English Online Dictionary. What means cet? What does cet mean?
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
- this
- Synonym: (before a masculine noun not starting with a vowel sound) 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 sound.
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)
- (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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), 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
- I agree, permission granted, etc.
Noun
cet (indeclinable in the early language, with the copula)
- something allowable, permissible
- something required
- permission
- good will
Descendants
- Irish: cead
- Scottish Gaelic: cead
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Syllabification: cet
Noun
cet m inan
- (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): /d͡ʒet/
- Hyphenation: cet
Noun
cet (definite accusative ceddi, plural (uncommon) cetler or ecdat)
- (rare) 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