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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lit"

Translingual

Symbol

lit

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lithuanian.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”)) by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”).

Verb

lit

  1. simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
  2. simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
    • 1896, Florence Merriam Bailey, A-birding on a Bronco, page 87:
      […] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.

Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

  1. (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
    • 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!

Adjective

lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

  1. Illuminated.
    Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining
    He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. (slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
    Synonyms: stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk
    • 1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February:
      True to my word last night, I got very lit.
  3. (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy
  4. (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
    • 2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:
      DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
    • 2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:
      If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.
    • 2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:
      New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
    This party is gonna be lit.
  5. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
    • 2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:
      […] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
    • 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:
      At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
    • 2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:
      The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
    Those jeans are lit.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.

Adjective

lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)

  1. (obsolete) Little.

Noun

lit (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Little.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic litur (“colour”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).

Noun

lit (uncountable)

  1. (UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.

Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

  1. (transitive) To colour; dye.

Etymology 5

Short for literature.

Noun

lit (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of literature.
    Do we have any lit homework tonight?
Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

lit

  1. masculine singular passive participle of lít

Faroese

Etymology

From the verb líta (‘to view’).

Pronunciation

Noun

lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)

  1. short wink, view, look

Declension

More information n3s, singular ...
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative lit litið
accusative lit litið
dative liti litinum
genitive lits litsins
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Synonyms

  • eygnabrá (wink)

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French lit, from Latin lectus.

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

  1. bed
    Synonym: (colloquial) plumard
    Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. ― Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lire
    Jean lit très souvent. ― Jean reads very often.

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

lit

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of litur

Middle English

Noun

lit

  1. Alternative form of light

Norman

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

  1. Alternative form of llit (“bed”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlít.

Noun

lit f or m (definite singular)

  1. trust
    Eg set min lit til Gud.
    I put my trust in God.

Etymology 2

Verb

lit

  1. present tense of lite
  2. imperative of lite

Etymology 3

Noun

lìt m (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of let

References

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lit oblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)

  1. bed

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: leit
  • French: lit
  • Norman: liet

Old Norse

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

lit n

  1. glance
  • líta (“to see”)
  • litr (“complexion, colour; the first dawn; dye”)

Further reading

Anagrams

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin lithium.

Noun

lit m inan

  2. lithium (soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3)
  3. (informal, organic chemistry) lithium carbonate (lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder)
Declension
More information singular, nominative ...
singular
nominative lit
genitive litu
dative litowi
accusative lit
instrumental litem
locative licie
vocative licie
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Declension of lit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lithuanian litas.

Noun

lit m animal

  2. (historical) litas (former unit of currency of Lithuania)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative lit lity
genitive lita litów
dative litowi litom
accusative lita lity
instrumental litem litami
locative licie litach
vocative licie lity
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Declension of lit

Further reading

  • lit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • lit in PWN's encyclopedia

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lit f

  1. genitive singular of lite

Sumbawa

Noun

lit

  1. sea

Swedish

Noun

lit c

  1. trust

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
Declension of lit
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lit lits
definite liten litens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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Synonyms

See also

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Licht and English light.

Noun

lit (nominative plural lits)

  1. light
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:
      Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.
      You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
  2. illumination

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
Declension of lit
singular plural
nominative lit lits
genitive lita litas
dative lite lites
accusative liti litis
vocative 1 o lit! o lits!
predicative 2 litu litus
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1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zay

Noun

lit

  1. tree-bark

References

  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

Zhuang

Etymology

Cognate with Bouyei ridt (“hail”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lit (1957–1982 spelling lit)

  1. (dialectal, weather) hail
    Synonyms: lwgbag, (dialectal) haet, (dialectal) byagcaej

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