Pit

//pɪt//

Synonyms for "pit" (384 found)

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Proper Noun(1 words)

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Translations

261 translations across 76 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • gropë noun (hole in the ground)
  • pus (gheg) noun (hole in the ground)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • βάραθρον noun (hole in the ground)
  • βόθρος noun (hole in the ground)
  • γίγαρτον noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • πυρήν noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حُفْرَة noun (hole in the ground)
  • عضم noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • عضم noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հոր noun (hole in the ground)
  • փոս noun (hole in the ground)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • groapã noun (hole in the ground)
  • sãmbure noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • sãmburi noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • çuxur noun (hole in the ground)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • соҡор noun (hole in the ground)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • я́ма noun (hole in the ground)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • костилка noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • партер noun (part of a theatre)
  • я́ма noun (hole in the ground)
  • копая яма verb (to make pits in)

Catalan

3 entries
  • fossa noun (hole in the ground)
  • pinyol noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • sot noun (hole in the ground)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • noun (hole in the ground)
  • 果核 noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • noun (hole in the ground)

Czech

4 entries
  • box noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • depo noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • jáma noun (hole in the ground)
  • pecka noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Danish

1 entries
  • kule noun (hole in the ground)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kuil noun (hole in the ground)
  • pit noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • pit noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • pit noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Eastern Bontoc

1 entries
  • lokkong noun (hole in the ground)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • kavo noun (hole in the ground)
  • kerno noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • tombofoso noun (grave or underworld)

Faroese

1 entries
  • hola noun (hole in the ground)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hauta noun (grave or underworld)
  • kaivanto noun (archaeology: excavation hole)
  • kivi noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • kivi noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

French

4 entries
  • fosse noun (hole in the ground)
  • fosse noun (music: section of a marching band)
  • noyau noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • noyau noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Galician

1 entries
  • foxo noun (hole in the ground)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ორმო noun (hole in the ground)

German

4 entries
  • Ausgrabung noun (archaeology: excavation hole)
  • Box noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • Erdgrube noun (small surface hole or depression)
  • Grab noun (grave or underworld)

Greek

4 entries
  • κουκούτσι noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • κουκούτσι noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • λάκκος noun (hole in the ground)
  • πιτ noun (service area at a motor racetrack)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • lua noun (hole in the ground)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בור noun (hole in the ground)
  • חַרְצָן noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गडडा noun (hole in the ground)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • gödör noun (hole in the ground)
  • mag noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • mag noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • verem noun (hole in the ground)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • gryfja noun (hole in the ground)
  • hola noun (hole in the ground)
  • steinn noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • abut noun (hole in the ground)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lubang noun (hole in the ground)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kulppa noun (hole in the ground)
  • toomi noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Irish

1 entries
  • poll noun (hole in the ground)

Italian

4 entries
  • box noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • buca noun (hole in the ground)
  • buco noun (hole in the ground)
  • fossa noun (hole in the ground)

Japanese

2 entries
  • noun (hole in the ground)
  • 落とし穴 noun (hole in the ground)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • шұңқыр noun (hole in the ground)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្រហូង noun (hole in the ground)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • irima noun (hole in the ground)

Korean

2 entries
  • 구덩이 noun (hole in the ground)
  • 구멍 noun (hole in the ground)

Latin

2 entries
  • fovea noun (hole in the ground)
  • puteus noun (hole in the ground)

Lubuagan Kalinga

2 entries
  • abut noun (hole in the ground)
  • mamboka noun (hole in the ground)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • семка noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • јама noun (hole in the ground)
  • јатка noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കുഴി noun (hole in the ground)

Marathi

1 entries
  • खड्डा noun (hole in the ground)

Māori

1 entries
  • rua noun (hole in the ground)

Navajo

2 entries
  • nooʼ noun (hole in the ground)
  • łeʼoogeed noun (hole in the ground)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • çal noun (hole in the ground)

Occitan

3 entries
  • clot noun (hole in the ground)
  • fòssa noun (hole in the ground)
  • trauc noun (hole in the ground)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଗାଡ noun (hole in the ground)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • okandaamin noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • waanikaan noun (hole in the ground)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • уӕрм noun (hole in the ground)

Persian

3 entries
  • چال noun (hole in the ground)
  • چاله noun (hole in the ground)
  • گودال noun (hole in the ground)

Polish

3 entries
  • dół noun (hole in the ground)
  • jama noun (hole in the ground)
  • pestka noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • buraco noun (hole in the ground)
  • caroço noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • caroço noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • cavouco noun (hole in the ground)

Romanian

2 entries
  • groapă noun (hole in the ground)
  • sâmbure noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Russian

4 entries
  • бо́ксы noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • ко́сточка noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • ко́сточка noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • я́ма noun (hole in the ground)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sloc noun (hole in the ground)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • jama noun (hole in the ground)
  • јама noun (hole in the ground)

Slovak

2 entries
  • jama noun (hole in the ground)
  • jamka noun (small surface hole or depression)

Slovene

4 entries
  • boks noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • brezno noun (hole in the ground)
  • jama noun (hole in the ground)
  • koščica noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries
  • lungug noun (hole in the ground)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agujero noun (hole in the ground)
  • box noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • carozo noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • excavación noun (archaeology: excavation hole)

Swedish

4 entries
  • depå noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • grop noun (hole in the ground)
  • kärna noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • kärna noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • hukay noun (hole in the ground)
  • lubak noun (hole in the ground)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • anu noun (hole in the ground)
  • aɣyay noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Telugu

2 entries
  • గొయ్యి noun (hole in the ground)
  • గొయ్యి noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)

Thai

2 entries
  • บ่อ noun (hole in the ground)
  • หลุม noun (hole in the ground)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ས་དོང noun (hole in the ground)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kāre noun (hole in the ground)

Turkish

2 entries
  • pit noun (service area at a motor racetrack)
  • çukur noun (hole in the ground)

Tày

1 entries
  • noun (hole in the ground)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • я́ма noun (hole in the ground)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hố noun (hole in the ground)

Walloon

3 entries
  • nawea noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)
  • nawea noun (the stone of a drupaceous fruit)
  • pirete noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Welsh

1 entries
  • pant noun (hole in the ground)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קערל noun (seed or stone inside a fruit)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • çal noun (hole in the ground)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He fell into the bottomless pit.

Source: tatoeba (302129)

I dug a pit.

Source: tatoeba (507271)

The demon grabbed my sister and, with howling laughter, cast her into a bottomless pit.

Source: tatoeba (723182)

Somehow, a nearly bankrupt third-party publisher flashed the new Castlevania game onto the memory incompletely. As a result, an entire generation of kids in Macon, Georgia unanimously condemned it as "Simon Does Nothing but Fall into a Bottomless Pit."

Source: tatoeba (831894)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.