ziti

See also: zìtǐ, zīti, žiti, žití, and žíti

English

A stack of ziti

Alternative forms

• zite

Etymology

From Italian zite or ziti, plural of zita, zito, from a Southern (Neapolitan or Sicilian) word likely from Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), originally denoting a young boy or girl. See also petty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːti/, enPR: zēʹtē
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈziɾi]
• Rhymes: -iːti

Noun

ziti (usually uncountable, plural zitis)

1. A type of macaroni pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.

Related terms

• zitoni

Translations

type of large macaroni

• Italian: zite f pl, ziti m pl
• Japanese: ズィーティ (zīti)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈt͡si.ti/, ^*/ˈd͡zi.ti/
• Rhymes: -iti
• Hyphenation: zì‧ti

Noun

ziti m pl

1. plural of zito

Anagrams

• tizi

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• zajti

Etymology

Compare iz- (“out-”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

ziti pf (Cyrillic spelling зити)

1. (Chakavian, Kajkavian) to go out, leave, come out, get out, to rise, to be published
   • 1936, Dragutin Domjanić, Clair-obscur:

     Težko bu ti, znam oditi, / pak bu taki dan. / – Zakaj mora pri nas ziti / sunce tak zaran?!

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Conjugation

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Related terms

• izaći