# tet
## Translingual
### Symbol

tet
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tetum.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Tetum terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

See teth.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).

### Etymology 2

Clipping of tetracycline.

#### Noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)
* (informal, pharmacology) Clipping of tetracycline.
** 1996 May 1, phyllis....@den.mmc.com, “Re: Tetracycline”, in sci.med.diseases.lyme‎ (Usenet):I was on oral tet for months after I was first dx backn in '88. All I got from it was a very, very nasty and upset GI track. I had to stop it.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of tetralogy.

#### Noun

tet (countable and uncountable, plural tets)
* (uncountable, informal, medicine) The tetralogy of Fallot.
* (countable, informal, medicine) A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

##### Derived terms

* blue tet
* pink tet
* tet spell

### Etymology 4

Clipping of tetraploid.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* (informal, horticulture) A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).
** 2017, Susan Brownmiller, “Daylily Dreams”, in My City Highrise Garden, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 84:Tets are 44-chromosome conversions from 22-chromosome diploids, created by elaborate means involving colchicine, a chemical found naturally in crocuses. Only a tet can pollinate a tet, but some tets can pollinate themselves.

### Etymology 5

Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* (geometry, engineering) A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.

#### Adjective

tet (not comparable)
* (geometry, engineering) Tetrahedral.

### Etymology 6

Clipping of tetradrachm.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* (numismatic slang) Clipping of tetradrachm.
** 2001 July 4, Reid Goldsborough, “Re: Language, numismatics, and curating”, in rec.collecting.coins‎ (Usenet):I've bought a couple of Greek tets that must have been dipped because all the toning is off them. They're white, but otherwise nice. Other tets I've bought have been cleaned as well but have more gray and other coloring and therefore look better.

### Etymology 7

Clipping of tetra.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* (informal, fishkeeping) A tetra (freshwater fish).
** 1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc‎ (Usenet):All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine. There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.

### Etymology 8

Clipping of tetanus.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* (informal, pathology) Clipping of tetanus.
** 1971, Adelaide Leitch, The Blue Roan, New York, NY: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, page 94:“It's a tet shot,” Roddy told him, relieved. A tetanus injection was the usual thing for a cut or puncture wound on a horse.

### Etymology 9

See teat.

#### Noun

tet (plural tets)
* Obsolete form of teat.
** [1780?], Nicholas Coxe, The Huntſman. Containing the Best Methods of Sport, for Courſing with Greyhounds, and Hunting All Kinds of Chases in England, […] , London: J. Dixwell, page 50:The Genital part is all nervy; the Tail ſmall; and the Hind hath Udders betwixt her Thighs, with four Speans or Tets, like a Cow.

### See also

* carbon tet
* met tet
* silicon tet

### Further reading

* tet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ETT, Ett

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtet/ [ˈtɛʰt]
* Hyphenation: tet

### Pronoun

tét (predicative téeti)
* she, her

#### See also
### Determiner

tét
* her

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tet”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “/é/ in DNV; probably /e/ everywhere?”

### Noun

tet f (plural tets)
* teth

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛt]

### Noun

tet f
* genitive plural of teta

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From tiet.

#### Noun

tet c (plural tetten, diminutive tetje n)
* (vulgar) boob; tit

### Etymology 2

From Hebrew טי״ת (tet). Doublet of thèta.

#### Noun

tet m (plural tets, diminutive tetje n)
* teth (Semitic letter)

##### Alternative forms

* teth

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

te +‎ -t

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtet/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: tet

#### Pronoun

tet (dialectal)
* (personal) you (plural; in archaic English: ye)

##### Synonyms

* te (standard Finnish)
* työ (dialectal)

### Etymology 2

From Biblical Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte(ː)t/, [ˈt̪e̞(ː)t̪]
* Rhymes: -et
* Hyphenation: tet

#### Noun

tet
* teth (ninth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of tet (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tetini
tetini
accusative
nom.
tetini
tetini
gen.
tetini
genitive
tetini
tetieni
partitive
tetiäni
tetejäni
inessive
tetissäni
teteissäni
elative
tetistäni
teteistäni
illative
tetiini
teteihini
adessive
tetilläni
teteilläni
ablative
tetiltäni
teteiltäni
allative
tetilleni
teteilleni
essive
tetinäni
teteinäni
translative
tetikseni
teteikseni
abessive
tetittäni
teteittäni
instructive
comitative
—teteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tetisi
tetisi
accusative
nom.
tetisi
tetisi
gen.
tetisi
genitive
tetisi
tetiesi
partitive
tetiäsi
tetejäsi
inessive
tetissäsi
teteissäsi
elative
tetistäsi
teteistäsi
illative
tetiisi
teteihisi
adessive
tetilläsi
teteilläsi
ablative
tetiltäsi
teteiltäsi
allative
tetillesi
teteillesi
essive
tetinäsi
teteinäsi
translative
tetiksesi
teteiksesi
abessive
tetittäsi
teteittäsi
instructive
comitative
—teteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tetimme
tetimme
accusative
nom.
tetimme
tetimme
gen.
tetimme
genitive
tetimme
tetiemme
partitive
tetiämme
tetejämme
inessive
tetissämme
teteissämme
elative
tetistämme
teteistämme
illative
tetiimme
teteihimme
adessive
tetillämme
teteillämme
ablative
tetiltämme
teteiltämme
allative
tetillemme
teteillemme
essive
tetinämme
teteinämme
translative
tetiksemme
teteiksemme
abessive
tetittämme
teteittämme
instructive
comitative
—teteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tetinne
tetinne
accusative
nom.
tetinne
tetinne
gen.
tetinne
genitive
tetinne
tetienne
partitive
tetiänne
tetejänne
inessive
tetissänne
teteissänne
elative
tetistänne
teteistänne
illative
tetiinne
teteihinne
adessive
tetillänne
teteillänne
ablative
tetiltänne
teteiltänne
allative
tetillenne
teteillenne
essive
tetinänne
teteinänne
translative
tetiksenne
teteiksenne
abessive
tetittänne
teteittänne
instructive
comitative
—teteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tetinsä
tetinsä
accusative
nom.
tetinsä
tetinsä
gen.
tetinsä
genitive
tetinsä
tetiensä
partitive
tetiään tetiänsä
tetejään tetejänsä
inessive
tetissään tetissänsä
teteissään teteissänsä
elative
tetistään tetistänsä
teteistään teteistänsä
illative
tetiinsä
teteihinsä
adessive
tetillään tetillänsä
teteillään teteillänsä
ablative
tetiltään tetiltänsä
teteiltään teteiltänsä
allative
tetilleen tetillensä
teteilleen teteillensä
essive
tetinään tetinänsä
teteinään teteinänsä
translative
tetikseen tetiksensä
teteikseen teteiksensä
abessive
tetittään tetittänsä
teteittään teteittänsä
instructive
comitative
—teteineen teteinensä :

### Anagrams

* -tte

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin tēctum.

### Noun

tet m (plural tets)
* roof (made of straw)

#### See also

* cuviert

## Italian
### Etymology

From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛt/
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Hyphenation: tèt

### Noun

tet m or f (invariable)
* teth, specifically:
** the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤈
** the name of the Hebrew-script letter ט

### See also

* teta

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Blend of ta +‎ et.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈtət/ [ˈtɨt̚]
* Rhymes: -ət
* Syllabification: tet

### Adverb

tët
* in truth

#### Derived terms

* tet-ewa

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tet”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 465

## Kven
### Etymology

From Finnish te, from Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtet/

### Noun

tet
* ye, you (plural)

#### Declension

Declension of tet
singular
plural
nominative
sie
tet
genitive
sinun
teiđän, teän
partitive
sinnuu, sinua
teitä
accusative
sinun
teiđät, teät
illative
sinhuun
teihin
inessive
sinussa
teissä
elative
sinusta
teistä
allative
sinule, sinulet, sulle, sullet
teile, teilet
adessive
sinula, sulla
teilä
ablative
sinulta, sulta
teiltä
translative
sinuna
teinä
essive
sinuksi
teiksi
abessive
sinutta
teittä :

#### See also
### References

* Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French tête.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teːt/

### Noun

tet m (definite singular teten, indefinite plural tetar, definite plural tetane)
* forefront, lead
    han ligg i tet.he's in the lead.

### References

* “tet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin tēctum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tet/
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

tet m (plural tets)
* ceiling
* (nautical) overhead

## Pipil
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *tetl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïn-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl tetl (“stone, rock”).

### Noun

tet (plural tejte)
* stone, rock

### Further reading

* Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
* Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

## Pochutec
### Etymology

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl tletl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtet/

### Noun

tet
* fire

### References

* Boas, Franz (1917 July) “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in Spanish), volume 1, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 9–44

## Réunion Creole French
### Etymology

From French tête

### Noun

tet
* A head

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* tetg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Latin tēctum.

### Noun

tet m (plural tets)
* (Puter, Vallader) roof

## Slovene
### Noun

tet
* genitive dual/plural of teta

## Zou
### Verb

tet
* publish

#### References

* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf