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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??os/, /ji??o?s/, /?d?i??o?s/, /?d??a??o?s/

Noun

gyros (plural gyros)

1. Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??oz/, /ji??o?z/, /?d?i??o?z/, /?d??a??o?z/

Noun

gyros

1. plural of gyro (“Greek sandwich”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d??a??o?z]

Noun

gyros

1. plural of gyro (“gyroscope etc.”)

Anagrams

• gorsy

Czech

Noun

gyros m

1. gyro (Greek sandwich)

Further reading

• gyros in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ????? (gýros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?r?s/
• Hyphenation: gy?ros

Noun

gyros m (uncountable)

1. gyro (Greek sandwich)

French

Etymology

From Greek ????? (gýros)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.?os/
• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: gy?ros

Noun

gyros m (plural gyros)

1. gyro (Greek sandwich)

Alternative forms

• gyro
• yero

Latin

Noun

g?r?s

1. accusative plural of g?rus

Polish

Alternative forms

• giros

Etymology

From Greek ????? (gýros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.r?s/

Noun

gyros m inan

1. gyro (Greek sandwich)

Declension

Further reading

• gyros in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• gyros in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ????? (gýros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??y?r?s/, /?jy?r?s/

Noun

gyros c

1. gyro (Greek sandwich)

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?t?/, /?pi?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pi?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?, -i?t?
• Homophone: PETA (US)
• Homophone: Peter (non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek ???? (píta, “pie”), more at pizza.

Alternative forms

• pita bread
• pitta
• pitta bread

Noun

pita (plural pitas)

1. A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

Noun

pita (plural pitas)

1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
2. The plant which yields the fiber.

Anagrams

• Pait, TAPI

Asturian

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

1. hen (female bird (i.e. chicken))

Synonyms

• gallina

Bikol Central

Noun

pitâ

1. (anatomy) vagina of young girls

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?pi.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pi.ta/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

1. century plant

   Synonym: atzavara

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

Etymology 2

Noun

pita f (plural pites)

1. pita (flat bread pouch)

Further reading

• “pita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pita” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “pita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?ta]

Verb

pita

1. inflection of pít:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Finnish

Noun

pita

1. pita

Declension

Synonyms

• pitaleipä

Anagrams

• apit, pati

Galician

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pita?/

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. young hen

   Synonym: pola

2. hen

   Synonym: galiña

Derived terms

• Pita
• pita cega
• pita de río
• pita do monte

Related terms

• pitiño
• pito

Etymology 2

From Spanish pita, from an American language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pita?/

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. century plant

   Synonyms: agave, piteira}}

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)}}
3. pita (the plant which yields the fiber)

Derived terms

• piteira

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pita

1. Third-person singular (el, ela, vostede^?) present indicative of pitar
2. Second-person singular (ti) affirmative imperative of pitar

References

• “pita” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “pita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guaraní

Verb

pita

1. smoke

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ta/

Noun

pita

1. ribbon
2. excise seal
3. band
   1. (physics, computing) a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

pita f (plural pite)

1. pita (type of slightly leavened flatbread)

   Synonym: pane arabo

Limos Kalinga

Noun

pita

1. dirt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?ita]

Participle

pita

1. nominative singular feminine of pity

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

pita

1. land; earth

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

pita

1. vocative singular of pitar (“father”)

Anagrams

• pati

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.ta/

Etymology 1

Noun

pita f

1. pita

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

pita

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of pity

Further reading

• pita in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

pita m (plural pitas)

1. pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)

   Synonyms: pão sírio, pão árabe

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas

   Synonym: piteira

2. agave (any plant of the genus Agave)

   Synonyms: agave, piteira

3. pita (fibre obtained from agaves)

Verb

pita

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pitar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pitar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Greek ???? (píta).

Noun

p?ta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. pie (a type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Greek ???? (píta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pì?ta/

Noun

píta f

1. pie (type of pastry)

Inflection

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pita/, [?pi.t?a]

Etymology 1

Noun

pita f (plural pitas)

1. century plant (Agave americana)

   Synonym: (Latin America) maguey

2. pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)

Descendants

• Catalan: pita
• English: pita

Etymology 2

Noun

pita m (plural pitas)

1. pita (flat bread pouch)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pita

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pitar.

Further reading

• “pita” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-pita (infinitive kupita)

1. to pass, exceed, surpass
2. (euphemism) die

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pitia
  • Causative: -pitisha
  • Passive: -pitiwa
  • Reciprocal: -pitiana
  • Reduplicative: -pitapita
  • Stative: -pitika

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

pita

1. intense, strong or eager desire

Derived terms

• pitahin
• pumita

Related terms

• hangad
• layon
• nais
• nasa

Synonyms

• pithaya

Etymology 2

Noun

pitâ

1. low-lying land; lowland; watery land