et
1- a simple past tense of eat.
et
2- and.
Et
e.t.
- electrical transcription.
-et
- a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words): islet; tablet; midget; plummet.
Origin of -et
E.T.
or ET
- Eastern time.
- extraterrestrial(def 2).
Examples from the Web for et
Contemporary Examples of et
Ebb and flow, checks and balances, the center would hold, et cetera.
To an audience destabilized by seismic changes in the culture, he brings the assurance (and the threat) that Obama et al.
Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, et al., for opening the floodgates of political campaign donations.
I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.
Morbi dignissim, sem nec finibus luctus, turpis lacus ornare risus, et vulputate nibh est vel lacus.
Historical Examples of et
"Et omnibus habitantibus in ea," replied the priest in a lower tone.
The DreamEmile Zola
When they et a meal, we et ourn, and it made it ever so much home-liker to have their company.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Now, where there is an et cetera in an agreement, there is always an opening for dispute.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
And it's proud I am that they et the goose and found it good.
The Widow O'Callaghan's BoysGulielma Zollinger
Bob there, 'e was born in London—an' a praaper time I 'ad of et.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays)John Galsworthy
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- Ethiopia
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- ethyl
ET
- Employment Training: a government scheme offering training in technological and business skills to unemployed people
- Egypt (international car registration)
-et
- small or lesserislet; baronet