fet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛt/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
fet (third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”).
Noun
fet (plural fets)
- (obsolete) A piece.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, The Quest of Cynthia, published 1810:
- That the bottom clear,
Now lay'd with many a fet
of seed pearl,
Etymology 3
Noun
fet (plural not attested)
- (BDSM, usually attributive) Clipping of fetish.
- 1997, NuBabyByte, “Iron Shackles, Bare Feet”, in alt.torture (Usenet):
- oh, btw...when you consider the fet-clothing available out there, realize how many have a collar attached.
- 2003, Morgane, “Relatives turning up in the scene”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):
- It was 'Lingerie Night' at a local fet club a few years ago.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Anagrams
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin fētō. Compare Daco-Romanian făta.
Alternative forms
Verb
fet first-singular present indicative (past participle fitatã)
- to give birth, foal, litter, calve (of mammals)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”). Compare Daco-Romanian făt.
Alternative forms
Noun
fet m (plural fets)
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin factum. Compare Old French fet, Modern French fait. Compare also Spanish hecho.
Pronunciation
Noun
fet m (plural fets)
Derived terms
Participle
fet (feminine feta, masculine plural fets, feminine plural fetes)
- past participle of fer
Chuukese
Etymology
Contraction
fet
- what is someone doing?
- Ka fet? ― What are you doing?
Icelandic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *ped-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fet n (genitive singular fets, nominative plural fet)
- step
- (historical) a unit of measure equivalent to half an alin, or 3 lófar
- foot (unit of measure equivalent to 12 inches)
Declension
Declension of fet | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fet | fetið | fet | fetin |
accusative | fet | fetið | fet | fetin |
dative | feti | fetinu | fetum | fetunum |
genitive | fets | fetsins | feta | fetanna |
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
fet (neuter singular fett, definite singular and plural fete, comparative fetere, indefinite superlative fetest, definite superlative feteste)
Related terms
- fett (noun)
References
- “fet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
fet f (definite singular feta, indefinite plural feter, definite plural fetene)
- a grassy meadow, especially near a body of water
Inflection
Historical inflection of fet
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. |
References
- “fet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
fēt
Descendants
Old French
Etymology 1
Verb
fet
Etymology 2
Noun
fet oblique singular, m (oblique plural fez or fetz, nominative singular fez or fetz, nominative plural fet)
Descendants
References
- fet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Old Irish
Etymology
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”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
fet f (genitive fite or feite, nominative plural feta)
- whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving the air
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 3a7
- is cosmart do rétaib ind ḟet
- the whistling is a signal by things
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 3a7
- (musical intrument) pipe
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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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:
|
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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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:
|
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fet | ḟet | fet pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fēter, from Old Norse feitr, from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fet (comparative fetare, superlative fetast)
- fat, obese (about people or animals)
- Fetare gubbe har jag nog aldrig sett tidigare. ― I don't think I've seen such a fat guy before.
- containing much fat (about food)
- being especially fertile, profitable or lucrative; (slang) good, extraordinary, phat (a general intensifier, usually positive)
- Du missade en riktigt fet chans. ― You missed quite a good opportunity.
- Shit, vilken fet bil du har köpt! ― Damn, what a nice/cool/phat car you've bought!
Inflection
Inflection of fet | |||
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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 |
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