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pit

Pronunciation: [ˈpit]

“pit” is a Catalan word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. breast
  2. force to support the castell, provided by the castellers in the pinya by pressing their chest onto the back of the casteller in front of them

In Catalan

  1. Tòrax humà.
  2. Part exterior del tòrax humà.
  3. En general, en les aus i els mamífers, part del tronc fins als malucs.
  4. Part de l'aparell respiratori que es troba dins del tronc, en especial en els humans.
  5. Mamella, especialment de la dona.
  6. Figurativament, empenta o valentia per a realitzar alguna tasca difícil o perillosa.
  7. Força que fa un casteller de la pinya amb el pit sobre l'esquena del casteller endavant, cap al centre de la construcció.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pit (also pits), from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Occitan pièch, French pis, Spanish pecho.

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