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pita

/ˈpɪtə/US/ˈpiːtə/

pita noun: a piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

pita: a piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels
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Noun (1)

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas or pites)

  1. A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
    • There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.1991, Georgia Lyras, Rita Lazarakis, “Filo”, in Yes You Can Cook Greek! Elegant But Easy Greek Cooking, Olathe, Kan.: Cookbook Publishers, →ISBN, page vi
    • A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.1995, Vefa Alexiadou, “Cuisine and Greek Tradition”, in Greek Cuisine, 3rd edition, Thessaloniki: Vefa Alexiadou, →ISBN, page 4

Noun (2)

pita (countable and uncountable, plural pitas)

  1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
  2. The plant which yields the fiber.

Noun (3) capitalized: PITA

PITA (plural PITAs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of pain in the ass/arse.

Proper noun capitalized: Pita

Pita

  1. A barangay of Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines.

pita meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada

pita in Hindi

bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
पीता pītā

pita in Urdu

bread pouch used for making sandwiches — see also pide
پِیتا pītā

pita in Telugu

పిటా

pita in Kannada

ಪಿಟಾ
More languagesFewer languages
pita in Arabic
عيش بلدى ʕēš báladi

Examples of pita in a sentence

  • I had falafel in pita bread last week - it was delicious!
  • The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.
  • Called khubz, the bread is about the size of pita but much denser.

All 16 example sentences with pita

Synonyms of pita

Forms of pita

pluralpitas
pluralpites
alternative formpitta
alternative formpita bread
alternative formpitta bread
pluralPITAs

Plural of pita: pitas or pites

Origin of pita

From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.

Borrowed from Spanish pita (“century plant”).

Words formed from pita

Phrases with pita

Words that rhyme with pita

Questions about pita

What does pita mean?
Pita means a piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
What is pita in Hindi?
Pita in Hindi is पीता (pītā). See Pita meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pita?
Pita can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pita?
Pita is pronounced /ˈpɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pita?
The plural of pita is pitas.

Words near pita in the dictionary

  1. pit-pat
  2. pit-stop
  3. pit-stops
  4. pit-yacker
  5. pit-yackers
  6. pita
  7. pita bread
  8. pita breads
  9. pita peach
  10. pita peaches
  11. Pita Pita

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pita (page history and authors); PITA (page history and authors); Pita (page history and authors); pita (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pita (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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