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dit | x |

As a verb dit

is (d) to happen.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

dit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ditten, .

Verb

  • To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
    • Related terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    Variant of dite.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit : / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].
  • (obsolete) A word; a decree.

    • Etymology 3

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

    • See also

    * dah

    Etymology 4

    Old English dyttan, akin to Icelandic ditta.

    Verb

    (ditt)
  • (obsolete) To close up.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 5

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • decimal digit

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----