different between revue vs skit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French revue (literally “review”). Doublet of review, which it replaced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vju?/, /???vju?/

Noun

revue (plural revues)

1. A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
2. Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.

Translations

Further reading

• revue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

From French revue.

Noun

revue f

1. revue, review, show
2. (periodical): review

Dutch

Etymology

From French revue.

Pronunciation

Noun

revue f or m (plural revues, diminutive revuetje n)

1. revue
2. review

French

Etymology

From revoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vy/

Noun

revue f (plural revues)

1. magazine, journal
2. troop inspection (military)
3. revue
4. revision

Derived terms

• revue de presse

Descendants

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

From French revue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?vy/

Noun

revue f (nominative plural revue, genitive plural revuí)

1. (periodical): review
2. revue, review, show

Declension

Further reading

• revue in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

skit (plural skits)

1. A short comic performance.
2. A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
   • 1882, Template:e, Swift

     That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.

3. (obsolete) A wanton girl; a wench.
   • 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram

     However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.

Translations

Verb

skit (third-person singular simple present skits, present participle skitting, simple past and past participle skitted)

1. (transitive, Ireland, Liverpudlian, Merseyside) To make fun of.
2. (regional, intransitive) To leap aside; to caper.

Related terms

• skittish

Translations

Anagrams

• Kist, kist, kits, tisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?t/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *sk?taz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.

Alternative forms

• skitt

Noun

skit m (definite singular skiten, indefinite plural skitar, definite plural skitane)

1. shit, muck, feces
2. dirt, rubbish (something useless)

Synonyms

• drit

Etymology 2

Verb

skit

1. inflection of skita:
   1. present
   2. imperative

References

• “skit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *sk?taz, *skitiz. Cognate with Danish skid, Icelandic skítur, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße and English shit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?t/

Noun

skit c (colloquial, mildly vulgar)

1. excrement, shit

2. dirt, filth

3. someone or something undesirable or revolting

Interjection

skit

1. (colloquial, vulgar) shit!

Verb

skit

1. imperative of skita.

Anagrams

• sikt, tiks