# fet
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛt/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *fetan, from Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-.
Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch.

#### Verb

fet (third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)
* (obsolete) To fetch.

##### Derived terms

* farfet

### Etymology 2

Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”).

#### Noun

fet (plural fets)
* (obsolete) A piece.
** 1627, Michael Drayton, The Quest of Cynthia, published 1810:That the bottom clear, Now lay'd with many a fet of seed pearl,

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

fet (plural not attested)
* (BDSM, usually attributive) Clipping of fetish.
** 1997, NuBabyByte, “Iron Shackles, Bare Feet”, in alt.torture (Usenet):oh, btw...when you consider the fet-clothing available out there, realize how many have a collar attached.
** 2003, Morgane, “Relatives turning up in the scene”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet):It was 'Lingerie Night' at a local fet club a few years ago.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “fet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

### Anagrams

* EFT, ETF, FTE, TFE, eft, tef

## Aromanian
### Etymology 1

From Latin fētō. Compare Daco-Romanian făta.

#### Alternative forms

* fetu

#### Verb

fet first-singular present indicative (past participle fitatã)
* to give birth, foal, litter, calve (of mammals)

##### Derived terms

* fitalj, fitaljiu
* fitari/fitare
* fitat
* fitãtoari

##### Related terms

* featã
* fetu

### Etymology 2

From Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”). Compare Daco-Romanian făt.

#### Alternative forms

* fetu

#### Noun

fet m (plural fets)
* young child, boy

##### Related terms

* afetu
* featã
* fet
* ficior

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin factum. Compare Old French fet, Modern French fait. Compare also Spanish hecho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfet]
* Rhymes: -et

### Noun

fet m (plural fets)
* fact

#### Derived terms

* de fet

### Participle

fet (feminine feta, masculine plural fets, feminine plural fetes)
* past participle of fer

## Chuukese
### Etymology

Contraction of föri + met

### Contraction

fet
* what is someone doing?
    Ka fet? ― What are you doing?

## Czech
### Etymology

Related to fetovat (“to do drugs; inhale, sniff”), of uncertain origin, but the "inhale" sense could be a derivation from Latin fetor (“stench, bad smell”), similar to Polish fetor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɛt]

### Noun

fet m inan
* (colloquial, expressive) junk, drugs

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “fet” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “fet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse fet, from Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *ped-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛːt/
* Rhymes: -ɛːt

### Noun

fet n (genitive singular fets, nominative plural fet)
* step
* (historical) a unit of measure equivalent to half an alin, or 3 lófar
* foot (unit of measure equivalent to 12 inches)

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* feit

### Etymology

From Old Norse feitr.

### Adjective

fet (neuter singular fett, definite singular and plural fete, comparative fetere, indefinite superlative fetest, definite superlative feteste)
* fat
* fatty (especially food)

#### Related terms

* fett (noun)

### References

* “fet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* (non-standard since 2012) fit

### Etymology

From Old Norse fit f.

### Noun

fet f (definite singular feta, indefinite plural feter, definite plural fetene)
* a grassy meadow, especially near a body of water

#### Inflection

Historical inflection of fet
indefinite singular
definite singular
indefinite plural
definite plural
1901
fit
fiti
fitjar
fitjarne (fitjane)
1917
fita, fiti
fitjane
1938
fita [fiti]
1959
fitjar [fiter]
fitjane [fitene]
2012 (current)
fet
feta
feter
fetene
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. :

### References

* “fet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feːt/

### Noun

fēt
* plural of fōt

#### Descendants

* Middle English: fet, feet
** English: feet

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin factus.

#### Verb

fet
* past participle of fere
* third-person singular present indicative of fere

### Etymology 2

From Latin factum.

#### Noun

fet oblique singular, m (oblique plural fez or fetz, nominative singular fez or fetz, nominative plural fet)
* act; action
* fact

##### Descendants

* → English: feat
* Middle French: fait, faict
** French: fait

### References

* fet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *swizdā, from Proto-Celtic *swizdeti (“to blow”). Related to Old Irish séitid and Welsh chwythu (“to blow”), Breton c'hwezh and Welsh chwyth (“breath”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸʲed]

### Noun

fet f (genitive fite or feite, nominative plural feta)
* whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving the air
** c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 3$^a$7
    is cosmart do rétaib ind ḟetthe whistling is a signal by things
* (musical intrument) pipe

#### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | fet$^L$ | fit$^L$ | feta$^H$ |
| Vocative | fet$^L$ | fit$^L$ | feta$^H$ |
| Accusative | fit$^N$ | fit$^L$ | feta$^H$ |
| Genitive | fite$^H$ | fet$^L$ | fet$^N$ |
| Dative | fit$^L$ | fetaib | fetaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||
Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | fet$^L$ | feit$^L$ | feta$^H$ |
| Vocative | fet$^L$ | feit$^L$ | feta$^H$ |
| Accusative | feit$^N$ | feit$^L$ | feta$^H$ |
| Genitive | feite$^H$ | fet$^L$ | fet$^N$ |
| Dative | feit$^L$ | fetaib | fetaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Derived terms

* fetán
* fetánach
* fetánacht
* fetchúisech
* fetgaire
* fetgal
* fetugud

#### Descendants

* Irish: fead
* Manx: fed
* Scottish Gaelic: fead

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish fēter, from Old Norse feitr, from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feːt/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -eːt

### Adjective

fet (comparative fetare, superlative fetast)
* fat, obese (about people or animals)
    Fetare gubbe har jag nog aldrig sett tidigare. ― I don't think I've seen such a fat guy before.
* containing much fat (about food)
* being especially fertile, profitable or lucrative; (slang) good, extraordinary, phat (a general intensifier, usually positive)
    Du missade en riktigt fet chans. ― You missed quite a good opportunity.
    Shit, vilken fet bil du har köpt! ― Damn, what a nice/cool/phat car you've bought!

#### Inflection

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* fett (adverb)
* blekfet
* smällfet