gebit
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gebet. Equivalent to ge- + bijten with vowel shortening.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈbɪt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧bit
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
gebit n (plural gebitten, diminutive gebitje n)
- Denture (set of teeth, also artificial).
- Zij heeft een prachtig gebit.
- She has a beautiful set of teeth.
- Ik heb mijn gebit nog niet in.
- I am not wearing my dentures yet.
- Zij heeft een prachtig gebit.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: bit
- → Caribbean Javanese: khebit
See also
Limburgish
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈbiːt/, /jɛˈbiːt/
- Hyphenation: ge‧bit
- Rhymes: -iːt
Noun
gebit n
- profession, trade, area of expertise
- 2019 March 7, Anna Lundegårdh, “"Ibland är det livsverk som står på spel" ["Sometimes a life's work is at stake"]”, in Dagens Samhälle:
- Centrumutveckling är ett ganska litet gebit här i Sverige och många har ringt och rådfrågat om sitt.
- City center development is a fairly small area of expertise here in Sweden and many people have called and asked about theirs.
- 2020, 16:07 from the start, in Karl Hårding, transl., The Mandalorian, season 1, episode 1, spoken by The Client (Werner Herzog):
- Men jag är medveten om att prisjakt är ett komplicerat gebit.
- Although, I have knowledge that bountyhunting is a complicated profession.
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