Rita
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Rita f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bagridae – certain naked catfishes of south Asia.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Siluriformes - order; Bagroidea - superfamily; Bagridae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Rita rita - type species
References
[edit]- Rita (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Rita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːtə
Etymology 1
[edit]From Romance (Italian rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita (plural Ritas)
- A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
- 1993, Diane Telgen, Jim Kamp, editors, Notable Hispanic American Women, VNR AG, →ISBN, page 194:
- Born Margarita Carmen Cansino to Eduardo and Volga Haworth Cansino on October 17, 1918, in New York City, Rita Hayworth was no stranger to show business.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From South Asian languages, from Sanskrit रीता (rītā).
Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita (plural Ritas)
- A female given name from Sanskrit
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a female given name
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a female given name
Faroese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Rita: Rituson
- daughter of Rita: Ritudóttir
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Rita |
accusative | Ritu |
dative | Ritu |
genitive | Ritu |
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]< rita
Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | Rita | Ridat | |
genitive | Ridan | Ritojen | |
partitive | Ritaa | Ritoja | |
illative | Ritaan | Ritoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Rita | Ridat | |
accusative | nom. | Rita | Ridat |
gen. | Ridan | ||
genitive | Ridan | Ritojen Ritain rare | |
partitive | Ritaa | Ritoja | |
inessive | Ridassa | Ridoissa | |
elative | Ridasta | Ridoista | |
illative | Ritaan | Ritoihin | |
adessive | Ridalla | Ridoilla | |
ablative | Ridalta | Ridoilta | |
allative | Ridalle | Ridoille | |
essive | Ritana | Ritoina | |
translative | Ridaksi | Ridoiksi | |
abessive | Ridatta | Ridoitta | |
instructive | — | Ridoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Rita is the 3514th (tied with 13 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 219 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2
[edit]More directly from Italian Rita. Compare Riitta, which has been in use for longer.
Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Rita (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Rita | Ritat | |
genitive | Ritan | Ritojen | |
partitive | Ritaa | Ritoja | |
illative | Ritaan | Ritoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Rita | Ritat | |
accusative | nom. | Rita | Ritat |
gen. | Ritan | ||
genitive | Ritan | Ritojen Ritain rare | |
partitive | Ritaa | Ritoja | |
inessive | Ritassa | Ritoissa | |
elative | Ritasta | Ritoista | |
illative | Ritaan | Ritoihin | |
adessive | Ritalla | Ritoilla | |
ablative | Ritalta | Ritoilta | |
allative | Ritalle | Ritoille | |
essive | Ritana | Ritoina | |
translative | Ritaksi | Ritoiksi | |
abessive | Ritatta | Ritoitta | |
instructive | — | Ritoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
[edit]- Rita is the 288th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,787 female individuals (and as a middle name to 266 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a female given name
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Rita | Riták |
accusative | Ritát | Ritákat |
dative | Ritának | Ritáknak |
instrumental | Ritával | Ritákkal |
causal-final | Ritáért | Ritákért |
translative | Ritává | Ritákká |
terminative | Ritáig | Ritákig |
essive-formal | Ritaként | Ritákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Ritában | Ritákban |
superessive | Ritán | Ritákon |
adessive | Ritánál | Ritáknál |
illative | Ritába | Ritákba |
sublative | Ritára | Ritákra |
allative | Ritához | Ritákhoz |
elative | Ritából | Ritákból |
delative | Ritáról | Ritákról |
ablative | Ritától | Ritáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Ritáé | Ritáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Ritáéi | Ritákéi |
Possessive forms of Rita | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Ritám | Ritáim |
2nd person sing. | Ritád | Ritáid |
3rd person sing. | Ritája | Ritái |
1st person plural | Ritánk | Ritáink |
2nd person plural | Ritátok | Ritáitok |
3rd person plural | Ritájuk | Ritáik |
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita f
- a diminutive of the female given name Margherita
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1896. Short form of Margarita.
Proper noun
[edit]Rita f
- a female given name
References
[edit]- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Rita was the only given name of 7674 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita f
- a female given name
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
[edit]Rita
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]- Popular in Norway in 1950 - 1975.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ri‧ta
Proper noun
[edit]Rita f (plural Ritas)
- a female given name
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rita f
- a female given name
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Rita, later also used as a short form of Marita and Carita. First recorded as a name of Swedes in 1880.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Rita c (genitive Ritas)
- a female given name
Anagrams
[edit]- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- Rhymes:English/iːtə
- Rhymes:English/iːtə/2 syllables
- English terms borrowed from Romance languages
- English terms derived from Romance languages
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Romance languages
- English female given names from Italian
- English female given names from Spanish
- English terms with quotations
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English female given names from Sanskrit
- Danish terms derived from Italian
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian terms derived from Italian
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/iːta
- Faroese terms with homophones
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/itɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/itɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- German terms derived from Italian
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/tɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/tɒ/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- Hungarian given names
- Hungarian female given names
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ita
- Rhymes:Italian/ita/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian given names
- Italian female given names
- Italian diminutives of female given names
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- Lithuanian given names
- Lithuanian female given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese proper nouns with plurals
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Swedish terms derived from Italian
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names