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slit
English
Etymology
From Old English sl?tan, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan? (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
slit (plural slits)
- A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
- (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
- (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
Derived terms
- slit drum
Translations
Verb
slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)
- To cut a narrow opening.
- He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
- To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
- (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.
Translations
Adjective
slit (not comparable)
- Having a cut narrow opening
Anagrams
- &lits, List, list, lits, silt, tils
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse *slit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stl??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)
- wear and tear
Declension
Anagrams
- list
See also
- slitna
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
slit
- imperative of slite
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
slit
- inflection of slita:
- present
- imperative
Swedish
Noun
slit n
- toil, labour
Declension
Verb
slit
- imperative of slita.
Anagrams
- list, lits, stil
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sli?t/, /²?li?t/ (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ì?t
Verb
slit (preterite släit, supine sliti or slittä)
- (transitive, intransitive) To tear.
Related terms
- slet
slit From the web:
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rupture
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin rupt?ra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin rupt?ra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???pt??/
Noun
rupture (countable and uncountable, plural ruptures)
- A burst, split, or break.
- A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
- 1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland
- He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
- 1761, The Modern Part of an Universal History
- Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.
- 1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland
- (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
Translations
Verb
rupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)
- (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
- (botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.
Translations
See also
- Rupture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- rupture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rupture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rupture at OneLook Dictionary Search
Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *Hrewp-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?yp.ty?/
- Rhymes: -y?
Noun
rupture f (plural ruptures)
- breakup, rupture
Derived terms
- en rupture de ban
Verb
rupture
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Latin
Participle
rupt?re
- vocative masculine singular of rupt?rus
rupture From the web:
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