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1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Viti.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Viti terms

From Proto-Albanian *weta, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos^[1] (compare Proto-Slavic *věkъ (“age (period of time)”), Greek έτος (étos), Latin vetus (“old”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”)).

vit m (plural vite or vjet, definite viti, definite plural vitet or vjetët)

1. year

• vjetër
• vjeçar (“annual”)
  • dyvjeçar (“biannual”)

Inherited from Latin vectis (“bar, pole”).

vit m (plural vits)

1. penis
2. a whip or baton made from a bull's penis

   Synonym: vit de bou

• bitxo m (“chili pepper”)

Inherited from Latin vitis f (“vine”).

vit m (plural vits)

1. (archaic) Vine shoot, tendril

   Synonyms: redorta, sarment

• vidalba f
• vidiella f

• “vit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vit”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪt]

vit

1. masculine singular passive participle of vít

From Proto-Germanic *witją from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit.

• IPA^(key): [viːt]

vit n (genitive singular vits, uncountable)

1. intelligence
2. consciousness

   fáa vitið aftur ― to regain consciousness

• (intelligence): skilningur, fatan, skyn, skil

From Old Norse vit.

• IPA^(key): [viːt], hasty: IPA^(key): [vɪtː]

vit

1. we

   Vit eru føroyingar.

   We are Faroese.

   Vit koma aftur.

   We come back.

• okur (Sandoy, Suðuroy)

• IPA^(key): /vi/

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Inherited from Middle French veit, from Latin vīdit.

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of voir

Inherited from Middle French vit, from Latin vīvit.

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

From Old French vit, from Latin vectis (“rod, lever”).

vit m (plural vits)

1. (obsolete, literary) pintle, John Thomas (penis)
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:

     Ce fut Durcet qui, ce matin-là, se prêta aux exercices de pollutions, et, comme son vit était extraordinairement petit, il donna plus de peine aux écolières.

     It was Durcet who, that morning, took part in the spunking exercises, and, as his dick was extraordinarily small, he caused the school girls more grief.

• “vit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Danish vid, Swedish vett, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪːt]
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

vit n (genitive singular vits, no plural)

1. wits, intelligence
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Vits er þörf

     þeim er víða ratar.

     Dælt er heima hvað.

     Að augabragði verður

     sá er ekki kann

     og með snotrum situr.

     Wits must he have

     who wanders wide,

     But all is easy at home;

     At the witless man

     the wise shall wink

     When among such men he sits.

2. reason, sense

   Viðskiptavit.

   Business acumen.

3. knowledge
4. awareness, sentience

• (wit, intelligence): greind
• (reason, sense): skynsemi, skynsemd, mannvit
• (knowledge): þekking
• (awareness): meðvitund

• vita (“to know”)

Borrowed from Italian vite.

• IPA^(key): /viːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

vit m (plural viti or vitien or vitijiet)

1. screw
2. tap
3. (by extension) water tap

Inherited from Latin vīvit.

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre
   • 1556, Commentaires, page 60:

     Car ce qu’il eſt mort, il eſt mort pour vne fois a peche: mais ce qu’il vit, il vit a Dieu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• French: vit

• mit

Inherited from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, *wit (“we”).

vit

1. first-person dual pronoun; we two

   til sannz vitnisburdar settum vit okor in-sighli fyrir þetta bref [...]

   As a proof of truth, we place our insignia on this letter [...]

• Norwegian Nynorsk: vi
• Norwegian Bokmål: vi

• Diplomatarium Norvegicum
• “vi”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *wit.

vit (stem II vih)

1. to stab, prick, poke

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “vit”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

vit

1. imperative of vite

• vett

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Norwegian Bokmål vett, Swedish vett, Danish vid, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

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4=vita

vit n (plural vitet)

1. wit

From the Old Norse vit, the imperative form of Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

vit

1. imperative of vita

• “vit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit/

From Latin vectis m (“rod”).

vit oblique singular, m (oblique plural viz or vitz, nominative singular viz or vitz, nominative plural vit)

1. (vulgar) dick; cock (human penis)

• French: vit m

see veoir

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of veoir

see vivre

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

From Proto-Germanic *wet, *wit. Cognate with Old English wit, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit).

• (younger, Norwegian) mit — ← erum vit

vit

2. first-person dual pronoun; we two

• Icelandic: við
• Faroese: vit
• Middle Norwegian: vit, mit (< erum vit)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vi, me (also from ver, mer)
  • Jamtish: mæð
• Elfdalian: wįð
• Old Swedish: vit

From Proto-Germanic *witą.

vit

2. wit, understanding, sense, intelligence, reason

• manvit
• vitlauss

• Icelandic: vit
• Faroese: vit
• Norwegian Bokmål: vett
• Old Swedish: vit, vēt
  • Swedish: vett
• Danish: vid

vit

1. second-person present imperative of vita

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit/

vit (with genitive)

1. of, from; by

vit (Cyrillic spelling вит)

1. passive past participle of viti

• hvit (pre-1906 spelling)

From Old Swedish hvīter, from Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːt/

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vit

1. white (having a white color)

   Antonym: svart

   Hyponyms: benvit, blåvit, elfenbensvit, gråvit, gulvit, snövit

2. (of a person) white (having light skin)
   • 1917, August Strindberg, “Sagan om Stig Storverks son.”, in Hövdingaminnen, page 11:

     – De ljusa männen äkta ibland mörka kvinnor, och deras barn bli ljusa; men ännu aldrig har en svart man fått en vit kvinna

     – The light men sometimes marry dark women, and their children become light; but yet never has a black man got a white woman.

   • 2012, Görrel Espelund, Andreas Karlsson, “Historien väger tungt för Sydafrikas unga”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 January 2025:

     En politisk affisch där en vit man och en svart kvinna håller om varandra väcker debatt i Sydafrika.

     A political poster where a white man and a black woman hug each other is provoking debate in South Africa.

3. signifying honesty and openness
   • 2014, Johanna Karlsson, “Han ville få sin lön – men fick då sparken”, in Kvällsposten‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 August 2025:

     Mycket jämfört med de som betalades svart, men inte mycket för två månaders heltidsarbete på vitt kontrakt.

     Much compared to what was paid illicitly, but not much for two months' full-time work with a legitimate contract.

4. (of a period of time) dry, without alcohol consumption
   • 2010, “"Vad var viktigast för dig i veckan?"”, in Göteborgs-Posten‎^[3], archived from the original on 11 December 2010:

     En person berättade att det viktigaste som hänt var att han hade haft en vit vecka. Han hade alkoholproblem och stod för det.

     One person said that the most important thing that happened was that he had a dry week. He had alcohol problems and stood for it.

   • 2010, “Läkare ser vit januari som ”meningslös, medicinskt sett””, in Dagens Nyheter‎^[4], archived from the original on 23 August 2026:

     Att göra januari till en vit månad, efter att ha konsumerat väl mycket alkohol under det år som passerat, är inget som ger någon positiv hälsoeffekt.

     Making January a dry month, after consuming a good deal of alcohol during the last year, is not something that will have any positive health effect.

5. (of a period of time or the like) white (with snow)
   • 2005, “Ingen vit jul i södra Sverige”, in Dagens Nyheter‎^[5]:

     Statistiskt sett får man bege sig norr om Siljan för att försäkra sig om en vit jul.

     Statistically you have to go north of Siljan to make sure you have a white Christmas.

   • 2008, Karin Abrahamsson, “Sverige fick en vit påsk”, in Aftonbladet‎^[6], archived from the original on 23 August 2026:

     Det blev en vit påsk i hela Sverige.

     It became a white Easter in all of Sweden.

   • 2011, Mikael Anjou, “Ingen snö så vitt man kan se”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[7]:

     Hösten är varm, men blir det en vit vinter i Skåne, som de två senaste, eller blir det en våt, som vanligt?

     The autumn is warm, but will it be a white winter in Skåne, like the last two, or will it be wet, as usual?

6. a style of portion snus that has not been post-moisturized, is less runny, and has a more even taste

   Synonym: white

   Coordinate term: original

   • 2019, Joakim Almén, “Det här är svenskarnas favoritsnus”, in Café‎^[8], archived from the original on 23 August 2026:

     Försäljningen av vitt snus ökade med 255(!) procent medan nikotinfritt snus ökade med 20 procent.

     White snus sales increased by 255(!) percent while nicotine-free snus increased by 20 percent.

• benvit (“off-white”)
• vit blodkropp (“white blood cell”)
• vit magi (“white magic”)

• vitt (noun)

• “vit”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vit”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vit”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

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