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Translingual

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Abbreviation of English Finnish Tornedalian.

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fit

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

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English

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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    Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).[1]

    Adjective

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    fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)

    1. Suitable; proper
      You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 34:18:
        Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?
      • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
        He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
      • 2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato, 243d:
        The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we think fit;
      • 2015 February 1, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary‎[1], archived from the original on 14 May 2024:
        Sergeant Schlock has no horse, no armor, and no sword, but even the mightiest Mongol horse-warrior would see in him a fit heir.
    2. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
      survival of the fittest
      • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
        That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in.
      • 2019 May 28, Ariane de Vogue, “Why Clarence Thomas wrote over a dozen pages on eugenics”, in CNN‎[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 20 August 2025:
        Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”
    3. In good shape; physically well.
      You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
      • 2026, Ginny Graves, “The Most Important Health Metric You're Not Tracking”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 19:
        Even the fittest among us may have problems, because hypertension can be genetic or stem from kidney problems or sleep apnea, and the risk typically increases with age.
    4. (UK, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
      I think the girl working in the office is fit.
      • 1985, “Sweaty Betty”, in Beer & Sex & Chips n Gravy, performed by Macc Lads:
        Got my hands down her jeans and I nearly lost half my arm / But after ten pints, she looked quite fit
      • 2004, Mike Skinner, “Fit but You Know It”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free, performed by The Streets:
        I think you are really fit / You're fit but my gosh don't you know it.
      • 2007, “Foundations”, in Kate Nash, Paul Eppworth (lyrics), Made of Bricks, performed by Kate Nash:
        I said I'd rather be with your friends, mate, cos they are much fitter.
    5. (obsolete) Prepared; ready.
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    Verb

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    fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted or fit)

    1. (transitive) To be suitable for.
      It fits the purpose.
      • 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
        The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
    2. (ambitransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
      Ten clowns fit in the car, but not a hundred.
      The elevator can fit up to 10 people.
    3. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
      The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
      If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
    4. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
      Synonym: sit
      • 1947, “Move It On Over”, performed by Hank Williams:
        She's changed the lock on our front door / My door key don't fit no more
      • 2001, “Schism”, in Maynard James Keenan (lyrics), Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Maynard James Keenan, and Justin Chancellor (music), Lateralus, performed by Tool, track 5:
        I know the pieces fit / 'Cause I watched them fall away
      • 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet et al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!‎[3]:
        Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it... / I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door. / There was plenty of room on the raft. / I know. I know, I know.
      I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.
      That plug fitted into the other socket, but it won't go in this one.
    5. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
      Near-synonym: fit up (often synonymous)
      I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
      The fitters will fit the tooling so that the production line can then crank up.
      1. (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
        I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
    6. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
      These definitions fit most of the usage.
      • 2004 October 14, Don Ringe, “Old English maþelian, mæþlan, mǣlan”, in J. H. W. Penney, editor, Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies‎[4], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 427:
        Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
    7. (transitive) To adjust.
      The regression program fit a line to the data.
    8. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
      • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport‎[5], archived from the original on 4 August 2015:
        Williams had a problem fitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later.
    9. (transitive) To equip or supply.
      Near-synonym: fit out (often synonymous)
      The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
    10. (transitive) To make ready.
      Synonym: (US, informal) fix to
      I’m fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
      I’m fitting to go home and sleep.
      • 1846, Lyndall Gordon, quoting Emily Dickinson, letter, quoted in Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds, published 2010:
        'I am fitting to go to South Hadley Seminary [as Mount Holyoke was known], and expect if my health is good to enter that institution a year from next fall', she confided to Abiah.
      • 1871, Florence Nightingale, Una and the Lion, page 12:
        Thirty years ago, if a girl wished for training, there was none to be had. I can truly say there was no training to be had to fit a woman thoroughly for any life whatever.
    11. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
    12. To be proper or becoming.
    13. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
      Synonym: mesh
      The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.
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    Noun

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    fit (plural fits)

    1. The degree to which something fits.
      This shirt is a bad fit.
      Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
    2. Conformity of elements one to another.
      It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
    3. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
    4. (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
      The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
    5. (statistics) Goodness of fit.
    6. (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
      During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.
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    Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.

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    • (advertising): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005

    Etymology 2

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      Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length. Compare Old Saxon *fittea (attested in the borrowed Latin vittea).

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      fit (plural fits)

      1. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.

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      • Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1

      Etymology 3

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        Unknown. From Middle English fit (“hardship, danger”), possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”)—a word only attested once.[2] Compare Cornish fit (“game match, bout”); or else, maybe cognate with Italian fitta (“sudden and stabbing pain”) (see further at Latin fīgere).

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        fit (plural fits)

        2. A seizure or convulsion.
          My grandfather died after having a fit.
        3. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
        5. A sudden outburst of emotion.
          Synonyms: spell, moment
          Hyponyms: blowout, tantrum, hissy, hissy fit, shit fit, snit, snit fit, duck fit
          He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
          She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
          He threw a fit (of temper) when his car broke down.
        6. A sudden burst (of an activity).
          Synonyms: flurry, frenzy, paroxysm
          • 2007 July 9, Ryan J. Foley, “Wisconsin city's largest employer threatens to leave over ethanol”, in Associated Press:
            A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997.
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        fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)

        1. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
          • 2016 May 18, “Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears”, in The Telegraph:
            A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and started fitting. Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."

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          Formed from fight on the model of bite:bit and light:lit.

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          fit

          2. (African-American Vernacular, Ireland, Southern US, dated) simple past and past participle of fight; fought.
            • 1867 November, unknown author, The Galaxy, volume 4, New York: W.C. & F.P. Church, retrieved 27 October 2023, page 883:
              There wonst was two cats in Kilkenny; / And aich thought there was one cat too many. /   So they quarrelled and fit; /   And they scratched, and they bit; /    Till, excepting their tails /    And some scraps of their nails, / Instead of two cats there wan't any.
            • c. 19th century, unknown author, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
              Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down
            • a. 1940, Mildred Haun, “Shin-Bone Rocks”, in The Hawk's Done Gone, page 218:
              He didn't just set around and try to out sweettalk[sic] somebody; he got out and out-fit somebody. He wouldn't be blowing when he told his boys how he fit for the woman he got.

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            Clipping of outfit.

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            fit (plural fits)

            1. (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.
              How do you like the fit?
              • 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker‎[6], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 September 2026:
                Piker had already shown off his “cozy-ass ’fit” (sweatpants with kitschy bald eagles, a custom pair of platform Crocs), and recounted his experience the previous night at the Streamer Awards, a red-carpet event honoring A-listers on Twitch—the popular live-streaming site where he is one of the biggest stars, and the only prominent leftist.

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            1. ^ https://www.etymonline.com/word/fit#etymonline_v_5980
            2. ^ “fit, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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            Albanian

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            Etymology 1

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            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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            fit m (plural fite, definite fiti)

            1. wedge
              Synonym: pykë
            2. (figurative) provocation
              Synonyms: spica, kalla
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            Declension of fit
            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative fit fiti fite fitet
            accusative fitin
            dative fiti fitit fiteve fiteve
            ablative fitesh
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            Etymology 2

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            Back-formation from fitoj (“to profit”).[1]

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            fit m (definite fiti)

            1. (archaic) profit, gain
              Synonym: fitim

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            fit (colloquial)

            1. even, quits
              Synonyms: barabar, pat

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            1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “fitóń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 106

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            • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[7], 1980, page 477

            Azerbaijani

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            Other scripts
            Cyrillic фит
            Arabic فیت

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            Onomatopoeic.

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            fit (definite accusative fiti, plural fitlər)

            1. whistle
            2. siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device)

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            Declension of fit
            singular plural
            nominative fitfitlər
            definite accusative fitifitləri
            dative fitəfitlərə
            locative fitdəfitlərdə
            ablative fitdənfitlərdən
            definite genitive fitinfitlərin
            Possessive forms of fit
            nominative
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            mənim (“my”) fitim fitlərim
            sənin (“your”) fitin fitlərin
            onun (“his/her/its”) fiti fitləri
            bizim (“our”) fitimiz fitlərimiz
            sizin (“your”) fitiniz fitləriniz
            onların (“their”) fiti or fitləri fitləri
            accusative
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            mənim (“my”) fitimi fitlərimi
            sənin (“your”) fitini fitlərini
            onun (“his/her/its”) fitini fitlərini
            bizim (“our”) fitimizi fitlərimizi
            sizin (“your”) fitinizi fitlərinizi
            onların (“their”) fitini or fitlərini fitlərini
            dative
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            mənim (“my”) fitimə fitlərimə
            sənin (“your”) fitinə fitlərinə
            onun (“his/her/its”) fitinə fitlərinə
            bizim (“our”) fitimizə fitlərimizə
            sizin (“your”) fitinizə fitlərinizə
            onların (“their”) fitinə or fitlərinə fitlərinə
            locative
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            mənim (“my”) fitimdə fitlərimdə
            sənin (“your”) fitində fitlərində
            onun (“his/her/its”) fitində fitlərində
            bizim (“our”) fitimizdə fitlərimizdə
            sizin (“your”) fitinizdə fitlərinizdə
            onların (“their”) fitində or fitlərində fitlərində
            ablative
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            mənim (“my”) fitimdən fitlərimdən
            sənin (“your”) fitindən fitlərindən
            onun (“his/her/its”) fitindən fitlərindən
            bizim (“our”) fitimizdən fitlərimizdən
            sizin (“your”) fitinizdən fitlərinizdən
            onların (“their”) fitindən or fitlərindən fitlərindən
            genitive
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            mənim (“my”) fitimin fitlərimin
            sənin (“your”) fitinin fitlərinin
            onun (“his/her/its”) fitinin fitlərinin
            bizim (“our”) fitimizin fitlərimizin
            sizin (“your”) fitinizin fitlərinizin
            onların (“their”) fitinin or fitlərinin fitlərinin

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            Noun

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            fit

            1. star

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            • Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)‎[9], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

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            Etymology

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            Inherited from Latin fīctus, archaic past participle of fīgō (“to fasten, fix”). Doublet of fix (“fixed”).

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            fit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)

            1. fixed, steady (of eyes, regard, etc.)

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            fit m (plural fits)

            1. target
              Synonym: fitó

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            Borrowed from English fit.

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            fit

            1. (Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)
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            Etymology 2

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            Irregular romanisation of [script needed] (fit1).

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            fit

            1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) used in 符fit／揸fit
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            Onomatopoeic.

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            fit

            1. (Cantonese) to whip
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            Etymology 4

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            Clipping of English fitting room.

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            fit

            1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) fitting room

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            Etymology tree
            Middle English fit?
            English fitbor.
            Czech fit

              Borrowed from English fit. First attested in the 20th century.[1]

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              fit (indeclinable)

              1. fit, healthy

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              1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “fit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 189

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              fit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)

              1. fit (in good shape)

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              Declension of fit
              uninflected fit
              inflected fitte
              comparative fitter
              positive comparative superlative
              predicative/adverbial fit fitter het fitst
              het fitste
              indefinite m./f. sing. fitte fittere fitste
              n. sing. fit fitter fitste
              plural fitte fittere fitste
              definite fitte fittere fitste
              partitive fits fitters —

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              Etymology

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              Inherited from Middle French feit, from Latin fēcit.

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              fit

              1. third-person singular past historic of faire

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              Etymology

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              Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

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              fit (strong nominative masculine singular fitter, comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)

              1. fit (in good overall physical shape)
              2. (predicative) able, prepared, up to a task (able to perform adequately, in contrast to a prior or possibly future state of inadequacy) [with für (+ accusative)]
                Ich war die letzte Woche krank, aber inzwischen bin ich wieder fit.
                I was sick last week, but I'm fully recovered now.
                Du solltest heute früh ins Bett gehen, damit du morgen fit für die Prüfung bist.
                You should go to bed early tonight, so you're well-rested for the exam tomorrow.
                So machen sie Ihr Auto fit für den Winter:
                Here's how to prepare your car for winter:

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              Positive forms of fit
              number & gender singular plural
              masculine feminine neuter
              predicative er ist fit sie ist fit es ist fit sie sind fit
              strong declension
              (without article)               		nominative fitter fitte fittes fitte
              genitive fitten fitter fitten fitter
              dative fittem fitter fittem fitten
              accusative fitten fitte fittes fitte
              weak declension
              (with definite article)               		nominative der fitte die fitte das fitte die fitten
              genitive des fitten der fitten des fitten der fitten
              dative dem fitten der fitten dem fitten den fitten
              accusative den fitten die fitte das fitte die fitten
              mixed declension
              (with indefinite article)               		nominative ein fitter eine fitte ein fittes (keine) fitten
              genitive eines fitten einer fitten eines fitten (keiner) fitten
              dative einem fitten einer fitten einem fitten (keinen) fitten
              accusative einen fitten eine fitte ein fittes (keine) fitten
              Comparative forms of fit
              number & gender singular plural
              masculine feminine neuter
              predicative er ist fitter sie ist fitter es ist fitter sie sind fitter
              strong declension
              (without article)               		nominative fitterer fittere fitteres fittere
              genitive fitteren fitterer fitteren fitterer
              dative fitterem fitterer fitterem fitteren
              accusative fitteren fittere fitteres fittere
              weak declension
              (with definite article)               		nominative der fittere die fittere das fittere die fitteren
              genitive des fitteren der fitteren des fitteren der fitteren
              dative dem fitteren der fitteren dem fitteren den fitteren
              accusative den fitteren die fittere das fittere die fitteren
              mixed declension
              (with indefinite article)               		nominative ein fitterer eine fittere ein fitteres (keine) fitteren
              genitive eines fitteren einer fitteren eines fitteren (keiner) fitteren
              dative einem fitteren einer fitteren einem fitteren (keinen) fitteren
              accusative einen fitteren eine fittere ein fitteres (keine) fitteren
              Superlative forms of fit
              number & gender singular plural
              masculine feminine neuter
              predicative er ist am fittesten sie ist am fittesten es ist am fittesten sie sind am fittesten
              strong declension
              (without article)               		nominative fittester fitteste fittestes fitteste
              genitive fittesten fittester fittesten fittester
              dative fittestem fittester fittestem fittesten
              accusative fittesten fitteste fittestes fitteste
              weak declension
              (with definite article)               		nominative der fitteste die fitteste das fitteste die fittesten
              genitive des fittesten der fittesten des fittesten der fittesten
              dative dem fittesten der fittesten dem fittesten den fittesten
              accusative den fittesten die fitteste das fitteste die fittesten
              mixed declension
              (with indefinite article)               		nominative ein fittester eine fitteste ein fittestes (keine) fittesten
              genitive eines fittesten einer fittesten eines fittesten (keiner) fittesten
              dative einem fittesten einer fittesten einem fittesten (keinen) fittesten
              accusative einen fittesten eine fitteste ein fittestes (keine) fittesten

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              Icelandic

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              An example of interdigital webbing on a frog.
              A casting on.

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              fit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)

              1. (zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
              2. (knitting) a casting on, casting on

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              Declension of fit (feminine)
              singular plural
              indefinite definite indefinite definite
              nominative fit fitin fitjar fitjarnar
              accusative fit fitina fitjar fitjarnar
              dative fit fitinni fitjum fitjunum
              genitive fitjar fitjarinnar fitja fitjanna
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              fit

              1. third-person singular present passive indicative of faciō
              2. third-person singular present active indicative of fīō

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              Etymology

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              From English fit, probably through German fit.

              Pronunciation

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              Adjective

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              fit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)

              1. fit (in good shape)

              Narango

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              Noun

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              fit

              1. (Nambel) star

              References

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              • Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)‎[10], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

              Nigerian Pidgin

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              Etymology

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              Etymology tree
              Middle English fit?
              English fit
              Nigerian Pidgin fit

                Inherited from English fit.

                Verb

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                fit

                1. to be able to, can
                  I no fit talk.
                  I can not talk.
                  • 2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Wetin to know as Tanzania ban South Africa and Malawi imports inside quarrel wey enter anoda level”, in BBC News Pidgin‎[11], archived from the original on 29 April 2025:
                    But while Tanzania fit look for alternative markets such as in Kenya, Namibia and South Sudan, landlocked Malawi fit find am harder to get im goods out of di country.
                    But while Tanzania can look for alternative markets such as Kenya, Namibia and South Sudan, landlocked Malawi will find it harder to get goods out of the country.

                Further reading

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                • “fit” in Naija Guru, 2026.

                Norwegian Nynorsk

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                Etymology

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                From Old Norse fit.

                Noun

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                fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)

                1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fet

                Old Norse

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                Etymology

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                (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

                Noun

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                fit f (genitive fitjar, plural fitjar)

                1. (zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)
                2. (zoology, anatomy) flippers (of a seal)
                3. (landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river

                Declension

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                Declension of fit (strong jō-stem)
                feminine singular plural
                indefinite definite indefinite definite
                nominative fit fitin fitjar fitjarnar
                accusative fit fitina fitjar fitjarnar
                dative fit fitinni fitjum fitjunum
                genitive fitjar fitjarinnar fitja fitjanna

                Further reading

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                • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

                Polish

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                Pronunciation

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                Etymology 1

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                Middle English fit?
                English fitubor.
                Polish fit

                  Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

                  Adjective

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                  fit (not comparable, no derived adverb)

                  1. (slang) fit (in good shape; physically well)
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                  verbs

                  Etymology 2

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                    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

                    Noun

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                    fit m animal

                    1. horse that is well prepared for a race
                    Declension
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                    Declension of fit
                    singular plural
                    nominative fit fity
                    genitive fita fitów
                    dative fitowi fitom
                    accusative fita fity
                    instrumental fitem fitami
                    locative ficie fitach
                    vocative ficie fity

                    Etymology 3

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                      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

                      Noun

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                      fit m inan

                      1. (bridge) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
                      Declension
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                      Declension of fit
                      singular plural
                      nominative fit fity
                      genitive fita, fitu fitów
                      dative fitowi fitom
                      accusative fit fity
                      instrumental fitem fitami
                      locative ficie fitach
                      vocative ficie fity

                      Etymology 4

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                        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                        Noun

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                        fit f

                        1. genitive plural of fita

                        Further reading

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                        • “fit”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[12] (in Polish)
                        • fit at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

                        Polonombauk

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                        Noun

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                        fit

                        1. star

                        References

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                        • Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)‎[13], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

                        Portuguese

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                        Etymology

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                          Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

                          Pronunciation

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                          Adjective

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                          fit (invariable)

                          1. fit (in good shape)
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                          Scots

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                          Etymology 1

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                          Inherited from Northern Middle English fut, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

                          Alternative forms

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                          Noun

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                          fit (plural fits)

                          1. foot
                          2. lower end (of a street, river, field etc)
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                          Verb

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                          fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitin, simple past and past participle fitt)

                          1. to foot

                          Etymology 2

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                          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                          Pronoun

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                          fit

                          1. Doric Scots form of what

                          Spanish

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                          Etymology

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                          Etymology tree
                          Middle English fit?
                          English fitubor.
                          Spanish fit

                            Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

                            Pronunciation

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                            • IPA(key): /ˈfit/ [ˈfit̪]
                            • Rhymes: -it
                            • Syllabification: fit

                            Adjective

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                            fit m or f (masculine and feminine plural fits) or fit (invariable)

                            1. fit (in good shape)
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                            Volapük

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                            Pronunciation

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                            Noun

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                            fit (genitive fita, plural fits)

                            1. (male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)

                            Declension

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                            Declension of fit
                            Singular Plural
                            Nominative fit fits
                            Genitive fita fitas
                            Dative fite fites
                            Accusative fiti fitis
                            Predicative1 fitu fitus
                            Vocative o fit o fits
                            1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

                            Derived terms

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                            Terms derived from fit "fish"

                            See also

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                            See also
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