Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slite

/slaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
slite
IPA
/slaɪt/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To slit; tear or rip up.

Transitive verb

verb

To wear away (clothes).

Transitive verb

noun

The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English sliten, from Old English slītan (“to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-, *(s)kelH- (“to cut, trim”). Cognate with North Frisian slitten (“to clear, make void”), Dutch slijten (“to wear, waste, ravel out”), German schleißen (“to trim”), Swedish slita (“to rip, tear”). Doublet of slit. More at slice.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sliten, slītan, *slītan, *slītaną, *skleyd-

Usage

Inflected Forms

slites (present, singular) sliting (participle, present) slit (past) slited (past) slit (participle, past) slited (participle, past) slitten (participle, past) sleight (alternative) slight (alternative) slyte (alternative)

Homonyms

sleight

Rhymes With

right all right might night all-night white great white light quite new light fight site

Questions

How do you pronounce slite?
The recorded pronunciation is /slaɪt/.
What does slite mean?
To slit; tear or rip up.
Where does slite come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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