lit

See also: Lit, lít, līt, lit., &lit, -lit, and Lit.

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English lihte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterit of līhtan (“to light”). More at light.

Verb

lit

  1. simple past tense and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
  2. simple past tense 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.

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”, in Johnny Washington's Life‎:
      With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!

Adjective

lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

  1. Illuminated.
    He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. (slang) intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.
  3. (slang) Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
  4. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; captivating.
    We ordered pizza and we're going to stay up all night. It's going to be 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. (Britain 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. Abbreviation of literature.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From the verb líta (‘to view’)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liːt]

Noun

lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)

  1. short wink, view, look

Declension

Declension of lit (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative lit litið
accusative lit litið
dative liti litinum
genitive lits litsins

Synonyms

  • eygnabrá (wink)

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li/
  • audio(file)

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

  1. bed
    Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit.
    Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.

Derived terms

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 singular of litur
  2. indefinite dative singular of litur

Middle English

Noun

lit (plural *lits)

  1. Alternative form of light

References

Norman

Noun

lit m (plural lits)

  1. Alternative form of llit (“bed”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːt/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlít

Noun

lit f (definite singular lita, uncountable)
lit m (definite singular liten, uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

lit

  1. present tense of lita and lite
  2. imperative of lita and lite

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lit/

Noun

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

  1. bed

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʲit/
  • audio(file)

Noun

Chemical element
Li Previous: hel (He)
Next: beryl (Be)

lit m inan

  1. lithium
  2. (informal) lithium carbonate, a drug used in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Declension

Noun

lit m anim

  1. litas (currency of Lithuania)

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lit f

  1. genitive singular of lite

Swedish

Noun

lit c

  1. trust

Declension

Declension of lit 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lit liten — —
Genitive lits litens — —

Synonyms

See also

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Licht and English light.

Noun

lit (plural lits)

  1. light
  2. illumination

Declension

Zay

Noun

lit

  1. tree-bark

References

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