Definitions and meaning of et
et
Translingual
Etymology
Possibly from either an abbreviation of English Estonian or Estonian eesti.
Symbol
et
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Estonian.
English
Etymology
From Middle English et, from Old English æt, first and third person singular indicative of Old English etan (“to eat”). Doublet of ate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛt/
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- Rhymes: -ɛt
Verb
et
- (informal, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of ate, the simple past and past participle of eat.
- 1896, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective [3]:
- So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
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- 1946 February 18, Life magazine:
- It must have been somethin’ I et!
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Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Attested as "het" in Bogdani. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *i̯et (“to set out for; to strive”). Compare Old Irish ét (“thirst”), Irish éad (“eagerness, jealousy”), Latin sitis (“thirst”), Tocharian A yat (“reach, get”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *eus-ti-, cognate to Greek αἰτέω (aitéō, “to demand, to beg”). Orel suggests Proto-Albanian *alk-ti-, drawing comparisons to Lithuanian álkti (“to be hungry”), Proto-Slavic *olkati (“id.”), and Old High German ilgi (“hunger”).
Noun
et f (plural etje, definite etja, definite plural etjet)
- (dated) thirst
Declension
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References
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tē (accusative of tū).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ət/
- (Valencia) IPA(key): /et/
Pronoun
et (proclitic, contracted t', enclitic te, contracted enclitic 't)
- you, thee (singular, direct or indirect object)
Usage notes
- et is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.
- Et perdràs. ― You'll get lost.
Declension
Related terms
Chuukese
Numeral
et
- (serial counting) one
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German iezuo, ieze, iezō, from Old High German iozou, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *juta. Cognate with German itzo (modern jetzt), English yet.
Adverb
et
- (Sette Comuni) now
Related terms
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
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *et.
Noun
et
- meat
Declension
References
- https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-14187.htm
- “et”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse eitt.
Pronunciation
Article
et (common en)
- (neuter) a, an
Emilian
Etymology
From Latin tū (“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 Finnish että), from the same Proto-Uralic root *e- (“this”) as Hungarian ez.
Conjunction
et
- that
- to, in order to, so that, as to
Faroese
Pronunciation
Verb
et
- singular imperative of eta
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈet/, [ˈe̞t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): et
- Hyphenation(key): et
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
et
- second-person singular indicative of ei
See also
Etymology 2
Conjunction
et (colloquial)
- (subordinating) apocopic form of että
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin et (“and”).
Conjunction
et
- (coordinating) And, especially as symbolized by an ampersand.
Anagrams
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin et.
Conjunction
et (ORB, broad)
- and
References
- et in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- et in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French et, from Old French et, from Latin et. Often written as e in Old French, the spelling with t was re-established in the 12th century based on the Latin original.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e/
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- Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: ai, eh, hé
Conjunction
et
- and
Usage notes
- et is never subject to liaison with a following word, i.e. the t is never pronounced.
Descendants
- Mauritian Creole: e, ek
- → English: et
Further reading
- “et”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Ingrian
Pronunciation
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- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈet/, [ˈe̞d]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈet/, [ˈe̞d̥]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈet/, [ˈe̞d̥]
- Rhymes: -et
- Hyphenation: et
Verb
et
- second-person singular present of ei
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[6], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 128
- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[7], →ISBN, page 95
Italian
Etymology
From Latin et (“and; plus”).
Pronunciation
- (before consonants) IPA(key): /e/*
- (before vowels) IPA(key): /e.t‿/
Conjunction
et
- (archaic, poetic) alternative form of e
Further reading
- et in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti or Proto-Indo-European *h₁eti.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτι (éti), Sanskrit अति (ati), Gothic 𐌹𐌸 (iþ, “and, but, however, yet”), Old English prefix ed- (“re-”). More at ed-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛt]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛt̪]
- Homophone: -et
Conjunction
et
- and
- (mathematics) plus
- (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
Derived terms
Descendants
The descendants appear to reflect a vulgar form *ed, by analogy with ad.
Adverb
et (not comparable)
- also, too, besides, or likewise
- Synonym: quoque
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Livvi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈet/
- Hyphenation: et
- Rhymes: -et
Verb
et
- second-person singular indicative of ei
References
- N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect][8] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 20
- Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 142
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “ei”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 38
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hit. Cognate with German es, English it, Dutch het.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
et
- Reduced form of hatt (“she, her; it”)
Declension
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
Pronoun
et
- alternative form of het
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French et.
Conjunction
et
- and
Descendants
- French: et
- Mauritian Creole: e, ek
- → English: et
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
Pronoun
et
- alternative form of it
Declension
Norman
Etymology
From Old French et, from Latin et.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
et
- (Jersey) and
Noun
et m (plural ets)
- (Jersey) ampersand
Synonyms
North Frisian
Pronoun
et
- (Mooring, Sylt) Reduced form of hat (“it”, subject)
- (Mooring) Reduced form of ham (“it”, object)
- (Sylt) Reduced form of höm (“it”, object)
Usage notes
- The form et is always unstressed, but not necessarily enclitic like other reduced forms.
Alternative forms
- 't (enclitic)
- at (Föhr-Amrum)
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse eitt, the nominative and accusative form of einn. The indefinite article was not used in Old Norse and was likely an influence from other Germanic languages.
Pronunciation
Article
et n (neuter indefinite article used with neuter nouns)
- a, an (the neuter indefinite article)
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
Verb
et
- imperative of ete
References
- “et” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
et
- inflection of eta:
- present
- imperative
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
et
- singular imperative of etan
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e/
- The t in this word is merely an adoption of the Latin spelling and was never actually pronounced in Old French, except in the earliest texts, where it is pronounced before a vowel-initial word.
Conjunction
et
- and
Descendants
- Middle French: et
- French: et
- Mauritian Creole: e, ek
- → English: et
- Norman: et
- Picard: et
- Walloon: et, eyet
Old Norse
Verb
et
- inflection of eta:
- first-person singular present active indicative
- second-person singular present active imperative
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl etl (“bean”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈet/
Noun
et (plural ehet)
- bean
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *et. Cognate with Turkish et.
Pronunciation
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [eʰt]
- (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [eʰtʰ]
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [æt]
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [et]
Noun
et
- meat, flesh
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ät, eʼt, et”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 300, 328
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “et”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 105
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “eʰt”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[10], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 90
Saterland Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian et, hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit. Cognates include West Frisian it and Dutch het.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ət/
- Hyphenation: et
Pronoun
et
- unstressed form of dät (“it”)
Derived terms
See also
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “et”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Scots
Noun
et (plural ets)
- Shetland form of aet
References
- “et, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Semai
Pronoun
et
- they (3rd person plural pronoun)
Synonyms
See also
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈet/ [ˈet̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification: et
Noun
et m (plural ets)
- ampersand
- Synonym: y comercial
Further reading
- “et”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English eight.
Numeral
et
- eight
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also etpela.
Coordinate terms
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ات (et, “meat, flesh, pulp”), from Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
et (definite accusative eti, plural etler)
- The muscle and fat tissue in humans and animals; meat, flesh.
- The muscle tissue in animals used as food.
- The muscle tissue of specifically beef or lamb used as food.
- et döner ― beef/lamb döner
- Bare skin on body.
- The soft, edible part of a fruit between the skin and the core.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
et
- second-person singular imperative of etmek
References
Further reading
- “et”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Uzbek
Etymology
Inherited from Chagatai ات (et), from Proto-Turkic *et. Compare Uyghur ئەت (et).
Noun
et (plural etlar)
- flesh
- meat
Veps
Verb
et
- second-person plural present of ei
Walloon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French et.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
et
- and
Yola
Conjunction
et
- alternative form of at (“that?”)
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38
Zhuang
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ʔeːt˧˥/
- Tone numbers: et7
- Hyphenation: et
Noun
et (Sawndip form 𬖋, 1957–1982 spelling et)
- steamed leaf-wrapped cake made of glutinous rice paste
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