rit
/ˈɹɪt/noun, verb, adverb
rit is a noun meaning “A scratch, a score or a groove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-T, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rit is rits.
What does rit mean?
noun
- 1
ScotlandA scratch, a score or a groove.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo scratch or score.
- 2
ScotlandTo tear, rip, rend.
- 3
ScotlandTo slit.
noun
- 1
Initialism of rapid intervention team.
adverb
- 1
Abbreviation of ritardando.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rit?
- /ˈɹɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rit
- rits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ritt
- ret
- ritting participle, present
- ritted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rit?
Rit appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rit come from?
From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).