suet

suet

See also: süt

English

Etymology

From Middle English sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s(j)uːɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

suet (countable and uncountable, plural suets)

1. The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
   • 1996, Laura Erickson, Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids

     Many seed-eating birds also need animal fat and protein which they obtain from insects, animal carcasses, and suet.

   • 1998, Alan Pistorius, Everything You Need to Know About Birding and Backyard Bird Attraction

     Some jays, chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice regularly feed at suet; others seem never to indulge.

Translations

fat

Czech: lůj (cs) m Dutch: niervet n Faroese: mørur m Finnish: tali (fi), ihra (fi) French: graisse de rognon (de bœuf) f Galician: sebo m German: Talg (de) m Hungarian: faggyú (hu) Icelandic: mör (is) m Japanese: スエット (suetto) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەز‎ (bez) Northern Kurdish: bez (ku)

Latin: arvina f Maori: taupā Norman: graîsse dé rîngnon f Persian: پیه‎ (fa) (pih), وزد‎ (vazd) Polish: sadło (pl) n, łój (pl) m Portuguese: sebo (pt) m Russian: нутряно́е са́ло n (nutrjanóje sálo), по́чечное са́ло n (póčečnoje sálo), са́ло (ru) n (sálo) Scottish Gaelic: saill f Serbo-Croatian: лој m, loj (sh) m Slovak: loj m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: łoj m Spanish: unto (es)

References

• suet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “suet”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

External links

• Suet in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Suet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Suet on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• ETUs, TEUs, TUEs, Tues, Utes, tues, utes

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Latin

Verb

suet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of suō

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Middle English

Noun

suet

1. Alternative form of sute