: jogo
  2. kit (collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

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kit n (plural kituri)

  1. kit

Declension

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Declension of kit
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) kit kitul (niște) kituri kiturile
genitive/dative (unui) kit kitului (unor) kituri kiturilor
vocative kitule kiturilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

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kȉt m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏т)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of kit
singular plural
nominative kȉt kìtovi
genitive kita kitova
dative kitu kitovima
accusative kita kitove
vocative kite kitovi
locative kitu kitovima
instrumental kitom kitovima

Further reading

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  • “kit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

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kȋt m anim (female equivalent kȋtovka)

  1. whale
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. kít
gen. sing. kíta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kít kíta kíti
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kíta kítov kítov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kítu kítoma kítom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kíta kíta kíte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kítu kítih kítih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kítom kítoma kíti

Etymology 2

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From German Kitt (“putty”).

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Noun

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kȋt m inan

  1. putty
Inflection
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. kít
gen. sing. kíta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kít kíta kíti
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kíta kítov kítov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kítu kítoma kítom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kít kíta kíte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kítu kítih kítih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kítom kítoma kíti

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kit.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkit/ [ˈkit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: kit

Noun

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kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit
    Synonym: (kit) equipo

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Tok Pisin

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Noun

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kit

  1. putty

Turkmen

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

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kit (definite accusative kidi, plural kitler)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of kit
singular plural
nominative kit kitler
accusative kiti kitleri
genitive kitiň kitleriň
dative kite kitlere
locative kitde kitlerde
ablative kitden kitlerden
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