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Webster 1913 Edition
Pita
‖
Pi′ta
,Noun.
[Sp.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A fiber obtained from the
Agave Americana
and other related species, – used for making cordage and paper. Called also pita fiber
, and pita thread
. (b)
The plant which yields the fiber.
Definition 2024
Pita
pita
pita
English
Alternative forms
Noun
pita (plural pitas)
- A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
Translations
bread pouch used for making sandwiches
Etymology 2
Noun
pita (plural pitas)
- A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
- The plant which yields the fiber.
Finnish
Noun
pita
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 | — | pitoineen |
Synonyms
Portuguese
Noun
pita m (plural pitas)
- pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)
Synonyms
- pão sírio, pão árabe
Noun
pita f (plural pitas)
- Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas
- agave (any plant of the genus Agave)
- pita (fibre obtained from agaves)
Synonyms
- (Furcraea foetida): piteira
- (agave): agave, piteira
Verb
pita
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pitar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pitar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish pite), from Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”). Balkanic grecism, compare Romanian pită, Bulgarian пита (pita, “loaf”), Albanian pite (“pie”).
Noun
pȉta f (Cyrillic spelling пи̏та)
Declension
Declension of pita
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish pite), from Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpìːta/
- Tonal orthography: píta
Noun
píta f (genitive píte, nominative plural píte)
- pie (type of pastry)
Declension
Declension of píta (feminine, a-stem)
Spanish
Noun
pita f (plural pitas)
- century plant (Agave americana)
Verb
pita
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pitar.