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.
fet (third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)
Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”).
fet (plural fets)
fet (plural not attested)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
From Latin fētō. Compare Daco-Romanian făta.
fet first-singular present indicative (past participle fitatã)
From Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”). Compare Daco-Romanian făt.
fet m (plural fets)
Inherited from Latin factum. Compare Old French fet, Modern French fait. Compare also Spanish hecho.
fet m (plural fets)
fet (feminine feta, masculine plural fets, feminine plural fetes)
fet
From Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *ped-.
fet n (genitive singular fets, nominative plural fet)
fet (neuter singular fett, definite singular and plural fete, comparative fetere, indefinite superlative fetest, definite superlative feteste)
fet f (definite singular feta, indefinite plural feter, definite plural fetene)
Historical inflection of fet
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fēt
fet
fet oblique singular, m (oblique plural fez or fetz, nominative singular fez or fetz, nominative plural fet)
From Proto-Celtic *swizdā, from Proto-Celtic *swizdeti (“to blow”). Related to Old Irish séitid and Welsh chwythu (“to blow”), Breton c'hwezh and Welsh chwyth (“breath”).
fet f (genitive fite or feite, nominative plural feta)
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | fetL | fitL | fetaH |
| Vocative | fetL | fitL | fetaH |
| Accusative | fitN | fitL | fetaH |
| Genitive | fiteH | fetL | fetN |
| Dative | fitL | fetaib | fetaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | fetL | feitL | fetaH |
| Vocative | fetL | feitL | fetaH |
| Accusative | feitN | feitL | fetaH |
| Genitive | feiteH | fetL | fetN |
| Dative | feitL | fetaib | fetaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fet | ḟet | fet pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Old Swedish fēter, from Old Norse feitr, from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.
fet (comparative fetare, superlative fetast)
| Inflection of fet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fet | fetare | fetast |
| Neuter singular | fett | fetare | fetast |
| Plural | feta | fetare | fetast |
| Masculine plural3 | fete | fetare | fetast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fete | fetare | fetaste |
| All | feta | fetare | fetaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||