Fet in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Fet

You can make 8 words from 'fet' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'fet'
• 2 letters words from 'fet'

3 letters words from 'fet'

EFT 6	FET 6
TEF 6

2 letters words from 'fet'

EF 5	ET 2
FE 5	TE 2

Definitions and meaning of fet

fet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛt/

Etymology 1

From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch.

Verb

fet (third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)

1. (obsolete) to fetch

Etymology 2

Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”).

Noun

fet (plural fets)

1. (obsolete) a piece
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, "The Quest of Cynthia" (1810 reprint):

     That the bottom clear,

     Now lay'd with many a fet

     of seed pearl,

Etymology 3

Noun

fet (plural not attested)

1. (BDSM, slang) Clipping of fetish.
   • 1997, "NuBabyByte", Iron Shackles, Bare Feet (on newsgroup alt.torture)

     oh, btw...when you consider the fet-clothing available out there, realize how many have a collar attached.

   • 2003, "Morgane", Relatives turning up in the scene (on newsgroup soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm)

     It was 'Lingerie Night' at a local fet club a few years ago.

Anagrams

• EFT, ETF, FTE, TFE, eft, tef

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Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin fētō. Compare Daco-Romanian făta.

Alternative forms

• fetu

Verb

fet (past participle fitatã)

1. (of mammals) give birth, foal, litter, calve

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin fētus. Compare Daco-Romanian făt.

Alternative forms

• fetu

Noun

fet m (plural fets)

1. young child, boy

Related terms

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin factum. Compare Old French fet, Modern French fait

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfet/
• Rhymes: -et

Noun

fet m (plural fets)

1. fact

Derived terms

• de fet

Verb

fet m (feminine feta, masculine plural fets, feminine plural fetes)

1. past participle of fer

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Chuukese

Etymology

Contraction of föri + met

Contraction

fet

1. what is someone doing?

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *ped-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

fet n (genitive singular fets, nominative plural fet)

1. step
2. (historical) a unit of measure equivalent to half an alin, or 3 lófar
3. foot (unit of measure equivalent to 12 inches)

Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• feit

Etymology

From Old Norse feitr

Adjective

fet (neuter singular fett, definite singular and plural fete, comparative fetere, indefinite superlative fetest, definite superlative feteste)

1. fat
2. fatty (especially food)

Related terms

• fett (noun)

References

• “fet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːt/

Noun

fēt

1. plural of fōt

Descendants

• Middle English: fet, feet
  • English: feet

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin factus.

Verb

fet

1. past participle of fere
2. third-person singular present indicative of fere

Etymology 2

From Latin factum.

Noun

fet m (oblique plural fez or fetz, nominative singular fez or fetz, nominative plural fet)

1. act; action
2. fact

Descendants

• → English: feat
• Middle French: fait, faict
  • French: fait

References

• fet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wintos (“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲed/

Noun

fet f (genitive fite or feite, nominative plural feta)

1. whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving the air
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 3a7

2. (musical intrument) pipe

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: fead
• Manx: fed
• Scottish Gaelic: fead

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fēter, from Old Norse feitr, from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːt/

Adjective

fet (comparative fetare, superlative fetast)

1. fat, obese (about people or animals)

2. containing much fat (about food)
3. being especially fertile, profitable or lucrative; (slang) good, extraordinary, phat (a general intensifier, usually positive)

Derived terms

• fett (adverb)
• smällfet

Inflection

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse fet, from Proto-Germanic *fetą.

Noun

fet n

1. footstep, step

Related terms

Source: wiktionary.org

• (obsolete) to fetch.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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