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et 1[et] Examples See more synonyms for et on Thesaurus.com verb Chiefly North Atlantic, South Midland, and Southern U.S. Nonstandard.
- a simple past tense of eat.
et 2[et] conjunction Latin.
- and.
Et Symbol, Chemistry.
e.t.
- electrical transcription.
-et
- a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words): islet; tablet; midget; plummet.
Compare -ette. Origin of -et Middle English Old French -et (masculine), -ette (feminine) E.T. or ET
- Eastern time.
- extraterrestrial(def 2).
Related Words for et Martian, alien, extraterrestrial, E.T. Examples from the Web for et Contemporary Examples of et
Ebb and flow, checks and balances, the center would hold, et cetera.
A Veteran’s View: NYC Cold War Between Cops and City Hall
Matt Gallagher
December 29, 2014
To an audience destabilized by seismic changes in the culture, he brings the assurance (and the threat) that Obama et al.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.
Ana Marie Cox
December 20, 2014
Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, et al., for opening the floodgates of political campaign donations.
Up to a Point: Thanks to the Biggest Turkey, Uncle Sam
P. J. O’Rourke
November 27, 2014
I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.
How Aasif Mandvi Became Jon Stewart’s Favorite Jihadi
Dean Obeidallah
November 16, 2014
Morbi dignissim, sem nec finibus luctus, turpis lacus ornare risus, et vulputate nibh est vel lacus.
CNN
October 31, 2014
Historical Examples of et
“Et omnibus habitantibus in ea,” replied the priest in a lower tone.
Emile Zola
When they et a meal, we et ourn, and it made it ever so much home-liker to have their company.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Now, where there is an et cetera in an agreement, there is always an opening for dispute.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
And it’s proud I am that they et the goose and found it good.
Gulielma Zollinger
Bob there, ‘e was born in London—an’ a praaper time I ‘ad of et.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays)
John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for et et the internet domain name for
- Ethiopia
Et the chemical symbol for
- ethyl
ET abbreviation for
- Employment Training: a government scheme offering training in technological and business skills to unemployed people
- Egypt (international car registration)
-et suffix forming nouns
- small or lesserislet; baronet
Word Origin for -et from Old French -et, -ete