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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]pitter (plural pitters)
- A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Device
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Etymology 2
[edit]See pitter-patter.
Verb
[edit]pitter (third-person singular simple present pitters, present participle pittering, simple past and past participle pittered)
- To make a pattering sound.
Translations
[edit]make a pattering sound
Maltese
[edit]Root |
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p-t-r |
5 terms |
Etymology
[edit]Derived from the root, itself denominal from pittura (“painting”) and/or pittur (“painter”), both from Sicilian. Doublet of pinġa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pitter (imperfect jpitter, past participle mpitter, verbal noun tpittir)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of pitter | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | pittirt | pittirt | pitter | pittirna | pittirtu | pittru | |
f | pittret | |||||||
imperfect | m | npitter | tpitter | jpitter | npittru | tpittru | jpittru | |
f | tpitter | |||||||
imperative | pitter | pittru |
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- English terms suffixed with -er
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- Maltese terms belonging to the root p-t-r
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- Maltese verbs
- Maltese form-II verbs
- Maltese sound form-II verbs
- Maltese sound verbs