Wit
//wɪt//
Translations of "wit" (27 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἀστεϊσμός(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | asteïsmós | |
| Arabic | إدراك(intellectual ability), وعي(intellectual ability) | — | |
| Armenian | խելք(mind; sanity), խելք(intellectual ability) | xelkʻ, xelkʻ | |
| Bulgarian | остроу́мие(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), разум(mind; sanity), съобразителност(Ability to think quickly), ум(intellectual ability) | ostroúmie, razum, sǎobrazitelnost, um | |
| Catalan | divertit(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), enteniment(mind; sanity), ment(mind; sanity) | — | |
| Czech | důvtip(Ability to think quickly), humor(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), rozum(mind; sanity), vtip(Ability to think quickly), vtip(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | — | |
| Danish | vid(mind; sanity), vid(intellectual ability), vid(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | — | |
| Esperanto | humuro(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), sprito(Ability to think quickly), spritulo(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes) | — | |
| Finnish | nokkeluus(Ability to think quickly), sukkeluus(Ability to think quickly), sutkaus(Ability to think quickly) | — | |
| French | mot d'esprit(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), petit malin(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes) | — | |
| Galician | entendemento(mind; sanity), intelecto(intellectual ability), mentalidade(mind; sanity), siso(mind; sanity), siso(intellectual ability) | — | |
| Georgian | გონება(mind; sanity), გონებამახვილობა(Ability to think quickly), ჭკუა(mind; sanity) | goneba, gonebamaxviloba, č̣ḳua | |
| German | Auffassungsgabe(Ability to think quickly), Intellekt(intellectual ability), Verstand(intellectual ability), Witz(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), Witzbold(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), bei Sinnen(mind; sanity), von Sinnen(mind; sanity) | — | |
| Italian | acutezza(Ability to think quickly), arguzia(intellectual ability), arguzia(Ability to think quickly), battuta(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), brio(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), facezia(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), freddura(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), genio(Ability to think quickly), ilare(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), motto di spirito(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), prontezza di spirito(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), senno(mind; sanity), senso umoristico(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), spirito(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), spiritosaggine(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes) | — | |
| Korean | 눈치(Ability to think quickly) | nunchi | |
| Latin | argūtia(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), facetiae(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), ingenium(intellectual ability), scurra(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes) | — | |
| Latvian | asprātis(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), asprātība(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), atjautība(Ability to think quickly), prāts(mind; sanity), saprāts(mind; sanity) | — | |
| Māori | naho(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), ngutu atamai(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | — | |
| Norwegian | forstand(intellectual ability), intellekt(intellectual ability), vett(mind; sanity), vidd(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | — | |
| Occitan | esperit(mind; sanity), ment(mind; sanity), sen(mind; sanity), èime(mind; sanity) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | Witsichkjeit(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | — | |
| Portuguese | agudez(Ability to think quickly), agudeza(Ability to think quickly), engraçado(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), esperteza(Ability to think quickly), humor(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), humorístico(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), intelecto(intellectual ability), intelectual(intellectual ability), mentalidade(mind; sanity), sanidade(mind; sanity) | — | |
| Romanian | schepsis(Ability to think quickly) | — | |
| Russian | остроу́мие(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), остря́к(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), ра́зум(mind; sanity), ум(intellectual ability), ум(Ability to think quickly) | ostroúmije, ostrják, rázum, um, um | |
| Spanish | agudeza(Ability to think quickly), chiste espontáneo(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), cordura(mind; sanity), divertido(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), donaire(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), donosura(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), gracejo(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), gracia(Ability to think quickly), gracia(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), humor(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly), imaginativo(A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes), ingenio(Ability to think quickly), intelecto(intellectual ability), intelectualidad(intellectual ability), inteligencia(Ability to think quickly), listeza(Ability to think quickly), mentalidad(mind; sanity), mentalidad(Ability to think quickly), mordacidad(Spoken humour, particularly that thought of quickly) | — | |
| Turkish | nükte(Ability to think quickly) | — | |
| Ukrainian | розум(mind; sanity) | rozum |
إدراك, وعي
divertit, enteniment, ment
důvtip, humor, rozum, vtip, vtip
vid, vid, vid
humuro, sprito, spritulo
nokkeluus, sukkeluus, sutkaus
mot d'esprit, petit malin
entendemento, intelecto, mentalidade, siso, siso
Auffassungsgabe, Intellekt, Verstand, Witz, Witzbold, bei Sinnen, von Sinnen
acutezza, arguzia, arguzia, battuta, brio, facezia, freddura, genio, ilare, motto di spirito, prontezza di spirito, senno, senso umoristico, spirito, spiritosaggine
argūtia, facetiae, ingenium, scurra
asprātis, asprātība, atjautība, prāts, saprāts
naho, ngutu atamai
forstand, intellekt, vett, vidd
esperit, ment, sen, èime
Witsichkjeit
agudez, agudeza, engraçado, esperteza, humor, humorístico, intelecto, intelectual, mentalidade, sanidade
schepsis
agudeza, chiste espontáneo, cordura, divertido, donaire, donosura, gracejo, gracia, gracia, humor, imaginativo, ingenio, intelecto, intelectualidad, inteligencia, listeza, mentalidad, mentalidad, mordacidad
nükte
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