cet

cet

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French

Alternative forms

  • c’t (colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle French cest, from Old French cist~cest, from Vulgar Latin *ecce iste, from Latin ecce + iste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ.t‿/, /se.t‿/, /st‿/
  • Homophones: cette, sept, set, Sète
  • Rhymes: -ɛt, -et

Determiner

cet

  1. this
    Synonym: (before a masculine noun not starting with a vowel) ce
    • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

Usage notes

  • Used before a masculine noun starting with a vowel or a mute h.

Further reading

  • “cet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • etc.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cētus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

cet (plural cetek)

  1. (formal) whale
    Synonym: bálna

Declension

Further reading

  • cet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • cet in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲed/

Interjection

cet

  1. I agree, permission granted, etc.

Noun

cet (indeclinable in the early language, with the copula)

  1. something allowable, permissible
  2. something required
  3. permission
  4. good will

Descendants

  • Irish: cead
  • Scottish Gaelic: cead

Mutation

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Syllabification: cet

Noun

cet m inan

  1. (obsolete) even number

Declension

References

Further reading

  • cet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جد (cedd, cet, a grandfather, one's ancestor), from Arabic جَدّ (jadd, grandfather, ancestor, glory) from جَدَّ (jadda, to be new, to be serious or earnest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒet/
  • Hyphenation: cet

Noun

cet (definite accusative ceddi, plural (uncommon) cetler or ecdat)

  1. grandfather, ancestor, elder
    Synonyms: dede, ata, büyükbaba

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • “cet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 783

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