zet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zet"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛt]

Etymology 1

Noun

zet n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Czech zieti, from Proto-Slavic *zijati.

Alternative forms

• zát

Verb

zet impf

1. (literary) to gape, to be wide open

   Synonyms: být otevřen, otvírat se

   Pode mnou zela strž. ― A chasm was gaping under me.

   Ve střeše zeje díra. ― There is a gaping hole in the roof.

2. (literary) to be surrounded, to wear, to exhibit, to show

   Synonym: jevit

   Dům zeje prázdnotou. ― The house seems empty.

   Její oči zely úzkostí a zoufáním. ― Her eyes were full of anxiety and desperation.

3. (literary, uncommon) to gaze, to stare, to gape

   Synonym: zírat

   Zelo naň tisíc očí. ― A thousand eyes were staring at him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zet

infinitive zet, zeti active adjective zející verbal noun zení passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zeji, zeju (coll.) zejeme — zejme 2nd person zeješ zejete zej zejte 3rd person zeje zejí, zejou (coll.) — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zet. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate zel zeli — — masculine inanimate zely — feminine zela — neuter zelo zela — — transgressives present past masculine singular zeje — feminine + neuter singular zejíc — plural zejíce —

Derived terms

• rozzet
• zazet

Related terms

• zívat

Further reading

• “zeti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zeti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/

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• Hyphenation: zet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From zetten.

Noun

zet m (plural zetten, diminutive zetje n)

1. shove, push
2. move, turn (e.g. in a game)

   Dat was geen slimme zet. ― That was not a smart move.

   Hij is aan zet. ― It's his turn.

Derived terms

• meesterzet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zet

1. inflection of zetten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: zet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch zet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/, [zɛt̪̚]

Noun

zèt (plural zet-zet)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Synonyms

• zed (Standard Malay)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

• “zet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/

Noun

zet m inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter z/Z.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; otherwise a phonetic respelling of the letter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: zet

Noun

zet n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
   • 1817, Onufry Kopczyński, “Forma na słowa zaimkowé [Form for prónòun words]”, in Grammatyka języka polskiego. Dziéło pozgonné [Grammar of the Polish Language. A pósthumous wórk]‎^[1], Warszawa: W drukarni Xięży Piiarów, pages 18–19:

     Żádná spółgłoska nie má osobnego dzwięku swégo, przeto, dla wydania dzwięku, łączyć się koniecznie musi ze samogłoską, czy przed nią, czy po niéy położona np. ef, el, em, en, er, es, ix; be, ce, de, ge, ha, ka, pe, te, wu, zet.

     Nó consonant hás its ówn separate sóund; therefore, in order to produce a sóund, it must necessarily combine with a vowel, either before or after ít, e.g. ef, el, em, en, ar, ess, ex; bee, cee, dee, gee, aitch, kay, pee, tee, double-u, zee.

Further reading

• zet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zêt/

Noun

zȅt m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏т)

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law (husband of one's sibling)

Declension

Declension of zet

	singular	plural
nominative	zet	zetovi
genitive	zeta	zetova
dative	zetu	zetovima
accusative	zeta	zetove
vocative	zete	zetovi
locative	zetu	zetovima
instrumental	zetom	zetovima

See also

• snaha

Further reading

• “zet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “zet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ́t/

Noun

zȅt m anim

1. son-in-law

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	zèt
gen. sing.	zéta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zèt	zéta	zétje zéti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zéta	zétov	zétov
dative (dajȃlnik)	zétu	zétoma	zétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zéta	zéta	zéte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zétu	zétih	zétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zétom	zétoma	zéti

Further reading

• “zet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zet”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Yola

Alternative forms

• set

Etymology

• From Middle English set, from Old English set, from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”).
• From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/, /sɛt/

Noun

zet

1. set

Verb

zet (present participle zetteen, past participle ee-zet)

1. to set
   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 108:

     An hea zet up a pouingaan an a cry.

     And he set up a puingaan and a cry.

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 81