kit

See also: Kit, kıt, and KIT

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

English from the 14th century, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown.

The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  2. A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
    • 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
    He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
    Always carry a good first-aid kit.
  5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
    I built the entire car from a kit.
  6. (Britain, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
    • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎:
      A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
  7. (Britain, informal) Clothing.
    Get your kit off and come to bed.
  8. (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  9. (music) A drum kit.

Hyponyms

Derived terms
Translations
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Verb

kit (third-person singular simple present kits, present participle kitting, simple past and past participle kitted)

  1. (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
    We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

Adjective

kit (not comparable) (Should we delete(+) this sense?)

  1. Something which came originally in kit form.
    kit car

Etymology 2

A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. A kitten (young cat).
  2. A kit fox.
Translations

Etymology 3

16th century, perhaps from cithara.

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. Synonym of kit violin
    • Grew
      A dancing master's kit.
    • Charles Dickens, Bleak House
      Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German kitte, kütte (circa 1880).

Noun

kit (plural kits)

  1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.

Anagrams

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian кит (kit).

Noun

kit

  1. whale (Cetacea)

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Etymology 1

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, not used in plural form)

  1. putty

Etymology 2

From English kit (1980).

Noun

kit n (singular definite kittet, plural indefinite kit or kits)

  1. kit
Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

kit f (plural kitten, diminutive kitje n)

  1. metal can, used mainly for coal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kitt.

Noun

kit f, n (uncountable)

  1. sealant
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English kit.

Noun

kit m (plural kits, diminutive kitje n)

  1. set of tools

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

ki +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkit]
  • Hyphenation: kit

Pronoun

kit

  1. accusative singular of ki
    Kit ajánl? ― Whom would you recommend?
    Kit érdekel? ― Who cares?

Jehai

Noun

kit

  1. buttocks
    kit tɔm : mouth of the river (literally: buttocks [of the] river)

Reference

Nzadi

Noun

kít (plural kít)

  1. chair

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲit/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

kit m inan

  1. putty
  2. (slang) lie

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English kit.

Pronunciation

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit (collection of items needed for a specific purpose)
  2. kit (collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble)

Synonyms

  • (collection of items for a specific purpose): jogo

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

kȉt m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏т)

  1. whale

Declension

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkíːt/
  • Tonal orthography: kȋt

Noun

kít m anim (genitive kíta, nominative plural kíti, feminine kítovka)

  1. whale
Declension

Etymology 2

From German Kitt (“putty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkíːt/
  • Tonal orthography: kȋt

Noun

kít m inan (genitive kíta, nominative plural kíti)

  1. putty
Declension

Spanish

Noun

kit m (plural kits)

  1. kit

Tok Pisin

Noun

kit

  1. putty

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

kit (definite accusative kitkidi, plural kitler)

  1. whale

Declension

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