tet

Translingual

Symbol

tet

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tetum.

English

Etymology 1

See teth.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).

Etymology 2

Clipping of tetracycline.

Noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

1. (informal, pharmacology) Clipping of tetracycline.
   • 1996 May 1, [email protected], “Re: Tetracycline”, in sci.med.diseases.lyme‎ (Usenet):

     I was on oral tet for months after I was first dx backn in '88. All I got from it was a very, very nasty and upset GI track. I had to stop it.

Etymology 3

Clipping of tetralogy.

Noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

1. (uncountable, informal, medicine) The tetralogy of Fallot.
2. (countable, informal, medicine) A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Clipping of tetraploid.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. (informal, horticulture) A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).
   • 2017, Susan Brownmiller, “Daylily Dreams”, in My City Highrise Garden, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 84:

     Tets are 44-chromosome conversions from 22-chromosome diploids, created by elaborate means involving colchicine, a chemical found naturally in crocuses. Only a tet can pollinate a tet, but some tets can pollinate themselves.

Etymology 5

Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. (geometry, engineering) A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.

Adjective

tet (not comparable)

1. (geometry, engineering) Tetrahedral.

Etymology 6

Clipping of tetradrachm.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. (numismatic slang) Clipping of tetradrachm.
   • 2001 July 4, Reid Goldsborough, “Re: Language, numismatics, and curating”, in rec.collecting.coins‎ (Usenet):

     I've bought a couple of Greek tets that must have been dipped because all the toning is off them. They're white, but otherwise nice. Other tets I've bought have been cleaned as well but have more gray and other coloring and therefore look better.

Etymology 7

Clipping of tetra.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. (informal, fishkeeping) A tetra (freshwater fish).
   • 1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc‎ (Usenet):

     All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
     There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.

Etymology 8

Clipping of tetanus.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. (informal, pathology) Clipping of tetanus.
   • 1971, Adelaide Leitch, The Blue Roan, New York, NY: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, page 94:

     “It's a tet shot,” Roddy told him, relieved. A tetanus injection was the usual thing for a cut or puncture wound on a horse.

Etymology 9

See teat.

Noun

tet (plural tets)

1. Obsolete form of teat.
   • , Nicholas Coxe, The Huntſman. Containing the Best Methods of Sport, for Courſing with Greyhounds, and Hunting All Kinds of Chases in England, , London: J. Dixwell, page 50:

     The Genital part is all nervy; the Tail ſmall; and the Hind hath Udders betwixt her Thighs, with four Speans or Tets, like a Cow.

See also

Further reading

• tet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ETT, Ett

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtet/,
• Hyphenation: tet

Pronoun

tét (predicative téeti)

1. she, her

See also

Determiner

tét

1. 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Noun

tet f (plural tets)

1. teth

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

tet f

1. genitive plural of teta

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Etymology 1

From tiet.

Noun

tet c (plural tetten, diminutive tetje n)

1. (vulgar) boob; tit

Etymology 2

From Hebrew טי״ת (tet). Doublet of thèta.

Noun

tet m (plural tets, diminutive tetje n)

1. teth (Semitic letter)

Alternative forms

• teth

Finnish

Etymology 1

te +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtet/,
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification^(key): tet

Pronoun

tet (dialectal)

1. (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/,
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification^(key): tet

Noun

tet

1. teth (ninth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

Anagrams

• -tte

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tēctum.

Noun

tet m (plural tets)

1. roof (made of straw)

See also

• cuviert

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: tèt

Noun

tet m or f (invariable)

1. teth, specifically:
   1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤈
   2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter ט

See also

• teta

Kven

Etymology

From Finnish te, from Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtet/

Noun

tet

1. ye, you (plural)

Declension

See also

References

• Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French tête.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːt/

Noun

tet m (definite singular teten, indefinite plural tetar, definite plural tetane)

1. forefront, lead

   han ligg i tet.

   he's in the lead.

References

• “tet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tet/

• Audio (Languedocien)

  (file)

Noun

tet m (plural tets)

1. ceiling
2. (nautical) overhead

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *tetl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïn-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl tetl (“stone, rock”).

Noun

tet (plural tejte)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtet/

Noun

tet

1. 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

1. A head

Romansch

Alternative forms

• tetg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin tēctum.

Noun

tet m (plural tets)

1. (Puter, Vallader) roof

Slovene

Noun

tet

1. genitive dual/plural of teta

Zou

Verb

tet

1. publish

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf