Definitions and meaning of tet
tet
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Tetum, Portuguese tétum or Tetum Tetun.
Symbol
tet
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tetum.
See also
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- Wiktionary’s coverage of Tetum terms
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See teth.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).
Etymology 2
Clipping of tetracycline.
Noun
tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)
- (informal, pharmacology) Clipping of tetracycline.
Etymology 3
Clipping of tetralogy.
Noun
tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)
- (uncountable, informal, medicine) The tetralogy of Fallot.
- (countable, informal, medicine) A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Clipping of tetraploid.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- (informal, horticulture) A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).
Etymology 5
Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- (geometry, engineering) A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.
Adjective
tet (not comparable)
- (geometry, engineering) Tetrahedral.
Etymology 6
Clipping of tetradrachm.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- (numismatic slang) Clipping of tetradrachm.
Etymology 7
Clipping of tetra.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- (informal, fishkeeping) A tetra (freshwater fish).
Etymology 8
Clipping of tetanus.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- (informal, pathology) Clipping of tetanus.
Etymology 9
See teat.
Noun
tet (plural tets)
- Obsolete form of teat.
See also
Further reading
- tet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Afar
Pronunciation
-
- IPA(key): /ˈtet/ [ˈtɛʰt]
- Hyphenation: tet
Pronoun
tét (predicative téeti)
- she, her
See also
Determiner
tét
- her
See also
References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tet”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
tet f (plural tets)
- teth
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
tet f
- genitive plural of teta
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From tiet.
Noun
tet c (plural tetten, diminutive tetje n)
- (vulgar) boob; tit
Etymology 2
From Hebrew טי״ת (tet). Doublet of thèta.
Noun
tet m (plural tets, diminutive tetje n)
- teth (Semitic letter)
Alternative forms
Finnish
Etymology 1
te + -t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtet/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): tet
- Hyphenation(key): tet
Pronoun
tet (dialectal)
- (personal) you (plural; in archaic English: ye)
Synonyms
- te (standard Finnish)
- työ (dialectal)
Etymology 2
From Biblical Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte(ː)t/, [ˈt̪e̞(ː)t̪]
- Rhymes: -et
- Syllabification(key): tet
- Hyphenation(key): tet
Noun
tet
- teth (ninth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin tēctum.
Noun
tet m (plural tets)
- roof (made of straw)
See also
Italian
Etymology
From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Hyphenation: tèt
Noun
tet m or f (invariable)
- teth, specifically:
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤈
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter ט
See also
Kankanaey
Etymology
Blend of ta + et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtət/ [ˈtɨt̚]
- Rhymes: -ət
- Syllabification: tet
Adverb
tët
- in truth
Derived terms
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tet”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)[5], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 465
Kven
Etymology
From Finnish te, from Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te.
Pronunciation
Noun
tet
- ye, you (plural)
Declension
See also
References
- Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk[6], Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French tête.
Pronunciation
Noun
tet m (definite singular teten, indefinite plural tetar, definite plural tetane)
- forefront, lead
References
- “tet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin tēctum.
Pronunciation
Noun
tet m (plural tets)
- ceiling
- (nautical) overhead
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tetl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïn-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl tetl (“stone, rock”).
Noun
tet (plural tejte)
- stone, rock
Further reading
- Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
- Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.
Pochutec
Etymology
Cognate with Classical Nahuatl tletl.
Pronunciation
Noun
tet
- fire
References
- Boas, Franz (1917 July) “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in Spanish), volume 1, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 9–44
Réunion Creole French
Etymology
From French tête
Noun
tet
- A head
Romansch
Alternative forms
- tetg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
Etymology
From Latin tēctum.
Noun
tet m (plural tets)
- (Puter, Vallader) roof
Slovene
Noun
tet
- genitive dual/plural of teta
Zou
Verb
tet
- publish
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf
Source: wiktionary.org