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Plural of pita

regular plural

The plural of pita is pitas or pites.

Forms of pita

Singularpita /ˈpɪtə/
Pluralpitas
pites
Countablecountable and uncountable

Plural of pita by meaning

  1. a piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or...: pitas or pites
  2. a fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage...: pitas

Pitas and pites in a sentence

  • 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...
  • 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
  • When it’s time to go, whip that baby out of the freezer. (That’s the beauty of pitas.2007, Pamela Peeke, “Frequency: Dashboard Dining, Anyone?”, in Fit to Live: The 5-Point Plan to Become Lean, Strong & Fearless for Life…. From the entry unbingeable
  • It is baguettes, bagels, braided challahs, big black Russian pumpernickels, light and fluffy German kuchens and Syrian pitas large or small.1989, Martin M. Pegler, editor, Successful Food Merchandising and Display, Retail Reporting Corporation, →ISBN, page 7, column 1. From the entry kuchen

Meaning of pita

  1. noun A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
  2. noun A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
  3. noun The plant which yields the fiber.

Full definition of pita

Questions about the plural of pita

What is the plural of pita?
The plural of pita is pitas or pites.
Which is correct, pitas or pites?
Both are used. pitas is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is pita countable?
Pita is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pita (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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