dito
Dutch
Etymology
From French dito, from Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dicere.
Pronunciation
-
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: di‧to
Adjective
dito (not comparable)
Inflection
| Inflection of dito | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | dito | |||
| inflected | dito | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | dito | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | dito | ||
| n. sing. | dito | |||
| plural | dito | |||
| definite | dito | |||
| partitive | — | |||
Noun
dito n (plural dito's)
- (following a numeral) indicating the same month as above
- ditto, the aforesaid day or date
Adverb
dito
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese dito, from Latin dictus, dictum.
Adjective
dito m (feminine singular dita, masculine plural ditos, feminine plural ditas)
Noun
dito m (plural ditos)
Synonyms
Verb
dito
Derived terms
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdito/
Noun
dito
- ditto (the aforesaid)
Further reading
- dito in Duden online
Italian
Etymology
From Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”).
Pronunciation
-
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ito
Noun
dito m (plural dita f, alternative plural diti m)
Usage notes
The feminine plural dita refers to fingers collectively; the masculine plural diti refers to fingers considered individually:
- diti medi (“middle fingers”)
- diti mignoli (“pinkies”)
When considered collectively:
- la mano umana ha cinque dita ― the human hand has five fingers
Related terms
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.toː/
Verb
dītō (present infinitive dītāre, perfect active dītāvī, supine dītātum); first conjugation
- I enrich
Inflection
Related terms
References
- dito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese dito, from Latin dictus.
Noun
dito m (plural ditos)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:provérbio
Adjective
dito m (feminine singular dita, masculine plural ditos, feminine plural ditas, comparable)
- said (mentioned earlier)
Verb
dito
- masculine singular past participle of dizer
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ditar (“dictate”).
Verb
dito
Swedish
Adverb
dito
Tagalog
Adverb
dito