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Translingual
Etymology
Possibly from either an Abbreviation of English E st onian or Estonian e est i
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
Verb
et
( informal , dialectal ) Pronunciation spelling of ate , the simple past and past participle of eat
1896 , Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective :
So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
1907 , O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty :'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
1919 , Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim :Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper.
1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit :Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
1946 February 18, Life magazine:
It must have been somethin’ I et !
1985 February 9, Pip and Jane Baker, The Mark of the Rani episode 2 , spoken by the Rani:[My banishment was p]etty spite on the part of the Lord President, just because they [my lab mice] et his cat.
1996 , Dana Lyons, Cows with Guns :They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry.
2001 , Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit , page 220 :Something I et ?
2023 , John McPhee, Tabula Rasa , page 28 :And when the last partridge was et , the last bit of Badajoz goat, I handed the waiter a Visa card.
Anagrams
Albanian
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 ” ) .[ 1]
Noun
et f (plural etje , definite etja , definite plural etjet )
thirst
References
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000 ) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN , page 155
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tē (accusative of tū ).
Pronunciation
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
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject
weak (direct object)
weak (indirect object)
possessive
singular
proclitic
enclitic
proclitic
enclitic
1st person
jo , mi 3
em , m’
-me , ’m
em , m’
-me , ’m
meu
1st person majestic 1
nós
ens
-nos , ’ns
ens
-nos , ’ns
nostre
2nd person
tu
et , t’
-te , ’t
et , t’
-te , ’t
teu
2nd person formal 1
vós
us
-vos , -us
us
-vos , -us
vostre
2nd person very formal 2
vostè
el , l’
-lo , ’l
li
-li
seu
3rd person masculine
ell
el , l’
-lo , ’l
li
-li
seu
3rd person feminine
ella
la , l’ 4
-la
li
-li
seu
3rd person neuter
ho
-ho
li
-li
seu
3rd person reflexive
si
es , s’
-se , ’s
es , s’
-se , ’s
seu
plural
1st person
nosaltres
ens
-nos , ’ns
ens
-nos , ’ns
nostre
2nd person
vosaltres
us
-vos , -us
us
-vos , -us
vostre
2nd person formal 2
vostès
els
-los , ’ls
els
-los , ’ls
seu
3rd person masculine
ells
els
-los , ’ls
els
-los , ’ls
seu
3rd person feminine
elles
les
-les
els
-los , ’ls
seu
3rd person reflexive
si
es , s’
-se , ’s
es , s’
-se , ’s
seu
adverbial
ablative /genitive
en , n’
-ne , ’n
locative
hi
-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.2) Behaves grammatically as third person.
3) Only as object of a preposition.4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
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
Et lóofet dar hunt et dar haazo.Now the dog runs, and now the hare.
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
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 )
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).
Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *että (compare Finnish että ), from the same Proto-Uralic root *e- ( “ this ” ) as Hungarian ez .
Conjunction
et
that
Ma tean, et sa oled julm. I know that you are cruel.
to , in order to , so that , as to
Ma sõitsin poodi, et viina osta. I drove to the store to buy vodka.
Faroese
Pronunciation
Verb
et
singular imperative of eta
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
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 .
Pronunciation
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
Anagrams
Ingrian
Pronunciation
Verb
et
second-person singular present of ei
1936 , N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart , Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32 :Makkaa aina yksintää, siis et noise läsimää. Always sleep alone, so you don't get ill.
References
V. I. Junus (1936 ) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka , 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 , →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
Anagrams
Latin
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
Conjunction
et
and
( mathematics ) plus
Duo et duo sunt quattuor. Two plus two equals four.
( literary ) though , even if
Usage notes
When used in pairs, et ...et may function like English both ...and .
Quotations
Synonyms
Derived terms
carpere et colligere
de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum
et al , et al. , et alii
et c. , et cetera
et hoc genus omne
et i , et i. , et iam
et seq , et seq. , et seqq , et seqq.
etsī
et tu, Brute
et ux , et ux. , et uxor
ex aequo et bono
lux et veritas
urbi et orbi
vox et praeterea nihil
Descendants
Balkan Romance:
Dalmatian:
Italo-Romance:
Corsican: e
Italian: e , ed ( before a word starting with a vowel, especially /e ɛ/. )
Judeo-Italian: אֵי ( e )
Neapolitan: e
Sicilian: e
Padanian:
Gallo-Italic:
Emilian: e
Ligurian: e
Piedmontese: e
Romagnol: e
Friulian: e
Istriot: e
Ladin: y
Romansch: e , ed
Venetan: e
Gallo-Romance:
Catalan: i
Franco-Provençal: et
Old French: et , e Middle French: et French: et Mauritian Creole: e , ek → English: et Norman: et Picard: et Walloon: et , eyet
Old Occitan: e
Ibero-Romance:
Aragonese: y
Mozarabic: א ( ʔ )
Old Leonese:
Asturian: y , ya
Extremaduran: i
Leonese: y
Mirandese: i
Old Galician-Portuguese: e (see there for further descendants )
Galician: e
Portuguese: e
Old Spanish: é (see there for further descendants )
Insular Romance:
Adverb
et (not comparable )
also , too , besides , or likewise
Synonym: quoque
44 BCE ,
Cicero ,
De Officiis 1.133 :
Nihil fuit in Catulīs, ut eōs exquisitō iūdiciō putārēs utī litterārum, quamquam erant litteratī; sed et aliī. Nothing in the Catuli would have made one suppose them having a somewhat refined litterary taste; yes, they were cultured; but so were others.
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
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 ] (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
Luxembourgish personal pronouns
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
Middle Low German personal pronouns
nominative
accusative
dative
genitive
1st person singular
ik (ek )
mî (mê , mik , mek )
mîn (mîner )
2nd person singular
dû
dî (dê , dik , dek )
dîn (dîner )
3rd person singular
m
hê (hî , hie )
ēne , en (ȫne , ȫn )
ēme , em (ȫme , en )
sîn (sîner )
n
it (et )
f
sê (sî , sie , sü̂ )
ēre , ēr (ērer , ȫrer )
1st person plural
wî (wê , wie )
uns (ûs , ös , ü̂sik )
unser (ûser )
2nd person plural
gî (jê , î )
jû (jûwe , û , jük , gik )
jûwer (ûwer )
3rd person plural
sê (sî , sie )
em , öm , jüm (en , ēnen , ȫnen )
ēre , ēr (ērer , ȫrer )
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here .
Norman
Etymology
From Old French et , from Latin et .
Pronunciation
Conjunction
et
( Jersey ) and
2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier , archived from the original on 13 March 2016 , page 20 :Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous. In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.
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.
See also
Personal and possessive pronouns (
Mooring dialect)
personal
possessive
subject case
object case
masculine referent
feminine / neuter / plural referent
full
reduced
full
reduced
singular
1st
ik
'k
me
man
min
2nd
dü
–
de
dan
din
3rd m.
hi
'r
ham
'n
san
sin
3rd f.
jü
's
har
's
harn
har
3rd n.
hat
et , 't
ham
et , 't
san
sin
plural
1st
we
üs
üüsen
üüs
2nd
jam
'm
jam
jarnge
3rd
ja
's
ja , jam
's
jare
notes
The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic ; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. Dual forms wat / unk and jat / junk are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.
Personal and possessive pronouns (
Sylt dialect)
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 )
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
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
Noun
et (plural ehet )
bean
Xiccohua et pal ticmanat mozta Buy beans to boil tomorrow
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *et . Cognate with Turkish et .
Pronunciation
( Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang ) IPA (key ) :
( Ili, Yining, Xinjiang ) IPA (key ) :
( Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) :
( Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) :
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 , Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN , page 90
Saterland Frisian
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
Saterland Frisian personal pronouns
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
Semai
Pronoun
et [ 1]
they ( 3rd person plural pronoun )
Synonyms
See also
References
^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008 ) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia , Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu , Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin et .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈet/
Rhymes: -et
Syllabification: et
Noun
et m (plural ets )
ampersand
Synonym: y comercial
Further reading
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English eight .
Numeral
et
eight
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also etpela .
Coordinate terms
Tok Pisin cardinal numbers from 1 to 99
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ات ( et , “ meat, flesh, pulp ” ) ,[ 1] from Proto-Turkic *et ( “ meat ” ) .[ 2]
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 .
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
From Proto-Turkic *et .
Noun
et (plural etlar )
flesh
meat
Veps
Verb
et
second-person plural present of ei
Walloon
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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Noun
et (Sawndip form 𬖋 , 1957–1982 spelling et )
steamed leaf -wrapped cake made of glutinous rice paste