Wiktionary

tet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tet"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

tet

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

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

See teth.

Noun edit

tet (plural tets)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of tetracycline.

Noun edit

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)

  1. (informal, pharmacology) Clipping of tetracycline.
    • 1996 May 1, phyllis....@den.mmc.com, “Re: Tetracycline”, in sci.med.diseases.lyme‎[1] (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 edit

Clipping of tetralogy.

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology 4 edit

Clipping of tetraploid.

Noun edit

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 edit

Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.

Noun edit

tet (plural tets)

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

Adjective edit

tet (not comparable)

  1. (geometry, engineering) Tetrahedral.

Etymology 6 edit

Clipping of tetradrachm.

Noun edit

tet (plural tets)

  1. (numismatic slang) Clipping of tetradrachm.
    • 2001 July 4, Reid Goldsborough, “Re: Language, numismatics, and curating”, in rec.collecting.coins‎[2] (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 edit

Clipping of tetra.

Noun edit

tet (plural tets)

  1. (informal, fishkeeping) A tetra (freshwater fish).
    • 1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc‎[3] (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 edit

Clipping of tetanus.

Noun edit

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 edit

See teat.

Noun edit

tet (plural tets)

  1. Obsolete form of teat.
    • [1780?], 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 edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtet/, [ˈtɛʰt]
  • Hyphenation: tet

Pronoun edit

tét (predicative téeti)

  1. she, her

See also edit

Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Subject Singular anú atú úsuk ís
Plural nanú isín úsun
Object Singular yó kó ká tét
Plural né sín kén

Determiner edit

tét

  1. her

See also edit

Afar possessive determiners
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Personal Singular yi ku kay tet
Plural ni sin ken
Reflexive Singular inní isí
Plural ninní isinní, sinní

References edit

  • 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)‎[4], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “/é/ in DNV; probably /e/ everywhere?”

Noun edit

tet f (plural tets)

  1. teth

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tet f

  1. genitive plural of teta

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From tiet.

Noun edit

tet c (plural tetten, diminutive tetje n)

  1. (vulgar) boob; tit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

tet m (plural tets, diminutive tetje n)

  1. teth (Semitic letter)
Alternative forms edit

Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

te +‎ -t

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtet/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): tet

Pronoun edit

tet (dialectal)

  1. (personal) you (plural; in archaic English: ye)
Synonyms edit
  • te (standard Finnish)
  • työ (dialectal)

Etymology 2 edit

From Biblical Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈte(ː)t/, [ˈt̪e̞(ː)t̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification(key): tet

Noun edit

tet

  1. teth (ninth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension edit
Inflection of tet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tet tetit
genitive tetin tetien
partitive tetiä tetejä
illative tetiin teteihin
singular plural
nominative tet tetit
accusative nom. tet tetit
gen. tetin
genitive tetin tetien
partitive tetiä tetejä
inessive tetissä teteissä
elative tetistä teteistä
illative tetiin teteihin
adessive tetillä teteillä
ablative tetiltä teteiltä
allative tetille teteille
essive tetinä teteinä
translative tetiksi teteiksi
abessive tetittä teteittä
instructive — tetein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tetini tetini
accusative nom. tetini tetini
gen. tetini
genitive tetini tetieni
partitive tetiäni tetejäni
inessive tetissäni teteissäni
elative tetistäni teteistäni
illative tetiini teteihini
adessive tetilläni teteilläni
ablative tetiltäni teteiltäni
allative tetilleni teteilleni
essive tetinäni teteinäni
translative tetikseni teteikseni
abessive tetittäni teteittäni
instructive — —
comitative — teteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tetisi tetisi
accusative nom. tetisi tetisi
gen. tetisi
genitive tetisi tetiesi
partitive tetiäsi tetejäsi
inessive tetissäsi teteissäsi
elative tetistäsi teteistäsi
illative tetiisi teteihisi
adessive tetilläsi teteilläsi
ablative tetiltäsi teteiltäsi
allative tetillesi teteillesi
essive tetinäsi teteinäsi
translative tetiksesi teteiksesi
abessive tetittäsi teteittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — teteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tetimme tetimme
accusative nom. tetimme tetimme
gen. tetimme
genitive tetimme tetiemme
partitive tetiämme tetejämme
inessive tetissämme teteissämme
elative tetistämme teteistämme
illative tetiimme teteihimme
adessive tetillämme teteillämme
ablative tetiltämme teteiltämme
allative tetillemme teteillemme
essive tetinämme teteinämme
translative tetiksemme teteiksemme
abessive tetittämme teteittämme
instructive — —
comitative — teteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tetinne tetinne
accusative nom. tetinne tetinne
gen. tetinne
genitive tetinne tetienne
partitive tetiänne tetejänne
inessive tetissänne teteissänne
elative tetistänne teteistänne
illative tetiinne teteihinne
adessive tetillänne teteillänne
ablative tetiltänne teteiltänne
allative tetillenne teteillenne
essive tetinänne teteinänne
translative tetiksenne teteiksenne
abessive tetittänne teteittänne
instructive — —
comitative — teteinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tetinsä tetinsä
accusative nom. tetinsä tetinsä
gen. tetinsä
genitive tetinsä tetiensä
partitive tetiään
tetiänsä 		tetejään
tetejänsä
inessive tetissään
tetissänsä 		teteissään
teteissänsä
elative tetistään
tetistänsä 		teteistään
teteistänsä
illative tetiinsä teteihinsä
adessive tetillään
tetillänsä 		teteillään
teteillänsä
ablative tetiltään
tetiltänsä 		teteiltään
teteiltänsä
allative tetilleen
tetillensä 		teteilleen
teteillensä
essive tetinään
tetinänsä 		teteinään
teteinänsä
translative tetikseen
tetiksensä 		teteikseen
teteiksensä
abessive tetittään
tetittänsä 		teteittään
teteittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — teteineen
teteinensä

Anagrams edit

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tēctum.

Noun edit

tet m (plural tets)

  1. roof (made of straw)

See also edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēt).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Kven edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tet

  1. ye, you (plural)

Declension edit

Declension of tet
singular plural
nominative sie tet
genitive sinun teiđän, teän
partitive sinnuu, sinua teitä
accusative sinun teiđät, teät
illative sinhuun teihin
inessive sinussa teissä
elative sinusta teistä
allative sinule, sinulet,
sulle, sullet 		teile, teilet
adessive sinula, sulla teilä
ablative sinulta, sulta teiltä
translative sinuna teinä
essive sinuksi teiksi
abessive sinutta teittä

See also edit

Kven personal pronouns
first second third anim third anim or inan
singular mie sie hän se
plural met tet het net

References edit

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

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From French tête.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. forefront, lead
    han ligg i tet.
    he's in the lead.

References edit

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tet m (plural tets)

  1. ceiling
  2. (nautical) overhead

Pipil edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

tet (plural tejte)

  1. stone, rock

Further reading edit

  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Pochutec edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl tletl.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tet

  1. fire

References edit

Réunion Creole French edit

Etymology edit

From French tête

Noun edit

tet

  1. A head

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tēctum.

Noun edit

tet m (plural tets)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) roof

Slovene edit

Noun edit

tet

  1. genitive dual/plural of teta

Zou edit

Verb edit

tet

  1. publish

References edit

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