different between init vs snit

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of initialize or initialization.

Noun

init (plural inits)

1. (computing) Clipping of initialization.

Verb

init (third-person singular simple present inits, present participle initing, simple past and past participle inited)

1. (computing) Clipping of initialize.

Etymology 2

See innit.

Contraction

init

1. Alternative form of innit.

Anagrams

• Inti, inti

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i?nit

Noun

init

1. heat; warmth; temperature.

Adjective

init

1. hot; warm; humid.
2. Bright and sunny.

Verb

init

1. To heat.
2. To keep or make warm.
3. To anger; to provoke.

Cuyunon

Noun

init

1. heat

Latin

Verb

init

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ine?

Mansaka

Noun

init

1. sweat

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin initium (“beginning”), as it refers to the beginning of Lent.

Noun

init f (genitive inite)

1. Shrovetide

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: init
  • Irish: Inid
  • Scottish Gaelic: Inid
  • Manx: Ynnyd

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “init”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qa?et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.nit/

Noun

init

1. heat; warmth; temperature

   Natuyo sa init ng apoy ang mga basa kong kamay.

   My wet hands got dry from the heat of the fire.

2. swelter, sweltering conditions
3. ardor, fervor

English

Etymology

Also perhaps from the German “schnitt” which is a portion of beer that is smaller than a glass.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sn?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

snit (plural snits)

1. A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.

   He's in a snit because he got passed over for promotion.

   • 2013, Florida Ann Town, On the Rim (page 84)

     She was confused. Now that he had worked himself into a snit he'd be angry if she unmade the bed and did what he wanted.

2. A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
3. (US, dialect) A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.

   The bartender served us each a snit with our Bloody Marys this morning.

See also

• snitty
• snit fit

Anagrams

• Inst., NIST, NTIS, TINs, Tsin, inst, inst., ints, isn't, nits, tins

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Old High German snita, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz (“cut, slice, piece”).

Noun

snit f

1. (Luserna) cut, slice, piece

References

• “snit” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien