et
verb
a simple past tense of eat.
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-eta noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words): chalet; islet; owlet; tablet.
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e.t.abbreviationelectrical transcription.
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ETabbreviationEmployment Training: a government scheme offering training in technological and business skills to unemployed people
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[et]
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verb
Nonstandard: Chiefly North Atlantic, South Midland, and Southern U.S.
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conjunction
Latin.
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Symbol, Chemistry.
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E.T.
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Employment Training: a government scheme offering training in technological and business skills to unemployed people
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Egypt (international car registration)
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Etymology
Origin of -et
Middle English, from Old French -et (masculine), -ette (feminine)
Example Sentences
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They can be technically proficient, maybe even a little funny, but there is always an underlying cadence of the uncanny valley that I still doubt Suno v6 pro et al. or whatever has totally overcome.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Barabak: I wouldn’t mind kicking it with Elvis, Tupac, et al.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
I marched back to the maitre d’ at his podium and passionately argued for my personal père et fils special moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Dendrocrinus simcoensis fossil containing the preserved soft tissue had been housed for years at Montréal's Musée de paléontologie et de l'évolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sturm’s book is about inventa et experimenta physico-mathematica—physico-mathematical discoveries and experiments.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Jarunee Phosawad came from Roi Et in eastern Thailand to oversee the cremation of her cousin Kochaporn Sotharat's body and the return home of her ashes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
It was like, “Oh why, God. Et tu, Jeff?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
On Tuesday morning, Jeff Clark, an assistant attorney in the Trump administration, wrote on Twitter: "Disappointing. Et tu Chik-fil-a?"
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2023
There’s also a pizza oven imported from Naples that he and Belgian chef Claudio Pirollo of the nearby Et Voila restaurant used to cook together.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
“Yeh think Oi dan’t know a candle or a campfire when I see one? Et was blue, Oi tell ye. Greet billows o’ et,” he made an expansive gesture with his arms.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
There are also at least two past participles in -et, as slenget, 1923, grethet, 2615, to which add weddeth, beddeth, 1127, In l. 2057, knawed seems put for knawen, for the rime’s sake.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
The same is the case with the superadded syllables: -kin being Saxon; -et Norman.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
To sleep = dorm‑i; suf. -et denotes light sleep; pref. ek- denotes beginning. 7Distracting.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
The verbs belonging to this class form their preterite in -ete and their past participle in -et.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
Instead of -eth we even find -et, as in herknet, 1.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
The film marks a return to the theme of aliens for Spielberg, who previously directed E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Is it worth paying 0.99% a year for an ETF tailor-made for E.T.?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Spielberg, whose "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" remains one of cinema's defining alien stories, told the crowd he had believed since childhood that humanity was not alone in the universe.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
So when Carol Lombardini, the lead negotiator for the AMPTP, tweeted out a photo of Barrymore in "E.T." kissing the lovable titular alien that cast E.T. as the producers, it did the actor no favors.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2023
The lady stands, and her joints crickle-crackle, like Mr. Garret Charles the choreographer’s, and this reminds me that I haven't heard anything from E.T.:
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
The ceremony will begin at 17:00 PT / 20:00 ET on Monday, taking place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
ET, which are expected to show a smaller-than-average injection into storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
ET, but no comment on who I’m rooting for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
A permit for the events on Thursday and Friday obtained by the Associated Press said about 100 guests would start arriving around 17:30 ET for a "pre-party night", which would go until 22:30 ET.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The British say ET, but we say EIGHT.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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