pita
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪtə/, /ˈpiːtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpiːtə/
- Rhymes: -ɪtə, -iːtə
- Homophone: PETA (US)
- Homophone: Peter (non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza.
Alternative forms
Translations
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Noun
pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas)
- A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
- The plant which yields the fiber.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pita in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pi‧ta
- IPA(key): /piˈtaʔ/
Catalan
Noun
pita f (plural pites)
- century plant
- Synonym: atzavara
- pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)
Further reading
- “pita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “pita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɪta]
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpitɑ/, [ˈpit̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -itɑ
- Syllabification(key): pi‧ta
Declension
Inflection of pita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pita | pitat | ||
genitive | pitan | pitojen | ||
partitive | pitaa | pitoja | ||
illative | pitaan | pitoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pita | pitat | ||
accusative | nom. | pita | pitat | |
gen. | pitan | |||
genitive | pitan | pitojen pitainrare | ||
partitive | pitaa | pitoja | ||
inessive | pitassa | pitoissa | ||
elative | pitasta | pitoista | ||
illative | pitaan | pitoihin | ||
adessive | pitalla | pitoilla | ||
ablative | pitalta | pitoilta | ||
allative | pitalle | pitoille | ||
essive | pitana | pitoina | ||
translative | pitaksi | pitoiksi | ||
instructive | — | pitoin | ||
abessive | pitatta | pitoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
Galician


Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpita̝/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpita̝/
Noun
pita f (plural pitas)
- century plant
- pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)
- pita (the plant which yields the fiber)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita
References
- “pita” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “pita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “pita”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Guaraní
Indonesian
Etymology
From Portuguese fita, from Latin vitta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ta/
Derived terms
- berpita
- memita
Further reading
- “pita” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.ta/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Hyphenation: pì‧ta
Limos Kalinga
Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀧𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- पित (Devanagari script)
- পিত (Bengali script)
- පිත (Sinhalese script)
- ပိတ (Burmese script)
- ปิต or ปิตะ (Thai script)
- ᨷᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
- ປິຕ or ປິຕະ (Lao script)
- បិត (Khmer script)
- 𑄛𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: pi‧ta
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.tɐ/
Noun
pita m (plural pitas)
- pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)
- Synonyms: pão sírio, pão árabe
Noun
pita f (plural pitas)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita
- inflection of pitar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
pȉta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏та)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pìːta/
Inflection
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | píta | ||
gen. sing. | píte | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
píta | píti | píte |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
píte | pít | pít |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
píti | pítama | pítam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
píto | píti | píte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
píti | pítah | pítah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
píto | pítama | pítami |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpita/ [ˈpi.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: pi‧ta
Noun
pita f (plural pitas)
- century plant (Agave americana)
- Synonym: (Latin America) maguey
- pita (fiber obtained from Agave americana)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pita
- inflection of pitar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Conjugation
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Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pi‧ta
- IPA(key): /ˈpita/, [ˈpi.tɐ]
Derived terms
- pitahin
- pumita
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pi‧ta
- IPA(key): /piˈtaʔ/, [pɪˈtaʔ]