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Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
From Frenchet, in turn from Latinet
Conjunction
et
(obsolete except in fixed phrases) and
See also
et al., et alia, et aliae, et alii, et alios
et alibi
et seq.
&
Etymology 2
Verb
et
(colloquial or dialectal)simple past tense and past participle of eat
1896, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective [1]:
So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
1907, O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty [2]:
'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
1919, Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim:
Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper.
1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit:
Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
1946 February 18, Life magazine:
It must have been somethin’ I et!
1996, Dana Lyons, "Cows with Guns":
They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry.
Anagrams
TE, te
Albanian
Alternative forms
etje
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European*i̯et(“to set out for; to strive”). Compare Old Irishét(“thirst”), Irishéad(“eagerness, jealousy”), Latinsitis(“thirst”), Tocharian Ayat(“reach, get”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European*eus-ti-, cognate to Greekαἰτέω(aἰtéo, “to demand, to beg”). Orel suggests Proto-Albanian*alk-ti-, drawing comparisons to Lithuanianálkti(“to be hungry”), Proto-Slavic*olkati(“id.”), and Old High Germanilgi(“hunger”).
From Latintē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European*twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂(“you”).
Pronoun
et (proclitic, contractedt', encliticte, contracted enclitic't)
you, thee (singular, direct or indirect object)
Declension
Related terms
te
tu
Chuukese
Numeral
et
(serial counting) one
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High Germaniezuo, ieze, iezō, from Old High Germaniozou, perhaps from Proto-Germanic*juta. Cognate with Germanitzo (modern jetzt), Englishyet.
Adverb
et
(Sette Comuni) now
Related terms
éttor
References
“et” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Danish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /et/, [ed̥]
Article
et (commonen)
a, an
Emilian
Etymology
From Latintū(“you”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /et/
Hyphenation: et
Pronoun
et (personal, nominative case)
you (singular)
Alternative forms
Becomes t- before a vowel.
Becomes -et when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
Becomes -t when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).
Related terms
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*että (compare Finnishettä), from the same Proto-Uralic root *e-(“this”) as Hungarian ez
Conjunction
et
that
to, in order to, so that, as to
Faroese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [eːʰt]
Verb
et
singular imperative of eta
Finnish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈet/, [ˈe̞t̪]
Rhymes: -et
Syllabification: et
Etymology 1
See ei. Has the regular verb ending -t.
Verb
et
The second-person singular form of the negative verb (negation verb). The English translations include do not/don’t and not (with auxiliary verbs and be).
Usage notes
The negative verb is used with the connegative form of the main verb. That form is identical to the second-person singular imperative in the indicative present. The potential mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -ne-, and the conditional mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -isi-. In the indicative past, conditional past and potential past, the active past participle singular (ending -ut/-yt) is used. The connegative form of the main verb is always used without the personal suffix.
Usage of et:
Indicative:
Sinä näet. (You see.) -> Sinä et näe. (You do not see.)
Sinä näit. (You saw.) -> Sinä et nähnyt. (You did not see.)
Sinä olet nähnyt. (You have seen.) -> Sinä et ole nähnyt. (You have not seen.)
Sinä olit nähnyt. (You had seen.) -> Sinä et ollut nähnyt. (You had not seen.)
Conditional:
Sinä näkisit. (You would see.) -> Sinä et näkisi. (You would not see.)
Sinä olisit nähnyt. (You would have seen.) -> Sinä et olisi nähnyt. (You would not have seen.)
Potential:
Sinä nähnet. (You probably see.) -> Sinä et nähne. (You probably do not see.)
Sinä lienet nähnyt. (You have probably seen.) -> Sinä et liene nähnyt. (You have probably not seen.)
Conjugation
The negation verb has no infinitive form.
Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.
Etymology 2
Shortened form of että.
Conjunction
et
(subordinating, colloquial) That.
Synonyms
että(standard Finnish)
Anagrams
Te, te
French
Etymology
From Middle Frenchet.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /e/
Rhymes: -e
Homophone: ai
Conjunction
et
and
Descendants
Mauritian Creole: e, ek
→ English: et
Usage notes
et is never subject to liaison with a following word, i.e. the t is never pronounced.
Further reading
“et” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
te
Ingrian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈet/
Verb
et
second-person singular present of ei
References
V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 128
Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[4], page 11
Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[5], →ISBN, page 95
Italian
Etymology
From Latinet(“and; plus”).
Conjunction
et
(archaic, poetic)Alternative form of e
Latin
Alternative forms
&
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European*éti. Cognate with Ancient Greekἔτι(éti), Sanskritअति(ati), Old English prefix ed-(“anew, again”). More at ed-.
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /et/, [ɛt̪]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /et/, [ɛt̪]
Homophone: -et
Conjunction
et
and
(mathematics) plus
Duo et duo sunt quattuor.
Two plus two equals four.
(literary) though, even if
Usage notes
When used in pairs, et...et may function like English both...and.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:et.
Synonyms
(and):-que
(and):atque
Derived terms
Descendants
Eastern Romance:
Aromanian: e
Romanian: e
Franco-Provençal: et, e
Gallo-Italic:
Emilian: e
Ligurian: e
Piedmontese: e
Romagnol: e
Italo-Dalmatian:
Corsican: e
Dalmatian: e
Istriot: e
Italian: e, ed
Neapolitan: e
Sicilian: e
Old French: et, e
Middle French: et
French: et
Mauritian Creole: e, ek
→ English: et
Norman: et
Picard: et
Walloon: et, eyet
Old Occitan: e
Catalan: i
Occitan: e
Rhaeto-Romance:
Friulian: e
Ladin: y
Romansch: e, ed
Sardinian: e
Venetian: e
West Iberian:
Extremaduran: i
Mozarabic: ed
Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
Aragonese: y
Old Leonese: [Term?]
Asturian: y, ya
Leonese: y
Mirandese: i
Old Portuguese: e
Fala: i
Galician: e
Portuguese: e
Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
Indo-Portuguese: e
Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
Papiamentu: i, y
Old Spanish: é, e
Ladino: i
Spanish: y
See also
ampersand
Adverb
et (not comparable)
also, too, besides, or likewise
References
et in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
et in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
et in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*hit. Cognate with Germanes, Englishit, Dutchhet.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /et/, [ət]
Rhymes: -ət
Pronoun
et
Reduced form of of hatt(“she, her; it”)
Declension
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /et/, /ət/
Pronoun
et
Alternative form of het
Middle French
Etymology
From Old Frenchet.
Conjunction
et
and
Descendants
French: et
Mauritian Creole: e, ek
→ English: et
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛt/, /ət/
Pronoun
et
Alternative form of it.
Declension
Norman
Etymology
From Old Frenchet, from Latinet.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
et
(Jersey) and
Noun
etm (pluralets)
(Jersey) ampersand
Synonyms
ampèrsand
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norseeitt, the nominative and accusative form of einn. Keep in mind the indefinite article was not used in Old Norse and was likely an influence from other Germanic languages.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛt/
Article
etn(neuter indefinite article used with neuter nouns)
a, an (the two English language indefinite articles; Old English had three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter like modern Bokmål and Nynorsk)
Related terms
ei(feminine indefinite article)
en(masculine indefinite article)
ett(neuter form of cardinal number)
See also
eit(Nynorsk)(neuter indefinite article)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eːt/
Verb
et
imperative of ete
References
“et” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
et
present tense ofetaandete
imperative ofetaandete
Novial
Conjunction
et ... e
(coordinating) both ... and
Old French
Alternative forms
e
Etymology
From Latinet
Conjunction
et
and
c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows.
Descendants
Middle French: et
French: et
Mauritian Creole: e, ek
→ English: et
Norman: et
Picard: et
Walloon: et, eyet
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatletl(“bean”)
Pronunciation
(standard) IPA(key): /ˈeːt/
(Izalco) IPA(key): /ˈet/
Noun
ēt (pluralejēt)
bean
Saterland Frisian
Alternative forms
't
Etymology
From Old Frisianet, hit, from Proto-Germanic*hit. Cognates include West Frisianit and Dutchhet.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ət/
Pronoun
et
unstressed form of dät(“it”)
See also
References
“et” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈet/, [ˈet̪]
Noun
etm (pluralets)
ampersand
See also
y comercialf
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Englisheight.
Numeral
et
eight
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also etpela.
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkicet (“meat”), from Proto-Turkic*et(“meat”).