pitter

See also: Pitter

English

Etymology 1

From pit +‎ -er.

Noun

pitter (plural pitters)

A cherry pitter.

1. A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.

Derived terms

• cherry pitter
• olive pitter

Translations

Device

• French: dénoyauteur (fr) m
• German: Entsteiner (de)
• Spanish: descarozador
• Swedish: urkärnare c

Etymology 2

See pitter-patter.

Verb

pitter (third-person singular simple present pitters, present participle pittering, simple past and past participle pittered)

1. To make a pattering sound.

Translations

make a pattering sound

Maltese

Root
p-t-r
5 terms

Etymology

Derived from the root, itself denominal from pittura (“painting”) and/or pittur (“painter”), both from Sicilian. Doublet of pinġa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪt.tɛr/

Verb

pitter (imperfect jpitter, past participle mpitter, verbal noun tpittir)

1. to paint, draw, depict

   Synonym: pinġa

Conjugation

Conjugation of pitter
		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