sits

• enPR: sĭts, IPA^(key): /sɪts/
• Rhymes: -ɪts

sits

1. plural of sit

sits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sit

• sist, ists, STIs, S.T.I.s, TSIs

From Proto-Basque *siś.

• IPA^(key): /s̺it͡s̺/, [s̺it͡s̺]

sits anim

1. moth

• “sits”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “sits”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

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sits ? (uncountable, diminutive sitsje n)

1. chintz

• → Russian: си́тец (sítec), си́тецъ (sítec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Buryat: сиитис (siitis)
  • → Ingrian: sitsa
  • → Yakut: сиидэс (siides)
  • → Yup'ik: ciitsaaq

From German Sitz.

sits c

1. a seat (horizontal sitting surface)
2. a seat (a bit more generally)

   cykelsits

   bicycle seat (with a backrest, and not a sadel (“saddle”))

3. a manner of sitting on a horse
4. (rare) the relative position of players in a card game
5. (figuratively) a situation

   Vi sitter i samma sits.

   We're in the same situation.

   Jag har varit i den sitsen.

   I've been in that situation.

• toalettsits (“toilet seat”)

• sadel
• säte

• sits in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• 1. sits in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)