pitbull

See also: pit bull

English

Alternative forms

Noun

pitbull (plural pitbulls)

  1. shortened form of pit bull terrier
  2. (informal, figuratively) An aggressive person.
    My mother was a pitbull.
  3. (military, aviation) NATO brevity code indicating a semi-active radar homing missile has begun active homing, and no longer requires its operator to maintain a radar track.

Translations
pit bull terrier — see pit bull terrier

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: pit‧bull

Noun

pitbull m (plural pitbulls, diminutive pitbulletje n)

  1. pit bull

Finnish

Etymology

From English pitbull.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpitbulː/, [ˈpit̪bulː]
  • Rhymes: -itbulː
  • Syllabification(key): pit‧bull

Noun

pitbull

  1. pitbull, pit bull terrier (breed of dog)

Declension
Inflection of pitbull (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative pitbull pitbullit
genitive pitbullin pitbullien
partitive pitbullia pitbulleja
illative pitbulliin pitbulleihin
singular plural
nominative pitbull pitbullit
accusative nom. pitbull pitbullit
gen. pitbullin
genitive pitbullin pitbullien
partitive pitbullia pitbulleja
inessive pitbullissa pitbulleissa
elative pitbullista pitbulleista
illative pitbulliin pitbulleihin
adessive pitbullilla pitbulleilla
ablative pitbullilta pitbulleilta
allative pitbullille pitbulleille
essive pitbullina pitbulleina
translative pitbulliksi pitbulleiksi
instructive — pitbullein
abessive pitbullitta pitbulleitta
comitative — pitbulleineen
Possessive forms of pitbull (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person pitbullini pitbullimme
2nd person pitbullisi pitbullinne
3rd person pitbullinsa

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From English pitbull.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pit.bul/

Noun

pitbull m (plural pitbulls)

  1. pitbull (pit bull, “dog”)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pitbull.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpidbul/ [ˈpið̞.β̞ul]
  • Rhymes: -idbul

Noun

pitbull m (plural pitbulls)

  1. pit bull, pitbull, pit bull terrier

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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