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verbNonstandard: Chiefly North Atlantic, South Midland, and Southern U.S.
  1. a simple past tense of eat.

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et2
[ et ]

conjunctionLatin.
  1. and.

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Et

Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. ethyl.

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-et

  1. a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words): chalet; islet; owlet; tablet.

Origin of -et

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Middle English, from Old French -et (masculine), -ette (feminine)

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e.t.

abbreviation
  1. electrical transcription.

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E.T.

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et

the internet domain name for
  1. Ethiopia

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Et

the chemical symbol for
  1. ethyl

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ET

abbreviation for
  1. Employment Training: a government scheme offering training in technological and business skills to unemployed people

  2. Egypt (international car registration)

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-et

suffix forming nouns
  1. small or lesser: islet; baronet

Origin of -et

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from Old French -et, -ete

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