buit

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœi̯t/

• Audio:

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Noun

buit (uncountable)

1. The booty, spoils.

Derived terms

• buitmaak
• krygsbuit
• oorlogsbuit

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbujt]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ujt
• Homophone: vuit (Central)

Adjective

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

1. vacant
2. empty

Antonyms

• ple

Derived terms

• buidar
• buidesa
• buidor

Noun

buit m (plural buits)

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

Further reading

• “buit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “buit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “buit”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• buyt, buet (archaic)

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯t/
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [bɜʏ̯t]
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [bœːt]

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Hyphenation: buit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

buit m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. the spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war
2. the loot, fruits of crime
3. a hunter's prey
4. the gains, as in a game of chance

Derived terms

• buitmaken
• buitrecht
• jachtbuit
• krijgsbuit
• oorlogsbuit
• uitbuiten
• vrijbuiten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buit
• → West Frisian: bût, bút