keet

See also: -keet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Etymology 1

Clipping of parakeet

Alternative forms

• 'keet

Noun

keet (plural keets)

1. (colloquial) A lorikeet or parakeet.

Etymology 2

onomatopoeia

Noun

keet (plural keets)

1. A guineafowl.
2. A young guineafowl.

Synonyms

• guinea keet, guinea-keet, Guinea keet, Guinea-keet

Anagrams

• teek

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kete, of uncertain origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keːt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

keet m or f (plural keten, diminutive keetje n)

1. a shack or stand
2. a barrack, shed, shanty
3. a row, unruliness, especially in keet schoppen; rumble, frolicking
4. a salt container; a salt boiling installation

Derived terms

• bouwkeet
• zuipkeet

 

Descendants

• Petjo: keet, keetje
• → Papiamentu: keet, ket

Anagrams

• teek