Edit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 Related terms 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams

English

Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, editor comes from the Latin phrase e ditus which means "to put forward". The editor ludorum in Ancient Rome was the person who put on the games. In French, editeur means "publisher". The word came into English from French. The verb edit is a back formation from editor.

Noun

edit (plural edits)

1. A change to the text of a document.

Translations

• Dutch: wijziging f, aanpassing f, bewerking f
• Esperanto: ŝanĝo, modifo, adapto
• French: modification f, correction f
• German: Bearbeitung f

Verb

to edit (edited, editing)

1. To change a text, or a document

Derived terms

• editorial

Related terms

• editor
• editable

Translations

• Chinese: 编辑
• Danish: rediger
• Dutch: bewerken, wijzigen
• Esperanto: ŝanĝi, modifi, adapti
• Finnish: muokata
• French: modifier, corriger, rediger, éditer
• German: bearbeiten
• Hungarian: szerkeszt
• Ido: redaktar
• Italian: redigere
• Japanese: 編集する (henshusuru)
• Korean 편집 (peoyn-jyb: etym. Hanja)
• Portuguese: editar
• Romanian: editare f
• Russian: изменять, править, редактировать
• Slovak: zmeniÅ¥, editovaÅ¥
• Spanish: editar
• Swedish: redigera

Anagrams

• diet
• tide
• tied

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