English

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.
   • 1993 Diane Telgen, Jim Kamp (editors), Notable Hispanic American Women, VNR AG, ISBN 0810375788, page 194:

     Born Margarita Carmen Cansino to Eduardo and Volga Haworth Cansino on October 17, 1918, in New York City, Rita Hayworth was no stranger to show business.

Anagrams

• airt

Danish

Etymology

From Italian Rita.

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.

Estonian

Etymology

From Italian Rita.

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Rita f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Rita: Rituson
• daughter of Rita: Ritudóttir

Declension

German

Etymology

From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈritɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ri‧ta

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Short form of Margherita ‎(“Margaret”).

Proper noun

Rita f

1. A female given name.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1896. Short form of Margarita.

Proper noun

Rita f

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Rita was the only given name of 7674 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Norway in 1950 - 1975.

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian Rita, later also used as a short form of Marita and Carita. First recorded as a name of Swedes in 1880.

Proper noun

Rita

1. A female given name.

Faroese

rita' - kittiwake

Noun

rita f (genitive singular ritu, plural ritur)

1. kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Declension

Synonyms

• ryta

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‎(“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- ‎(“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita ‎(third person singular past indicative ritaði, third person plural past indicative ritað, supine ritað)

1. to write, to inscribe

Conjugation

Synonyms

• skriva

Finnish

Noun

rita

1. (hunting) A type of trap.

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːta/
• Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rytr.

Noun

rita f ‎(genitive singular ritu, nominative plural ritur)

1. black-legged kittiwake, kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‎(“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- ‎(“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ritaði, supine ritað)

1. to write, to inscribe

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rita fullum stöfum (write unabbreviated)
• rita orð fullum stöfum (write a word unabbreviated)

Related terms

• rit
• ritari
• ritning

Synonyms

• (to write): skrifa

Latvian

Noun

rita m

1. genitive singular form of rits

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪt̪ɐ]

Verb

rìta

1. third-person singular present tense of risti.
2. third-person plural present tense of risti.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ríta

Alternative forms

• rite (Bokmål also)

Verb

rita ‎(present tense ritar, past tense rita, past participle rita, passive infinitive ritast, present participle ritande, imperative rita/rit)

1. to draw softly, to write, to sketch

References

• “rita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‎(“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- ‎(“to rip, tear”).

Pronunciation

Verb

rita ‎(present ritar, preterite ritade, supine ritat, imperative rita)

1. to draw (a picture)

Conjugation

Related terms

• avrita
• ritare
• ritbord
• ritbräde
• ritning
• ritstift

See also

• krita
• ritsa
• teckna