-et

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English -et, from Old French -et.

Suffix

-et

  1. Used to form diminutives, loosely construed.

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Suffix

-et n

  1. 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)
    merret
    (it) is taken
    active verbs ending with vowels (adding -h in between to avoid palatalisation):
    (it lets, leaves) + ‎-h + ‎-et → ‎lihet (it is left)
    lihet vetëm
    it is left alone

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin -ittus.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ets)

  1. 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)

  1. forms diminutives or endearing variants of adjectives
    poc (little) + ‎-et → ‎poquet (very little)

Derived terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et

  1. Forms past participles of some verbs, like -t.
  2. Forms the definite singular of most neuter nouns.
  3. Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "like "; -esque.
    snerpe (prude) + ‎-et → ‎snerpet (prudish)
  4. 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)

  1. (enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of et
  2. (enclitic, after a consonant) Alternative form of te

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French -et, from Old French -et, from Late Latin -ittus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/
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Suffix

-et m (feminine -ette)

  1. suffix indicating diminution or affection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? Galician: -ete, -eta
  • Spanish: -ete

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From -e- +‎ -t (causative suffix).

Suffix

-et

  1. (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)

  1. 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

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá c
ter. -ig meddig eddig addig c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként c
e-m. -ul / -ül c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -t (accusative suffix).

Suffix

-et (accusative case suffix)

  1. 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)).

Etymology 4

From -etik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.

Suffix

-et

  1. 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

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of (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

  1. Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words, it has lost its original meaning.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -et.

Suffix

-et

  1. Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun.

Descendants

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *-ëjëtēk.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈ-eh(t)/

Suffix

-et

  1. 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

Contracted e-stem, no gradation
infinitive -et
1st sing. present -en
1st sing. past -ejin
infinitive -et action noun -en
present participle -ejeaddji action inessive -emin
-eme
past participle -en action elative -emis
agent participle action comitative -emiin
abessive -ekeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular -en -ejin -ejēhkon
2nd singular -et -ejit -e
3rd singular -e -ii -ejēhkos
1st dual -ejetne -iime -ejeadnu
-ejeahkku
2nd dual -ebeahtti -iide -ejeahkki
3rd dual -eba -iiga -ejēhkoska
1st plural -et -iimet -ejētnot
-ejēhkot
-ejeahkkot
-ejeadnot
2nd plural -ebēhtet -iidet -ejēhket
3rd plural -ejit -ejedje -ejēhkoset
connegative -e -en -e
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular -ešin
-ešedjen
-elin
-eledjen
-ežan
2nd singular -ešit
-ešedjet
-elit
-eledjet
-ežat
3rd singular -ešii -elii -eža
-eš
1st dual -ešeimme -eleimme -ežetne
2nd dual -ešeidde -eleidde -ežeahppi
3rd dual -ešeigga -eleigga -ežeaba
1st plural -ešeimmet -eleimmet -ežit
-ežat
2nd plural -ešeiddet -eleiddet -ežēhpet
3rd plural -eše
-ešedje
-ele
-eledje
-ežit
connegative -eše -ele -eš

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

  1. Forms the definite singular of neuter nouns.
  • det (article, pronoun; t also silent)
  • -t (adjective suffix; t pronounced)

Etymology 2

Derived from Danish -et (past participle suffix), generalised to the past tense (Danish -ede) through influence of native Norwegian dialects.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et

  1. Forms the past tense and past participle of class-1 weak verbs.
    Synonym: -a

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse -óttr.

Noun

-et (definite singular and plural -ete)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of -ete

Derived terms

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-atti, *-itti, *-utti, from Proto-Germanic *-atją, *-itją, *-utją.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et n

  1. suffix forming nouns from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns (sometimes causes i-mutation)
    þēowotservice, religious service, ministry
    grafettrench
    bærneta burning, combustion, cauterizing
    emnetlevel ground, leveling
    þiccetthicket
    rēwetrowing; ship, row-boat
    rȳmetspace, clearance, extension
    swefet, sweofotsleep; sleeping
    þyrnetthicket of thorns, thorny place

Usage notes

Declension

Descendants

Old French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin -ittus.

Suffix

-et

  1. Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun.
Descendants
  • Middle French: -et

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -ātus.

Suffix

-et

  1. (12th century and before) Alternative form of (suffix used to form past participles of regular -er verbs)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -ētum. Cognate with Italian -eto, French -aie.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et n (plural -eturi or -ete)

  1. 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
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)

  1. (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
Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et

  1. Suffix for definite form singular of neuter nouns, especially if they end with consonant or a stressed vowel.
  2. 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

  • (nonstandard; slang) 1

Anagrams

Volapük

Suffix

-et

  1. Used to indicate a consequential or concrete example.

Derived terms

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Suffix

-et

  1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person singular conditional

Derived terms

Category Welsh terms suffixed with -et not found