# cet
## French
### Alternative forms

* c’t (colloquial)

### Etymology

From Middle French cest, from Old French cist~cest, from Vulgar Latin *ecce iste, from Latin ecce + iste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛ.t‿/ ~ /se.t‿/, /st‿/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: cette, sept, set, Sète
* Rhymes: -ɛt, -et

### Determiner

cet
* this
    Synonym: (before a masculine noun not starting with a vowel sound) ce
** 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
    Or, il faut savoir que cet hidalgo, dans les moments où il restait oisif, c’est-à-dire à peu près toute l’année, s’adonnait à lire des livres de chevalerie....Yet, it must be known that this hidalgo, in the moments where he remained idle, that is to say just about the whole year, devoted himself to reading books of chivalry....

#### Usage notes

* Used before a masculine noun starting with a vowel sound.

### Further reading

* “cet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* etc.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cētus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɛt]
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

cet (plural cetek)
* (formal) whale
    Synonym: bálna

#### Declension
### Further reading

* cet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* cet in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Old Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʲed/

### Interjection

cet
* I agree, permission granted, etc.

### Noun

cet (indeclinable in the early language, with the copula)
* something allowable, permissible
* something required
* permission
* good will

#### Descendants

* Irish: cead
* Scottish Gaelic: cead

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛt/
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* Syllabification: cet

### Noun

cet m inan
* (obsolete) even number

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Cet czy licho: powieść historyczna z końca wieku XVII, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, 1978-01-01
* ↑ Przysłowia polskie, 1969-01-01

### Further reading

* cet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جد (cedd, cet, “a grandfather, one's ancestor”), from Arabic جَدّ (jadd, “grandfather, ancestor, glory”) from جَدَّ (jadda, “to be new, to be serious or earnest”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒet/
* Hyphenation: cet

### Noun

cet (definite accusative ceddi, plural (uncommon) cetler or ecdat)
* (rare) grandfather, ancestor, elder
    Synonyms: dede, ata, büyükbaba

#### Derived terms

* ceddine rahmet
* cetbecet

#### Related terms

* becit
* cadde
* cedit
* cidden
* ciddi ciddi
* ciddileşmek
* ciddiye almak
* ciddiyet
* ecdat
* tecdit
* teceddüt

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 646
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “cet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 783