# fit
## Translingual
### Symbol

fit
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Meänkieli.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Meänkieli terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).

#### Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative fittest)
* Suitable; proper
    You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 34:18:Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?
** 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
** 2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato, 243d:The rest we'll leave to be examined later, if we think fit;
** 2015 February 1, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary‎, archived from the original on 14 May 2024:Sergeant Schlock has no horse, no armor, and no sword, but even the mightiest Mongol horse-warrior would see in him a fit heir.
* Adapted to a purpose or environment.
    survival of the fittest
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in.
* In good shape; physically well.
    You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
* (British, informal, chiefly slang) Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
    I think the girl working in the office is fit.
** 2004, Mike Skinner, “Fit but You Know It”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free, performed by The Streets:I think you are really fit / You're fit but my gosh don't you know it.
** 2007, “Foundations”, in Kate Nash, Paul Eppworth (lyrics), Made of Bricks, performed by Kate Nash:I said I'd rather be with your friends, mate, cos they are much fitter.
* Prepared; ready.
** 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.

##### Derived terms

* aquafit
* befit
* crossfit
* fighting fit
* fit as a butcher's dog
* fit as a fiddle
* fit as a flea
* fit as a lop
* fit as a Mallee bull
* fit check
* fit for a king
* fit for purpose
* fitly
* fitness
* fit note
* fitspiration
* fitspo
* fittie
* fit to be tied
* fit to burst
* fit to kill
* fit to wake the dead
* hyperfit
* keep fit
* nonfit
* see fit
* semifit
* slim-fit
* superfit
* unfit
* waterfit

##### Translations
#### Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted or fit)
* (transitive) To be suitable for.
    It fits the purpose.
** 1918, Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making, publ. George Wahr, pg. 81:
    The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
* (intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
    Ten clowns fit in the car, but not a hundred.
    The elevator can fit up to 10 people.
* (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
    The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
    If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
* (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
** 2001, “Schism”, in Maynard James Keenan (lyrics), Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Maynard James Keenan, and Justin Chancellor (music), Lateralus, performed by Tool, track 5:I know the pieces fit / 'Cause I watched them fall away
** 2016 February 2, Kate Winslet et al., Jimmy Kimmel Live!‎:Even though in a way you let him freeze to death in the water, because the way I see it... I agree. Y'know, I think he actually could have fitted on that bit of door. There was plenty of room on the raft. I know. I know, I know.
    I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.
    That plug fit into the other socket, but it won't go in this one.
* (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
    I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
** (transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
    I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
* (transitive) To be in agreement with.
    These definitions fit most of the usage.
** 2004 October 14, Don Ringe, “Old English maþelian, mæþlan, mǣlan”, in J. H. W. Penney, editor, Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 427:Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
* (transitive) To adjust.
    The regression program fit a line to the data.
* (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
** 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport‎:Williams had a problem fitting his left rear tyre and that left Alonso only 3.1secs adrift when he rejoined from his final stop three laps later.
* (transitive) To equip or supply.
    The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
* (transitive) To make ready.
    I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
** 1871, Florence Nightingale, Una and the Lion, page 12:Thirty years ago, if a girl wished for training, there was none to be had. I can truly say there was no training to be had to fit a woman thoroughly for any life whatever.
* (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
* To be proper or becoming.
** 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:Nor fits it to prolong the heav'nly feast.
* (intransitive) To be in harmony.
    The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit.

##### Usage notes

* In senses 1 to 6, this is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

##### Derived terms

* autofit
* backfit
* close-fitting
* could fit on the back of a postage stamp
* first-fit
* fit in
* fit into
* fit like a glove
* fitment
* fitout
* fit-out
* fit out
* fittable
* fit the bill
* fit to a T
* fit together
* fit up
* form-fitting
* if I fits, I sits
* if it fits, I sits
* if the shoe fits
* ill-fitting
* loose-fitting
* misfit
* overfit
* prefit
* refit
* retrofit
* tight-fitting
* underfit

##### Translations
#### Noun

fit (plural fits)
* The degree to which something fits.
    This shirt is a bad fit.
    Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.
* Conformity of elements one to another.
    It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
* The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
* (advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
    The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
* (statistics) Goodness of fit.
* (bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
    During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.

##### Usage notes

Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.

##### Derived terms

* fit and finish
* fit factor
* fit rod
* gunfit
* line of best fit
* nonfit
* photofit
* videofit

##### Translations
#### References

* (advertising): The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, Washington, April 2005

### Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“song”), or from the sense of fitted to length. Compare Old Saxon *fittea (attested in the borrowed Latin vittea).

#### Noun

fit (plural fits)
* (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
** 1771, Samuel Johnson, "Letter to Bennet Langton, Esq. (March 20)," in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol 2:
    Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.

#### References

* Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1

### Etymology 3

Unknown, possibly from Old English fitt (“conflict”). Compare Cornish fit (“game match, bout”); or else, probably cognate with Italian fitta (“pain, especially sudden and stabbing pain”). See more at Latin fīgere.

#### Noun

fit (plural fits)
* A seizure or convulsion.
    My grandfather died after having a fit.
* (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
* A sudden outburst of emotion.
    Synonyms: blowout, hissy, tantrum, spell, moment
    He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
    She had a fit and threw all of his clothes out through the window.
    He threw a fit when his car broke down.
* A sudden burst (of an activity).
    Synonyms: flurry, frenzy, paroxysm
** 2007 July 9, Ryan J. Foley, “Wisconsin city's largest employer threatens to leave over ethanol”, in Associated Press:A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997.

##### Derived terms

* bitchfit
* blue fit
* canary fit
* catfit
* conniption fit
* fifth-day fits
* fit-bush
* fitless
* fits and starts
* fitweed
* give someone a fit
* have a fit
* headfit
* hissy fit
* pitch a fit
* rum fit
* shit fit
* snit fit
* throw a fit

##### Translations
#### Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitting, simple past and past participle fitted)
* (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
** 2016 May 18, “Three dogs die and seven more ill after drinking from the same Kent lake amid contamination fears”, in The Telegraph:A spokesman said: "It is believed they (the dogs) got into the lake and drank from it. They came out and started fitting. Shortly after that three of them died and vets are attempting to resuscitate the other one."

### Etymology 4

Formed from fight on the model of bite:bit and light:lit.

#### Verb

fit
* (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, dated) simple past and past participle of fight; fought.
** 1867 November, unknown author, The Galaxy, volume 4, New York: W.C. & F.P. Church, retrieved 2023-10-27, page 883:There wonst was two cats in Kilkenny; And aich thought there was one cat too many.   So they quarrelled and fit;   And they scratched, and they bit;    Till, excepting their tails    And some scraps of their nails, Instead of two cats there wan't any.
** c. 19th century, unknown author, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
    Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down
** a. 1940, Mildred Haun, “Shin-Bone Rocks”, in The Hawk's Done Gone, page 218:He didn't just set around and try to out sweettalk somebody; he got out and out-fit somebody. He wouldn't be blowing when he told his boys how he fit for the woman he got.

### Etymology 5

Clipping of outfit

#### Noun

fit (plural fits)
* (slang) An outfit, a set of clothing.
    How do you like the fit?

### See also

* fit-fit

### References

* ↑ https://www.etymonline.com/word/fit#etymonline_v_5980

### Anagrams

* ITF, IFT, TIF, if't, tif, TFI

## Albanian
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

fit m (plural fite, definite fiti)
* wedge
    Synonym: pykë
* (figurative) provocation
    Synonyms: spica, kalla

##### Derived terms

* fitëz

### Etymology 2

Back-formation from fitoj (“to profit”).

#### Noun

fit m (definite fiti)
* (archaic) profit, gain
    Synonym: fitim

#### Adverb

fit (colloquial)
* even, quits
    Synonyms: barabar, pat

#### References

* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “fitóń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 106

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 477

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fit]
* Audio (Baku):(file)

### Noun

fit (definite accusative fiti, plural fitlər)
* whistle
* siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device)

#### Derived terms

* fit çalmaq (“to whistle”)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fīctus, archaic past participle of fīgō (“to fasten, fix”). Doublet of fix (“fixed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfit]
* Rhymes: -it

### Adjective

fit (feminine fita, masculine plural fits, feminine plural fites)
* fixed, steady (of eyes, regard, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* de fit a fit
* fitar

#### Related terms

* fita
* fitó

### Noun

fit m (plural fits)
* target
    Synonym: fitó

### Further reading

* “fit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): fit$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fit$^1$
*** Yale: fīt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fit$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fid$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fiːt̚⁵/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English fit.

#### Adjective

fit
* (Cantonese) fit (physically well; in good shape)

##### Alternative forms

* 弗 (fit$^1$)

##### Derived terms

* fit到漏油

### Etymology 2

Irregular romanisation of 法 (fit$^1$).

#### Noun

fit
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Used in 符fit.

### Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation of 弗 (fit$^1$).

#### Noun

fit
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Used in 揸fit and 花fit.

##### Alternative forms

* 𢝵, 𢞵 (fit$^1$)

### Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

#### Verb

fit
* (Cantonese) to whip

##### Alternative forms

* 𢝵, 𢞵 (fit$^1$)

### Etymology 5

Clipping of English fitting room.

#### Noun

fit
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) fitting room

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪt]

### Adjective

fit (indeclinable)
* fit, healthy

### Further reading

* “fit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “fit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪt
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

fit (comparative fitter, superlative fitst)
* fit (in good shape)

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

fit
* third-person singular past historic of faire

## German
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Adjective

fit (strong nominative masculine singular fitter, comparative fitter, superlative am fittesten)
* fit (in good physical condition)

#### Derived terms

* Fitmacher
* Fitness (rarely Fitheit)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɪːt/
* Rhymes: -ɪːt

### Noun

fit f (genitive singular fitjar, nominative plural fitjar)
* (zoology) web, interdigital webbing, a membrane that connects the digits of an animal
* (knitting) a casting on, casting on

#### Related terms

* breiðafit
* fitja
* fuglafit
* fuglsfit
* gullfit
* hundafit
* lykkjufit
* Halldórufit
* silfurfit
* skollafit
* sundfit

#### Further reading

* A deliberation on the word "fit" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")

## Latin
### Verb

fit
* third-person singular present passive indicative of faciō
* third-person singular present active indicative of fīō

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From English fit, probably through German fit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fit/
* Rhymes: -it

### Adjective

fit (masculine fitten, neuter fit, comparative méi fit, superlative am fitsten)
* fit (in good shape)

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English fit.

### Verb

fit
* to be able to, can
    I no fit talk. ― I can not talk.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse fit.

### Noun

fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of fet

## Old Norse
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

fit f (genitive fitjar, plural fitjar)
* (zoology, anatomy) webbed foot (of swimming birds)
* (zoology, anatomy) flippers (of a seal)
* (landform) meadowland on the banks of a lake or river

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fit”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfit/
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: fit
* Homophones: Fit, -fit

### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English fit.

#### Adjective

fit (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (slang) fit (in good shape; physically well)

##### Related terms

* fitować impf

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

fit m animal
* horse that is well prepared for a race

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

fit m inan
* (bridge) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

fit f
* genitive plural of fita

### Further reading

* fit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* fit at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

## Scots
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Northern Middle English fut, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

#### Alternative forms

* fuit, fut, fute

#### Noun

fit (plural fits)
* foot
* lower end (of a street, river, field etc)

##### Related terms

* fitbaw

#### Verb

fit (third-person singular simple present fits, present participle fitin, simple past fitt, past participle fitt)
* to foot

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

fit
* Doric Scots form of what

## Spanish
### Adjective

fit m or f (masculine and feminine plural fits) or fit (invariable)
* fit (in good shape)

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fit]

### Noun

fit (nominative plural fits)
* (male or female) fish (cold-blooded vertebrate)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* bakafit
* bomafit
* fidovafit
* fit e loetapötetüls
* fitabom
* fitabomag
* fitabomagik
* fitabäset
* fitafilät
* fitanög
* fitanögem
* fitaskin
* fitaspärmat
* fitav
* fitavan
* fitavanef
* fitavanefik
* fitavanik
* fitavik
* fitazib
* fitem
* fitibrid
* fitibridam
* fitibridan
* fitibridik
* fitibridön
* fitifanöm
* fitik
* fitil
* fitilem
* fitininädian
* fitül
* fitülem
* flitafit
* flumedafit
* goldafit
* goldafitem
* goldafitül
* goldahifit
* goldajifit
* hifit
* hifitavan
* hifitem
* hifitil
* hifitül
* jifit
* jifitavan
* jifitem
* jifitil
* jifitül
* kartilagafit
* largentafit
* lektinafit
* lestabafit
* litikamafit
* löpiotir fitafiläta
* malapterur
* melafit
* melafitahitedan
* melafitajitedan
* melafitatedan
* melafitatrip
* melafitem
* melafitipäskar
* melafitipäskaran
* ravafit
* salodafit
* saovafit
* slämafit
* veitafit

#### See also

* bläniut
* böd
* bödav
* ciel
* fint
* flegülahukopäskaröm
* gümnot
* hukopäskar
* hukopäskaran
* karip
* karipalulak
* karipül
* karipülem
* lif
* lifav
* mafib
* mafibav
* müxen (Myxine glutinosa)
* paik
* päskar
* päskaradel
* päskaran
* päskarön
* rayad
* räptul
* räptulav
* salm
* salmik
* salmipäskar
* salmipäskaran
* stiragöb
* süganim
* süganimav
* süganimavan
* tegül
* torpeod
* toün
* trüit
* ziporüt