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suit
English
Etymology
From Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite and Old French sieute, siute (modern suite), originally a participle adjective from Vulgar Latin *sequita (for sec?ta), from Latin sequi (“to follow”), because the component garments "follow each other", i.e. are worn together. See also the doublet suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Related to sue and segue.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s(j)u?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s(j)ut/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- Homophone: soot (in some dialects)
Noun
suit (plural suits)
- A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
- (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
- (derogatory, slang, metonymically) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
- A full set of armour.
- (law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
- (obsolete): The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
- Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
- 1725, Alexander Pope, Odyssey (original by Homer)
- Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend,
Till this funereal web my labors end.
- Rebate your loves, each rival suit suspend,
- 1725, Alexander Pope, Odyssey (original by Homer)
- (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
- The full set of sails required for a ship.
- (card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.
- 1785, William Cowper, The Task
- To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort
Her mingled suits and sequences.
- To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort
- 1785, William Cowper, The Task
- (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Vicissitude of Things
- Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
- (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
- (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- suite
Translations
See also
References
- suit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
suit (third-person singular simple present suits, present participle suiting, simple past and past participle suited)
- (transitive) To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
- (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
- (transitive) To be appropriate or apt for.
- c. 1700, Matthew Prior, epistle to Dr. Sherlock
- Raise her notes to that sublime degree / Which suits song of piety and thee.
- c. 1700, Matthew Prior, epistle to Dr. Sherlock
- (most commonly used in the passive form, intransitive) To dress; to clothe.
- To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
- (intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)
- Synonyms: agree, match, answer
Derived terms
- suited and booted
- suit up
- suit yourself
- unsuited
Translations
Anagrams
- ITUs, Situ, TUIs, Tsui, UTIs, iust, situ, tuis, utis
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?i/
- Rhymes: -?i
- Homophone: suis
Verb
suit
- third-person singular present indicative of suivre
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?su.it/, [?s?u?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?su.it/, [?su?it?]
Verb
suit
- third-person singular present active indicative of su?
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English suit.
Noun
suit m (plural suits)
- (Jersey) suit (of clothes)
Synonyms
- fa
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court
English
Etymology
From Middle English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Latin c?rtem (accusative of c?rs), ultimately from cohors. Doublet of cohort.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?t/
- Homophone: caught (non-rhotic with the horse-hoarse merger)
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Noun
court (plural courts)
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
- And round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters.
- (US, Australia) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
- (social) Royal society.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- 1819-1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan
- Love rules the court, the camp, the grove.
- 1819-1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
- 1667, John Evelyn, Diary entry 18 April, 1667
- I went to make court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle at their house in Clerkenwell.
- 1667, John Evelyn, Diary entry 18 April, 1667
- (law) The administration of law.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- 2010, Cara Marcus, Faulkner Hospital
- The photograph at left captures a great serve by Dr. Sadowsky, who will never forget one of Bobby Riggs's serves, which had such a great spin that it landed in his court and bounced back to the other side of the net before he had a chance to return it.
- 2010, Cara Marcus, Faulkner Hospital
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Russian: ???? (kort) (see there for further descendants)
Translations
Verb
court (third-person singular simple present courts, present participle courting, simple past and past participle courted)
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
- Synonyms: romance, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo
- (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
- (transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
- Synonyms: charm, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure
Translations
Further reading
- court on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Crout, Curto, Turco, Turco-, crout
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?/
- Homophones: cour, coure, courent, coures, courre, cours, courts
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
From Old French curt, from Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Adjective
court (feminine singular courte, masculine plural courts, feminine plural courtes)
- short
Derived terms
Related terms
- accourcir
- écourter
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
court
- third-person singular present indicative of courir
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English court.
Noun
court m (plural courts)
- (tennis) court
Derived terms
- fond de court
Further reading
- “court” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- courte
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cort, curt.
Noun
court (plural courts)
- court (place, building)
Descendants
- English: court
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French cort, curt, etc.
Noun
court f (plural cours)
- court (of law)
- court (of a palace, etc.)
Descendants
- French: cour
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (court, supplement)
Norman
Etymology
From Old French curt, from Latin curtus (“shortened, short”).
Adjective
court m
- (Jersey) short
Derived terms
- courtément (adverb)
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French curt, from Latin curtus.
Adjective
court m (feminine singular courte, masculine plural courts, feminine plural courtes, feminine plural (before noun) courtès)
- short
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