Tet

[ tet ]

/ tɛt /

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noun

the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.

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Origin of Tet

From the Vietnamese word tê´t

Words nearby Tet

test-tube skin, testudinal, testudinate, testudo, testy, Tet, tetanic, tetanize, tetanus, tetanus toxoid, tetany

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How to use Tet in a sentence

Neither of those posters have active accounts anymore, and Tet has since stopped moderating the subreddit partly due to burnout.
Reddit Allows Hate Speech to Flourish in Its Global Forums, Moderators Say|Andrew R. Chow|January 11, 2022|Time
Another user posted Tet’s address and personal Facebook account, writing, “Just let the hate flow and f— with them… bring trouble to their lives.”
Reddit Allows Hate Speech to Flourish in Its Global Forums, Moderators Say|Andrew R. Chow|January 11, 2022|Time
The North Vietnamese Tet Offensive was launched on January 30, in the middle of the primary battle.
Nixon, Obama, and How We Lost Trust in the U.S. Government|Stuart Stevens|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I was born in the year of the Tet offensive, my parents protestors, but we have learned few lessons from that conflict.
U.S. Soldier Afghan Rampage Tears at Our National Soul, Says Former Marine|Benjamin Busch|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The Taliban's spring offensive began with an assault in Kandahar this week akin to the 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam.
Afghanistan's Role in Osama bin Laden Raid|Bruce Riedel|May 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The mirth came from imagining how he would twist the Tet Offensive, which was under way, into “progress.”
McNamara's Lethal Illusions|Kevin Buckley|July 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Quintet, Quintette, kwin-tet′, n. a musical composition for five voices or instruments: a company of five singers or players.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
The anterior face displays the mask of Hathor over the symbol tet, which has been interpreted to mean steadfastness or stability.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot
Fig. 255 shows a workman fashioning a tet with a kind of hatchet or mattock, which he uses much as if it were a mallet.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot
Ahnkuttie nika papa yahka papa, hyas skookum tyee kopa konaway Yakima tilikum, klatawa wake siah yahka la tet.
Mount Rainier|Various
Septet, Septette, sep-tet′, n. a work for seven voices or instruments: a company of seven musicians.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Tet

Tet

/ (tɛt) /

noun

the New Year as celebrated in Vietnam during the first seven days of the first lunar month of the year

Word Origin for Tet

Vietnamese

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