tidbit

English

Alternative forms

• titbit (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From tid (“fond, tender, nice”) +‎ bit (“morsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪd.bɪt/, [tʰɪd̚.bɪt̚]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

tidbit (plural tidbits) (American spelling)

1. A tasty morsel (of food).
2. A short item of news or gossip.

Translations

a tasty morsel of food

• Bulgarian: вкусна хапка f (vkusna hapka)
• Finnish: herkkupala, makupala (fi)
• German: Leckerbissen (de) m
• Ingrian: makuin
• Italian: bocconcino m, leccornia (it) f
• Maori: komekome, whakapūwharu
• Plautdietsch: Lakjabeskje n
• Russian: ла́комый кусо́к m (lákomyj kusók)