cet

cet

See also: CET, cét, cèt, cét-, čet, and -cet

French

Alternative forms

• c't (popular)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.t‿/, /se.t‿/

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• Homophones: sept, cette
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Determiner

cet

1. this

   Synonym: (used before a masculine noun not starting with a vowel) ce

   • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, 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 or a mute h

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• etc.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

cet (plural cetek)

1. (formal) whale

   Synonym: bálna

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cet	cetek
accusative	cetet	ceteket
dative	cetnek	ceteknek
instrumental	cettel	cetekkel
causal-final	cetért	cetekért
translative	cetté	cetekké
terminative	cetig	cetekig
essive-formal	cetként	cetekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cetben	cetekben
superessive	ceten	ceteken
adessive	cetnél	ceteknél
illative	cetbe	cetekbe
sublative	cetre	cetekre
allative	cethez	cetekhez
elative	cetből	cetekből
delative	cetről	cetekről
ablative	cettől	cetektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ceté	ceteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cetéi	cetekéi

Possessive forms of cet
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cetem	cetjeim
2nd person sing.	ceted	cetjeid
3rd person sing.	cetje	cetjei
1st person plural	cetünk	cetjeink
2nd person plural	cetetek	cetjeitek
3rd person plural	cetjük	cetjeik

Further reading

• cet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cet in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲed/

Interjection

cet

1. I agree, permission granted, etc.

Noun

cet (indeclinable in the early language, with the copula)

1. something allowable, permissible
2. something required
3. permission
4. good will

Descendants

• Irish: cead
• Scottish Gaelic: cead

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cet	chet	cet pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: cet

Noun

cet m inan

1. (obsolete) even number[1][2]

Declension

Declension of cet

	singular	plural
nominative	cet	cety
genitive	cetu	cetów
dative	cetowi	cetom
accusative	cet	cety
instrumental	cetem	cetami
locative	cecie	cetach
vocative	cecie	cety

References

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

Further reading

• cet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جد‎, from Arabic جَدّ‎ (jadd).

Noun

cet (definite accusative ceddi, plural cetler)

1. grandfather
2. ancestor

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	cet
Definite accusative	ceddi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cet	cetler
Definite accusative	ceddi	cetleri
Dative	cedde	cetlere
Locative	cette	cetlerde
Ablative	cetten	cetlerden
Genitive	ceddin	cetlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ceddim cetlerim 2nd singular ceddin cetlerin 3rd singular ceddi cetleri 1st plural ceddimiz cetlerimiz 2nd plural ceddiniz cetleriniz 3rd plural cetleri cetleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ceddimi cetlerimi 2nd singular ceddini cetlerini 3rd singular ceddini cetlerini 1st plural ceddimizi cetlerimizi 2nd plural ceddinizi cetlerinizi 3rd plural cetlerini cetlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular ceddime cetlerime 2nd singular ceddine cetlerine 3rd singular ceddine cetlerine 1st plural ceddimize cetlerimize 2nd plural ceddinize cetlerinize 3rd plural cetlerine cetlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ceddimde cetlerimde 2nd singular ceddinde cetlerinde 3rd singular ceddinde cetlerinde 1st plural ceddimizde cetlerimizde 2nd plural ceddinizde cetlerinizde 3rd plural cetlerinde cetlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ceddimden cetlerimden 2nd singular ceddinden cetlerinden 3rd singular ceddinden cetlerinden 1st plural ceddimizden cetlerimizden 2nd plural ceddinizden cetlerinizden 3rd plural cetlerinden cetlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ceddimin cetlerimin 2nd singular ceddinin cetlerinin 3rd singular ceddinin cetlerinin 1st plural ceddimizin cetlerimizin 2nd plural ceddinizin cetlerinizin 3rd plural cetlerinin cetlerinin

References

• cet in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 646