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See also: Pirit and pirít

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Tagalog pilit.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧rit
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɾit/ [ˈpi.ɾit]

Noun

pírit

  1. insistence
    Synonyms: insistensya, pag-insistir
  2. persuasion, coercion, compulsion, imposition
    Synonyms: puwersa, agyat

Derived terms

Central Dusun

Noun

pirit

  1. sparrow

Finnish

Noun

pirit

  1. nominative plural of piri

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpirit]
  • Hyphenation: pi‧rit
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

pirit (plural piritek)

  1. (mineralogy) pyrite

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Derived terms

  • arzenopirit

Further reading

  • pirit in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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Malay

Etymology 1

From English pyrite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pirit, paɪrit/
  • Rhymes: -pirit, -irit, -rit, -it

Noun

pirit (plural pirit-pirit or pirit2)

  1. Pyrite.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apiRit (type of finch, rice bird).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pirit/
  • Rhymes: -pirit, -irit, -rit, -it

Noun

pirit (plural pirit-pirit or pirit2)

  1. (Jakarta) finch.
Synonyms

Further reading

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

pirit (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. small singing bird, similar to a sparrow

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