ut

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ut"

English

Etymology

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).

Pronunciation

Noun

ut (plural uts)

  1. (music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 132, column 1:
      Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]
    • 1875 February, The Ladies' Repository, volume 35, Cincinnati, page 189:
      The French added si for the seventh, and the Italians changed ut to do. Modern music-books name the whole thirteen notes of the semi-tone scale, and expect the pupil to learn them all.

Usage notes

  • In solfège, ut has been replaced by do.

Translations

Anagrams

Caddo

Noun

ut

  1. raccoon

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis.

Pronunciation

Noun

ut m (plural uts)

  1. (music, dated) ut

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Assamese উট (ut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ut˩˥/, [ut˩˥]

Noun

ut

  1. camel

Further reading

  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 21

French

Etymology

From Latin ut (“how”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yt/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

ut m (invariable)

  1. (music) ut (do), the note 'C'
    Synonym: do
    en ut majeur ― in C major

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Fula

Alternative forms

  • uqsatu

Etymology

From French août.

Noun

ut o

  1. (Pular) August
    Synonym: juko

References

Gothic

Romanization

ūt

  1. romanization of 𐌿𐍄

Gullah

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin unknown. Compare English light.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌːt/, /ʌttʃ/

Adjective

ut

  1. (of weight) light
    Antonym: hebby
  2. (of color) light
    Antonym: daak

Noun

ut

  1. light

References

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis. Was replaced by do in the 17th century.

Noun

ut m (invariable)

  1. (music, archaic) ut (do) the note 'C'.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Some supposed ut < uti < utī < utei < *utai < *uta + i, with this *uta corresponding to ita (and utinam < *utanam).[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos and *só. See ubi for the loss of c.

Jussive and optative sentences were often followed by some adverbial ut(i), originally meaning "in some way" (sometimes interchangeable with instrumental qui (“by some means”)). Ut, becoming habitual, lost its full meaning and was weakened to the conjunction ut, which now fell to govern the subjunctive mood. This was the epitome of the evolution of subordinate clauses in Latin.[2]

Pronunciation

Adverb

ut (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) how? in what way?
    Synonym: quī
    Ut vales?
    How do you fare?
  2. (relative) as
    Synonym: sīcut
    Faciam ut voles.
    I shall do as you want.
  3. (relative) as, being, in the role of, in the capacity of, as natural for
    • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum XIII.21:
      Possum falli ut homo
      As a human I may be wrong.
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes I.8.15:
      Sed tu mihi videris Epicharmi, acuti nec insulsi hominis, ut Siculi, sententiam sequi
      But you seem to me to agree with the sentence of Epicharmus, who, as a Sicilian, was a man of keen insight and not without taste.
  4. (relative, rare) where

Conjunction

ut (followed by the subjunctive)

  1. how, that, so that, to, in order to, in order that; introduces the subject or object clause of a verb, purpose or effect; note that quō replaces ut when there is a comparative in the subordinate clause of purpose.
    • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Tobit.2.4:
      Tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte ut dum sol occubuisset caute sepeliret eum.
      And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.
    • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Tobit.3.25:
      Et missus est angelus Domini sanctus Rafahel ut curaret ambos quorum uno tempore fuerat oratio in conspectu Domini recitata.
      And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.
    • Colloquium Celtis:
      Nescio quid dicam, ita enim perturbatus sum ut rationem nulli possim reddere.
      I don't know what to say, for I was so upset that I can give an explanation to no one.
  2. although
    • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Biblia Sacra Vulgāta In Pentateuchō:
      Quod ut audērem, Ōrigenis mē studium prōuocāuit...
      Although I dared it, Origen's zeal provoked me...

ut (followed by the indicative)

  1. like, as, just as
    Synonyms: velut, sīcut, tamquam, quasi
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.13:
      Ut ager, quamvīs fertilis, sine cultūrā frūctuōsus esse nōn potest, sīc sine doctrīnā animus.
      Just as the field, however fertile, without cultivation cannot be fruitful, likewise the soul without education.
  2. as soon as, when, whenever
  3. that, for that, because

Usage notes

Often coupled with ita, such that ita x, ut y means "so/thus x, as y".

Non ita loquimur, ut physici.
We do not say so, as the physicists do.

Derived terms

References

  • “ut”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ut”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ut”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    • I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
    • it is high time that..: tempus maximum est, ut
    • a man of considerable learning for those times: vir ut temporibus illis doctus
    • the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that..: res eo or in eum locum deducta est, ut...
    • I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
    • it is no longer in my power: mihi non est integrum, ut...
    • to give a man the opportunity of doing a thing: facultatem alicui dare alicuius rei or ut possit...
    • to be induced by a consideration: adduci aliqua re (ad aliquid or ut...)
    • to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: contendere et laborare, ut
    • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut
    • to induce a person to think that..: aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
    • I think that..: in hac sum sententia, ut...putem
    • according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
    • according to my opinion: ut mihi quidem videtur
    • I am gradually convinced that..: addūcor, ut credam
    • I cannot make myself believe that..: non possum adduci, ut (credam)
    • to form a plan, make a resolution: consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)
    • to give a person advice: auctorem esse alicui, ut
    • I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
    • my intention is..: consilium est c. Inf. or ut
    • my intention is..: id sequor, ut
    • the matter tends towards..., has this object.[1: res eo spectat, ut
    • with the intention of..: eo consilio, ea mente, ut
    • he had such an extraordinary memory that..: memoria tanta fuit, ut
    • to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
    • for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
    • to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
    • systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
    • it follows from this that..: sequitur (not ex quo seq.) ut
    • it follows from this that..: ex quo, unde, hinc efficitur ut
    • to pass from myth to history: ut a fabulis ad facta veniamus
    • as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
    • but to return from the digression we have been making: verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
    • the task I have put before myself is..: mihi propositum est c. Inf. (or mihi proposui, ut)
    • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
    • the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
    • as the proverb says: ut est in proverbio
    • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
    • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de gradu deici, ut dicitur
    • to love some one very dearly, with all one's heart: aliquem toto pectore, ut dicitur, amare (Leg. 18. 49)
    • there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
    • this is a characteristic of virtue, it..: virtus hoc habet, ut...
    • to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
    • good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    • it is customary to..: mos (moris) est, ut (Brut. 21. 84)
    • as usually happens: ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
    • as usually happens: ut solet, ut fieri solet
    • as you sow, so will you reap: ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
    • a man's policy is aiming at, directed towards..: alicuius in re publica or capessendae rei publicae consilia eo spectant, ut...
    • to propose a law in the popular assembly: legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...
    • Solo ordained by law that..: Solo lege sanxit, ut or ne
    • the laws of Solon ordained that..: Solonis legibus sanctum erat, ut or ne
    • on condition of..: ea lege, ut
    • to form a conspiracy: coniurare (inter se) de c. Gerund. or ut...
    • to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force: edicere, ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)
    • the senate decreed (and the people ratified the decree) that..: senatus decrevit (populusque iussit) ut
    • to take care not to..: non committere, ut...
    • to ordain as punishment that..: hanc poenam constituere in aliquem, ut...
    • peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    • as Cicero says: ut ait Cicero (always in this order)
    • to use Cicero's expression; to say with Cicero (not ut cum Cicerone loquar): ut Ciceronis verbis utar
    • so to speak (used to modify a figurative expression): ut ita dicam
    • not to mention..: ut non (nihil) dicam de...
    • to say nothing further on..: ut plura non dicam
    • to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam
    • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (rem) absolvam
    • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
    • in short; to be brief: ut brevi comprehendam
    • in short; to be brief: ut brevi praecīdam
    • to sum up..: ut eorum, quae dixi, summam faciam
    • to use the mildest expression: ut levissime dicam (opp. ut gravissimo verbo utar)
    • to express myself more plainly: ut planius dicam
    • to put it more exactly: ut verius dicam
    • to say once for all: ut semel or in perpetuum dicam
    • to use the same simile, illustration: ut in eodem simili verser
    • to use this example: ut hoc utar or afferam
    • as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est
    • this is not the place to..: non est hic locus, ut...
    • putting aside, except: ut omittam c. Accus.
    • to except the fact that..: ut praetermittam c. Acc. c. Inf.
  1. ^ Basselaar, (1960) Propylaeum Latinum, São Paulo, Editora Herder, p.387
  2. ^ Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *uSi.

Pronunciation

Noun

ut

  1. general term for hedge plant flower
  2. a flower
  3. a tree with flowers
  4. a wreath of flowers

Derived terms

References

  • Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “ut”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎[3]

Mauritian Creole

Noun

ut

  1. alternative spelling of out (“August”)

References

  • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 328

Meriam

Noun

ut

  1. sleep

Middle English

Adverb

ut

  1. alternative form of oute

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic *ūt.

Adverb

ut

  1. out (direction)

Derived terms

Interjection

ut

  1. get out!

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic *ūt. Akin to English out.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʉːt/

Adverb

ut

  1. out (direction)

Derived terms

Interjection

ut

  1. get out!

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ūt.

Adverb

ūt

  1. out

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: uut, ute
    • Dutch: uit
      • Afrikaans: uit
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: oiti
      • Jersey Dutch: äut
      • Negerhollands: ut, it, yt

References

Old English

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Indo-European *úd.

    Cognate with Old Dutch ūt (Dutch uit), Old Saxon ūt (Low German ut), Old High German ūz (German aus), Old Norse út (Swedish ut), Gothic 𐌿𐍄 (ut).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /uːt/
    • Rhymes: -uːt

    Adverb

    ūt (comparative ūtor, superlative ȳtemest)

    1. out
      • c. 900 CE, Alfred the Great [attributed], edited and translated by the Rev. Joseph Bosworth, D.D. F.R.S. F.S.A, King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious History of the World by Orosius, London: Longman, Green, Brown and Longmans, published 1859, page 56:
        Þȳ ilcan ġēare Claudius oferwann Gotan and hīe ādrāf ūt of Crēcum.
        The same year, Claudius defeated the Goths and drove them out of Greece.
      • 996–997, Ælfric of Eynsham, “The Seven Sleepers”, in Rev. Walter W. Skeat, M.A., ed. and transl., Aelfric's Lives of Saints (Early English Text Society original series 82), volume I, London: N. Trübner & Co., published 1885, page 522:
        ...he wolde gān ūt of ðām porte...
        ...he desired to go out of the town...
      • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, “&lpg=PA574 "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr”, in Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., ed. and transl., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume I, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1844, page 432:
        On þǣre nihte þe sē cyning hine on morgne ācwellan wolde, cōm Godes enġel sċīnende of heofonum, and ġelǣdde hine ūt þurh þā īsernan gatu.
        On the night before the king was going to kill him in the morning, God’s angel came shining down from heaven, and led him out through the iron gates.
    2. outside, outdoors

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Old Saxon

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *ūt.

    Adverb

    ūt

    1. out

    Preposition

    ūt

    1. out of

    Descendants

    • Middle Low German: ût
      • Low German: uut, ut
        • German Low German: uut

    Prasuni

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s.

    Noun

    ut (Zumu)[1]

    1. path

    References

    1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “′ut”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]

    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German Ut or French ut.

      Noun

      ut m (uncountable)

      1. (music) ut (do) the note 'C'.

      Declension

      singular only indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative ut utul
      genitive-dative ut utului
      vocative utule

      Sa

      Noun

      ut

      1. louse

      References

      • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

      Ske

      Noun

      ut

      1. louse

      References

      • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

      Sowa

      Noun

      ut

      1. louse

      References

      • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

      Swedish

      Etymology

      From Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic *ūt.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ʉːt/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ʉːt

      Adverb

      ut (not comparable)

      1. out (to out)
        Antonym: in (“into, to in”)
        Han gick ut ― He walked out ("to out")
        Han gick ute ― He was walking around outside (for comparison)
        De går ut ― They're walking out ("to out")
        Han gick ut ur rummet ― He walked out of ("to out of") the room
        Han är ute ur rummet ― He is out of the room

      Interjection

      ut

      1. get out!

      Postposition

      ut

      1. from a certain point within a time span until the end of that time span (and possibly further in time)
        Jag är där månaden ut ― I'll be there until the end of the month (and possibly for longer)
        Resultatet stod sig matchen ut ― The result stood until the end of the game (and was likely final, without further context)

      Derived terms

      See also

      • ute (“out as a location, outside”)
      • utanpå (“on the outside (surface)”)

      References

      • “ut”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
      • “ut”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
      • “ut”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
      • ut in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

      Anagrams

      Tashelhit

      Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăwət (“to hit”). Cognate with Tarifit wwet (“to hit”) and Zenaga äwih (“to hit, to strike”).

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        ut (imperfective kkat, verbal noun tayyiti or tayti, Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵜ, Arabic spelling اوت)

        1. to hit, to strike
          ايس تسّنت ماتّا غوالّي ك يوتن.
          is tssnt matta ɣwalli k yutn?
          Do you know the one who hit you?
        2. to emit, to produce (used of plants, natural phenomena, etc.)
          يوت ونژار. ― yut unẓar ― to rain
          يوت يبروري. ― yut ibruri ― to hail
          يوت ودفل. ― yut udfl ― to hail
          يوت يڭّيڭ. ― yut iggig ― to thunder
        3. to travel a distance
        4. to play (an instrument)
        5. to hold, to institute
        6. to shoot, to fire
        7. (euphemistic) to have sex

        Derived terms

        • imtwiyn (“fights”)
        • tiytt (“song”)
        • ut s walln (“to blink”)

        References

        • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 T–Ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2888b

        Turkish

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

          Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عود ('ud), from Arabic عُود (ʕūd).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ut/

          Noun

          ut (definite accusative udu, plural utlar)

          1. oud (a type of lute)

          Declension

          Declension of ut
          singular plural
          nominative ut utlar
          definite accusative udu utları
          dative uda utlara
          locative utta utlarda
          ablative uttan utlardan
          genitive udun utların
          Possessive forms
          nominative
          singular plural
          1st singular udum utlarım
          2nd singular udun utların
          3rd singular udu utları
          1st plural udumuz utlarımız
          2nd plural udunuz utlarınız
          3rd plural utları utları
          definite accusative
          singular plural
          1st singular udumu utlarımı
          2nd singular udunu utlarını
          3rd singular udunu utlarını
          1st plural udumuzu utlarımızı
          2nd plural udunuzu utlarınızı
          3rd plural utlarını utlarını
          dative
          singular plural
          1st singular uduma utlarıma
          2nd singular uduna utlarına
          3rd singular uduna utlarına
          1st plural udumuza utlarımıza
          2nd plural udunuza utlarınıza
          3rd plural utlarına utlarına
          locative
          singular plural
          1st singular udumda utlarımda
          2nd singular udunda utlarında
          3rd singular udunda utlarında
          1st plural udumuzda utlarımızda
          2nd plural udunuzda utlarınızda
          3rd plural utlarında utlarında
          ablative
          singular plural
          1st singular udumdan utlarımdan
          2nd singular udundan utlarından
          3rd singular udundan utlarından
          1st plural udumuzdan utlarımızdan
          2nd plural udunuzdan utlarınızdan
          3rd plural utlarından utlarından
          genitive
          singular plural
          1st singular udumun utlarımın
          2nd singular udunun utlarının
          3rd singular udunun utlarının
          1st plural udumuzun utlarımızın
          2nd plural udunuzun utlarınızın
          3rd plural utlarının utlarının

          Yola

          Adverb

          ut

          1. alternative form of udh
            • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 52:
              Leiough ut ee die.
              Idle out the day.

          References

          • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73