chut
English
Etymology 1
Noun
chut (plural chuts)
- A repeated short, low vocal sound made by guinea pigs, thought to express interest or curiosity.
Verb
chut (third-person singular simple present chuts, present participle chutting, simple past and past participle chutted)
- (intransitive) To produce this sound.
Etymology 2
Hindi छत (chat, “roof, ceiling”)
Noun
chut (plural chuts)
- (India) A coarse cotton sheet, stretched on a frame and whitewashed, forming the ceiling of a room.
Etymology 3
Interjection
chut
- (archaic) An expression of impatience.
- 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 59:
- “The instinct that led me to insist on examining those coffee-cups. Chut! no more now!”
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
Conjugated form
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃy/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Verb
chut
- third-person singular past historic of choir
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃyt/
Interjection
chut
- shush (a request of silence)
Further reading
- “chut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Lower Tanana
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *kûˑd. Cognate with Ahtna cuut.
Root
chut
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | chut | chut | cheɬ | chut |
| Customary | chek | chek | chek | chek |
| Reversitative | chet | chet | chet | chet |
| Neuter | chut | chut | chut | chut |
Derived terms
- etlchut (“food is in position”)
- ni'ilchudi (“winter food supply”)
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 91-92
Mizo
Adjective
chut
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xǫtь.
Pronunciation
Noun
chut f (diminutive chútka)
- taste
- appetite
- pleasure
- v něčem chut jmieti ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- něčso v chut jmieti ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- s chuťú ― with zest
Declension
Declension of chut (i-stem)
Related terms
Descendants
- Czech: chuť
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “chut”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃut/ [ˈt͡ʃut̪]
- Rhymes: -ut
- Syllabification: chut
Noun
chut m (plural chuts)
- (sports) shot
- 20 August 2023, Jordi Quixano, “España se hace inmortal con la conquista de su primer Mundial femenino”, in El País[1]:
- Pero Jenni, peleada con los once metros, erró como le ocurriera ante Costa Rica en la apertura del Mundial, chut flojo y a las manoplas de la portera.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “chut”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /χɨ̞t/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /χɪt/
Noun
chut
- aspirate mutation of cut