different between obit vs obis

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from ob?re (“to go down, to die”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??b?t/, /???b?t/

Noun

obit (plural obits)

1. (archaic) Death of a person. [14th-17th c.]
2. (Christianity, historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. [from 14th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 582:

     Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead.

3. A record of a person's death. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 2

Shortened from obituary.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

obit (plural obits)

1. (colloquial) An obituary.

Anagrams

• B. I. O. T., biot

French

Etymology

Latin obitus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.bit/

Noun

obit m (plural obits)

1. (archaic) death

Related terms

• obituaire

Further reading

• “obit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

obit

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

English

Noun

obis

1. plural of obi

Anagrams

• BIOS, BOIs, Ibos, bios, bois, sibo

Catalan

Noun

obis

1. plural of obi

Latin

Verb

ob?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of obe?

Volapük

Pronoun

obis

1. (accusative plural of ob) us