et

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/ɛt/

A form of ate — An elder sister

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Meanings

et1

verb
  1. dialectalinformalpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of ate, the simple past and past participle of eat.

    It must have been somethin’ I et!

    1946 February 18, Life magazine
    5 more examples

    So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.

    1896, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective https://web.archive.org/web/20141009081751/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w

    'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'

    1907, O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty

    Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper.

    1919, Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim

    Am I hearing right, Molly? Or maybe I et one sandwich too many.

    1935 August 26, “McGees Win 79 Wistful Vista”, in Fibber McGee and Molly, spoken by Fibber McGee

    Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.

    1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

ET2

nounET (countable and uncountable, plural ETs)

plural ETs

  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Eastern Time (-5 hours to GMT).

    CNN is seeking comment from legal representation for Martin. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday at 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET).

    2022 April 4, Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, “All 6 victims killed in the Sacramento mass shooting are identified as police arrest a suspect”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2022
  2. abbreviationcountableAbbreviation of extraterrestrial.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismentertainmentInitialism of escape tone.
  4. abbreviationinitialismuncountablenatural sciencesInitialism of electron tunneling.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of essential tremor.
  6. abbreviationcountableuncountablemedicineAbbreviation of endotracheal or endotracheal tube.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of electronic ticket.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablereservation systemaeronauticsInitialism of end transaction or end of transaction (with "transaction" meaning an amendment in the reservation system in this sense).
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableespecially drag racinghobbiesInitialism of elapsed time.

Et3

symbolEt (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of ethyl (-C₂H₅).

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ēt
  2. Proto-West Germanic*āt
  3. Old Englishǣt
  4. Middle Englishet
  5. Englishet

From Middle English et, from Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ēt. Doublet of ate.

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Translations

French HE
  • HEEastern Time
Spanish ET
  • ETEastern Time

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

et. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/et

MLA

“et.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/et. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “et,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/et.

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