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English
Etymology
From Middle English -et, from Old French -et.
Suffix
-et
- Used to form diminutives, loosely construed.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Anagrams
Albanian
Suffix
-et n
- Forms active verbs into mediopassive verbs. Indicating 3rd person singular, indicative, present: it is; (it) -s; (it) is -ing/-n/-ed/-t
- active verbs ending with consonant:
- merr (“it takes”) + -et → merret (it is taken)
- active verbs ending with vowels (adding -h in between to avoid palatalisation):
- lë (“it lets, leaves”) + -h + -et → lihet (it is left)
lihet vetëm- it is left alone
See also
- (indicative present (passive))
- (indicative present (active))
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin -ittus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ets)
- forms diminutives or endearing variants of nouns
- llaç (“knot, loop”) + -et → llacet (diminutive)
- formatge (“cheese”) + -et → formatget (diminutive)
- rei (“king”) + -et → reiet (diminutive)
- roda (“wheel”) + -et → rodet (“reel, spool”)
Suffix
-et (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eta, masculine plural -ets, feminine plural -etes)
- forms diminutives or endearing variants of adjectives
- poc (“little”) + -et → poquet (“very little”)
Derived terms
Danish
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et
- Forms past participles of some verbs, like -t.
- Forms the definite singular of most neuter nouns.
- Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "like "; -esque.
- snerpe (“prude”) + -et → snerpet (“prudish”)
- Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "having , being equipped with ".
- mønster (“pattern”) + -et → mønstret (“patterned”)
- to (“two”) + sprog (“language”) + -et → tosproget (“bilingual”)
Derived terms
Emilian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
-et (personal)
- (enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of et
- (enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of te
Related terms
Emilian personal pronouns (weak forms)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French -et, from Old French -et, from Late Latin -ittus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et m (feminine -ette)
- suffix indicating diminution or affection
Derived terms
Descendants
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From -e- + -t (causative suffix).
Suffix
-et
- (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of letting, making somebody do something or having something done to someone or something.
- Synonyms: -tat/-tet, -aszt/-eszt/-öszt, -jt/-ajt/-ejt, -ít, -dít, (obsolete in this sense) -t
- néz (“to look”) + -et → nézet (“to have something (like a body part) looked at (by a doctor) or (less commonly) to make someone look at something”)
- ég (“to burn”) (intransitive) + -et → éget (“to make something burn or (less commonly) to have someone burn something”)
- mér (“to measure”) + -et → méret (“to make someone measure something or to have something measured”)
Usage notes
- (causative suffix) Variants:
- -at is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- vár (“to wait”) + -at → várat (“to have someone wait”)
- -et is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- kér (“to ask for”) + -et → kéret (“to have someone ask(ed) for; to summon someone ”)
- -tat is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- tisztít (“to clean”) + -tat → tisztíttat (“to have someone clean or to have something cleaned”)
- -tet is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- keres (“to look for”) + -tet → kerestet (“to have someone look(ed) for”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Műveltető (faktitív) “Factitive” in Kiefer, Ferenc (ed.). Strukturális magyar nyelvtan 3. Morfológia (“A structural grammar of Hungarian, Vol. 3. Morphology”), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2000.
Etymology 2
From -e- + -t (noun-forming suffix).
Suffix
-et (noun-forming suffix)
- Added to a verb to form a noun, expressing the result of the action or sometimes a more abstract relation (compare -ás/-és).
- Synonym: -mány/-mény
Usage notes
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -at is added to back-vowel verbs
- gondol (“to think”) + -at → gondolat (“a thought, an idea”)
- mond (“to say”) + -at → mondat (“sentence”)
- -et is added to front-vowel verbs
- dicsér (“to praise”) + -et → dicséret (“praise, commendation”)
- él (“to live”) + -et → élet (“life”)
- ítél (“to judge”) + -et → ítélet (“judgment”)
- mér (“to measure”) + -et → méret (“measurement, size”)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From -e- (linking vowel) + -t (accusative suffix).
Suffix
-et (accusative case suffix)
- Unrounded front-vowel variant of -t. See details there.
- kert (“garden”) + -et → kertet (“garden”)
- Láttam egy gyönyörű kertet. ― I saw a beautiful garden.
Usage notes
- (accusative case suffix): It can be added to nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns. Whether a suffix-initial vowel (linking vowel) will be used is hard to predict and thus needs to be learned with each word. A rule of thumb, however, is that older and shorter words tend to incorporate a vowel, rather than simply use -t. Variants:
- -t is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final -o in foreign words changes to -ó-.
- -ot is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -at is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -et is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -öt is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -∅ (zero form), optionally, after possessive suffixes, especially in the singular but sometimes also in the plural (and not infrequently after multiple-possession forms as well), except for the third-person singular (“his/her/its”, -ja/-je) as its omission would not reduce the number of syllables.
Elviszem a kabátom(at/∅), kabátod(at/∅); kabátunk(at/∅), kabátotok(at/∅), kabátjuk(at/∅); kabátjaim(at/∅) etc.- I’ll take my coat, your coat; our coat, your coat, their coat; my coats etc.
- It is also omitted usually from the accusative forms of first- and second-person singular personal pronouns (engem, téged (“me, you”)).
Hungarian case suffixes
| Case
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Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú
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Front vowel
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unrounded
e, é, i, í
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rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
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| nominative
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—
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| accusative
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-t
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| -ot / -at
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-et
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-öt
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| dative
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-nak
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-nek
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| instrumental
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-val
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-vel
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| causal-final
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-ért
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| translative
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-vá
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-vé
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| terminative
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-ig
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| essive-formal
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-ként
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| essive-modal
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-ul
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-ül
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| inessive
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-ban
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-ben
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| superessive
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-n
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| -on
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-en
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-ön
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| adessive
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-nál
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-nél
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| illative
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-ba
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-be
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| sublative
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-ra
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-re
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| allative
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-hoz
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-hez
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-höz
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| elative
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-ból
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-ből
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| delative
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-ról
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-ről
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| ablative
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-tól
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-től
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Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.
alma — almában, but almaként
zene ― zenében, but zeneként
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Etymology 4
From -etik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.
Suffix
-et
- Combining form of -etik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative
- küldetik (“to be sent”) → küldetés (“mission”).
Usage notes
(combining forms of the passive-forming suffix) Variants: -at-, -et-, -tat-, -tet- (from -atik, -etik, -tatik, -tetik), as well as the tautological (doubly suffixed) forms -attat-, -ettet- (from -attatik, -ettetik). See more in the template of the full forms of this suffix.
See also
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of -ō (first conjugation)
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -et, and its feminine variant -ette, from Late Latin -ittus (and the other gender forms -itta, -ittum).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et
- Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words, it has lost its original meaning.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French -et.
Suffix
-et
- Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun.
Descendants
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *-ëjëtēk.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈ-eh(t)/
Suffix
-et
- Forms momentane verbs.
- njuikut (“to jump around”) + -et → njuiket (“to jump once”)
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the strongest grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse -it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ə/
- Reduced final -e is lost before the suffix; both forms are then pronounced the same (e.g. hode and hodet).
Suffix
-et
- Forms the definite singular of neuter nouns.
Related terms
- det (article, pronoun; t also silent)
- -t (adjective suffix; t pronounced)
Etymology 2
From Danish -et (past participle suffix), generalised to the past tense (Danish -ede) through influence of native Norwegian dialects.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et
- Forms the past tense and past participle of class-1 weak verbs.
- Synonym: -a
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse -óttr.
Noun
-et (definite singular and plural -ete)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of -ete
Derived terms
Anagrams
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-atją, *-itją, *-utją.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et n
- suffix forming nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns (sometimes causes i-mutation)
- þēowot ― service, religious service, ministry
- grafet ― trench
- bærnet ― a burning, combustion, cauterizing
- emnet ― level ground, leveling
- þiccet ― thicket
- rēwet ― rowing; ship, row-boat
- rȳmet ― space, clearance, extension
- swefet, sweofot ― sleep; sleeping
- þyrnet ― thicket of thorns, thorny place
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of -et (strong a-stem)
Descendants
Old French
Etymology 1
From Late Latin -ittus.
Suffix
-et
- Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Latin -ātus.
Suffix
-et
- (12th century and before) Alternative form of -é (suffix used to form past participles of regular -er verbs)
Romanian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin -ētum. Compare Italian -eto, French -aie.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et n (plural -eturi or -ete)
- Used with plant or tree names to form names of orchards, woods, forests, or groves.
- brad (“fir tree”) → brădet (“fir-tree forest”)
- ulm (“elm”) → ulmet (“elm forest”)
- fag (“beech”) → făget (“beech forest”)
Declension
Declension of -et
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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| nominative/accusative
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(un) -et
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-etul
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(niște) -ete
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-etele
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| genitive/dative
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(unui) -et
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-etului
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(unor) -ete
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-etelor
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| vocative
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-etule
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-etelor
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin -itus. No longer productive.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /et/ (stressed on the antepenultimate)
Suffix
-et n (plural -ete)
- (unproductive) Used to form nouns derived from the action of some verbs.
- zâmbi (“to smile”) → zâmbet (“a smile”)
- zbiera (“to scream”) → zbieret (“a scream”)
Declension
Declension of -et
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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| nominative/accusative
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(un) -et
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-etul
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(niște) -ete
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-etele
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| genitive/dative
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(unui) -et
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-etului
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(unor) -ete
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-etelor
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| vocative
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-etule
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-etelor
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Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et
- Suffix for definite form singular of neuter nouns, especially if they end with consonant or a stressed vowel.
- Suffix for the neuter form of past participles of verbs belonging to the fourth declension (strong verbs). This may be analyzed as two morphemes: a combination of the suffix -en for past participle and -t for neuter, where the n of the first suffix disappears. Such an analysis is historically correct.
Synonyms
Anagrams
Volapük
Suffix
-et
- Used to indicate a consequential or concrete example
Derived terms
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-et
- (colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person singular conditional
Derived terms
Category Welsh terms suffixed with -et not found