et

¹

[et]

verb

Nonstandard: Chiefly North Atlantic, South Midland, and Southern U.S.

1. a simple past tense of eat.

et

²

[et]

conjunction

Latin.

1. and.

Et

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. ethyl.

-et

⁴

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

e.t.

⁵

abbreviation

1. electrical transcription.

E.T.

⁶

Or ET

abbreviation

1. Eastern time.

2. extraterrestrial.

ET

¹

abbreviation

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

2. Egypt (international car registration)

-et

²

suffix

1. small or lesser

   islet

   baronet

Et

³

symbol

1. ethyl

et

⁴

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia

Word History and Origins

Origin of et¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of et¹

from Old French -et, -ete

Example Sentences

Among markets not updating were Dow industrial, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100— futures, gold and crude futures also showed no activity from around 9:45 ET on Thursday.

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Alibaba reports earnings at 5.40 am ET followed by Best Buy, Kohl’s and Abercrombie & Fitch.

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He claimed, “We’ve done all the right steps of investigation, et cetera, in Saudi Arabia, and we’ve improved our system to be sure that nothing happened like that. And it’s painful, and it’s a huge mistake. And we are doing our best that this doesn’t happen again.”

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Her unusual power is the ability to move through different fields, Trojan-horsing her theories across academia, the art world, the lit scene, tech, fashion, et al.

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“Et tu, Brute?” she read with a sigh.

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