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発音

• 韻: -aɪt

語源 1

From 中期英語 flit, from 古期英語 flit, ġeflit (“strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *flit. The 古期英語 term had a short vowel, so the modern term must have had its vowel leveled in from the verb at some point in its history.

Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”), Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).

名詞

flite (plural flites)

1. (dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
2. (dialectal) a scolding.

語源 2

From 中期英語 flyten (“to argue, quarrel”), from 古期英語 flītan (“to strive, contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive, contend”). Akin to German befleissen (“to apply oneself diligently, endeavor”), Swedish beflita (“to apply to, study”), Norwegian Bokmål beflitte (“to endeavour, strive”).

動詞

flite (third-person singular simple present flites, present participle fliting, simple past flited or flote, past participle flited or flote or flitten)

1. (dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. (dialectal) to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

関連する語

• flyting

アナグラム

• filet

名詞

flite

1. dative singular of flit