See also édit, and Edit

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer ‘edit, publish’.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular edit

Plural edits

edit (plural edits)

  1. A change to the text of a document.

Verb

Infinitive to edit

Third person singular edits

Simple past edited

Past participle edited

Present participle editing

to edit (third-person singular simple present edits, present participle editing, simple past and past participle edited)

  1. To change a text, or a document.
    I want to edit the picture to remove the red eye.
    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

Derived terms

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Translations

to change a text, or a document
  • Arabic: حرر (ħárrara)
  • Armenian: խմբագրել (xmbagrel)
  • Basque: argitaratu
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 編輯 cmn(cmn), 编辑 cmn(cmn) (biānjí)
  • Croatian: urediti
  • Czech: editovat cs(cs)
  • Danish: redigere da(da)
  • Dutch: bewerken nl(nl), wijzigen nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: ŝanĝi, modifi, adapti
  • Estonian: toimetama
  • Finnish: muokata fi(fi), muuttaa fi(fi), editoida fi(fi)
  • French: modifier fr(fr), corriger fr(fr), rediger fr(fr), éditer fr(fr)
  • Georgian: რედაქციის გაკეტება (redak‘tsiis gaketeba), რედაქტირება (redak‘tireba)
  • German: bearbeiten de(de), redigieren de(de), edieren de(de)
  • Hebrew: לערוך
  • Hindi: please add this translation if you can
  • Hungarian: szerkeszt hu(hu)
  • Ido: redaktar
  • Italian: redigere it(it)
  • Japanese: 編集する ja(ja) (henshū-suru)
  • Korean: 편집하다 (pyeonjyp-hada)
  • Latin: ēdo la(la)
  • Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
  • Navajo: łahgo áshłééh
  • Norwegian: redigere no(no)
  • Old English: please add this translation if you can
  • Persian: نشر کردن fa(fa)
  • Portuguese: editar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: editare ro(ro) f.
  • Russian: редактировать ru(ru) (redaktírovat’), изменять ru(ru) (izmenját’)
  • Slovak: zmeniť, editovať
  • Spanish: editar es(es)
  • Swedish: redigera sv(sv), bearbeta sv(sv)
  • Turkish: değiştirmek (lit., to change)

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