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pit.

a seed inside a fruit

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɪt/
  1. a seed inside a fruit

    feminine
  2. wick (of a candle, lamp or other implement)

    feminine
  3. burner (on a stove)

    feminine
  4. spirit, vigour

    feminine
    Hij heeft pit.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō.

noun/pɪt/
  1. pit (refueling station and garage at a race track)

    masculine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English pit.

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