zenit

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /zəˈnit/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /zeˈnit/
• Rhymes: -it

zenit m (plural zenits)

1. zenith

• “zenit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zenit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “zenit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zenit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin zenit.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛnɪt]

zenit m inan

1. zenith

   Synonym: nadhlavník

• zenit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• zenit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin cenit (see further there).

zenit

1. (uncountable) zenith

Borrowed from Latin cenit, from Old Spanish [Term?], from Arabic سَمْت‎ (samt).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeːnɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ze‧nit

zenit n (uncountable)

1. (astronomy) zenith

• azimut

• inzet, zet in

Borrowed from German Zenit,[1] from Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت‎ (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس‎ (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛnit]
• Hyphenation: ze‧nit
• Rhymes: -it

zenit (plural zenitek)

1. (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir)
2. (figuratively) zenith (highest point or state; peak)

   Synonyms: csúcspont, tetőpont

• zenit in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

zenit (first-person possessive zenitku, second-person possessive zenitmu, third-person possessive zenitnya)

1. zenith

From Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت‎ (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس‎ (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”).

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɛ.nit/
• Rhymes: -ɛnit
• Hyphenation: zè‧nit

zenit m

1. (astronomy) zenith

Borrowed from Old Spanish zenit, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت‎ (samt), from Aramaic סֵימִטָא‎ (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, from Proto-Italic *sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European *swé + *mey- + *-tós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.ɲit/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲit
• Syllabification: ze‧nit

zenit m inan

1. (astronomy) zenith (point vertically above a position or observer)

   Synonym: apogeum

   Antonym: nadir

2. (astronomy) zenith (highest point reached by a celestial body)
3. zenith (highest point or state; peak)

   Synonyms: maks, maksimum

   Antonym: minimum

• zenit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zenit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French zénith.

zenit n (uncountable)

1. zenith

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

• IPA^(key): /zěniːt/
• Hyphenation: ze‧nit

zènīt m (Cyrillic spelling зѐнӣт)

1. zenith

zenit m (plural zenit)

1. Alternative spelling of cenit

• “zenit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

zenit n

1. (astronomy) zenith