et

¹ American  

[et] / ɛt /

verb

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

1. a simple past tense of eat.

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et ² American  

[et] / ɛt /

conjunction

Latin.

1. and.

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Et ³ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. ethyl.

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-et ⁴ American  

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

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e.t. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. electrical transcription.

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E.T. ⁶ American  

Or ET

abbreviation

1. Eastern time.

2. extraterrestrial.

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ET ¹ British  

abbreviation

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 ² British  

suffix

1. small or lesser

   islet

   baronet

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Et ³ British  

symbol

1. ethyl

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et ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia

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Etymology

Origin of -et

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

Example Sentences

Gatiss plays Gabriel Book, an antiquarian bookseller with a “hobby” in crime-solving, joining the ranks of consulting and amateur sleuths so dear to British crime fiction — Marple, Wimsey, Holmes, Paul Temple, Father Brown, et al.

From Los Angeles Times

Live at noon ET this Wednesday.

From Barron's

The course is called Diplôme sur le Renseignement et les Menaces Globales, which translates as Diploma of Intelligence and Global Threats.

From BBC

ET Saturday, 150 flights out of San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, had been canceled, according to flight-data specialist FlightAware.

From The Wall Street Journal

The project’s name, “Manus,” came from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Latin motto, “Mens et Manus,” meaning mind and hand.

From The Wall Street Journal