pit bull terrier

See also: pitbull terrier

English

Alternative forms

pitbull terrier

Etymology

From pit (“fighting arena”) +‎ bull terrier.

Noun

pit bull terrier (plural pit bull terriers)

A medium-sized dog historically bred for dogfighting.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pit bull terrier

Hypernyms

molosser, mastiff

Translations

breed of dog

Chinese:
Cantonese: 比特犬 (bei² dak⁶ hyun²)

Mandarin: 比特犬 (zh) (bǐtèquǎn)
Dutch: pitbullterriër (nl) m, pitbull (nl) m
Finnish: pitbull (fi), pitbulli
French: pitbull (fr)
Hungarian: pitbull (hu), pitbull terrier, amerikai pitbull terrier
Irish: tarbh-bhrocaire m
Japanese: ピットブル (pittoburu)
Lithuanian: pitbulis m, pitbulterjeras m
Malay: anjing pitbull
Polish: pitbullterier (pl) m, pitbulterier (pl) m, pitbul (pl) m, pitbull (pl) m
Portuguese: pit bull m, pitbull m

See also

bull terrier
American pit bull terrier
American Staffordshire terrier
Staffordshire bull terrier

Further reading

“pit bull terrier”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“pit bull terrier”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“pit bull terrier”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“pit bull terrier”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.