buit

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊ̟ɪt]

Noun

buit (plural [please provide])

  1. booty, spoil

References


Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan buit, from Old Occitan (compare Occitan voide, void, vued), from Vulgar Latin *vŏcĭtus (compare French vide, Old French vuit, Italian vuoto), itself related to vocuus, from Latin vacuus, or perhaps a participle of a Vulgar Latin verb *vŏcāre, *vŏcĕre as a variant of Latin vacō, vacāre (be empty)[1] (or alternatively a variant of vacĭtus as a participle of a *vacĕre).

Pronunciation

Adjective

buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)

  1. vacant
  2. empty

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

buit m (plural buits)

  1. empty space; gap
  2. vacuum
  3. void

References


Dutch

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bœy̯t/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

buit m (uncountable)

  1. spoil, booty

Derived terms

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