sitter
English
/ˈsɪtə/, /ˈsɪtɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
- One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
- A participant in a séance.
- A broody hen.
- (football) A very easy scoring chance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sitter affix from English sit.
Origin
English
sit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atsit English
- baby English
- baby-sit English
- babysitter English
- besit English
- birdsit English
- birdysit English
- bysitter English
- cat English
- catsit English
- catsitter English
- dog English
- dogsit English
- dogsitter English
- face English
- facesitter English
- fence English
- fence sitter English
- granny-sit English
- home English
- homesitter English
- horsesit English
- house-sit English
- missit English
- outsit English
- oversit English
- pet English
- petsitter English
- pig English
- pigsit English
- pigsitter English
- pole English
- polesitter English
- puppy English
- puppysit English
- puppysitter English
- resit English
- sit English
- sit-ski English
- sitfast English
- sitootery English
- sitout English
- sitski English
- sitsome English
- sittest English
- sitteth English
- sitting English
- situp English
- tail English
- tailsitter English
- Babysitter German
- sitzen German
- бэбиситтер Russian
- ベビーシッター Japanese
- sitten Middle English
- sitter Middle English
- babysitter Danish
- sidi Esperanto
- babysitter Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- 베이비시터 Korean
- pet
- pig
- sit
- cat
- dog
- baby
- face
- pole
- home
- tail
- fence
- besit
- situp
- atsit
- resit
- puppy
- dogsit
- pigsit
- missit
- catsit
- sitout
- outsit
- sitski
- sittest
- sitting
- oversit
- sitsome
- birdsit
- sit-ski
- sitfast
- sitteth
- puppysit
- bysitter
- baby-sit
- horsesit
- birdysit
- dogsitter
- catsitter
- house-sit
- pigsitter
- sitootery
- petsitter
- facesitter
- polesitter
- granny-sit
- tailsitter
- babysitter
- homesitter
- puppysitter
- fence sitter