cet

French

Etymology

Middle French cest, from Old French cist, from Latin ecce + iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛt/, X-SAMPA: /sEt/
• Homophones: sept, cette
• Rhymes: -e

Determiner

cet

1. this
   • 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

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

• etc.

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Hungarian

Wikipedia ^hu

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin cētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtsɛt/

Noun

cet (plural cetek)

1. whale

Declension

declension of cet 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

possessives of cet possessor singular possession plural possession 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

See also

• bálna

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin licet.

Adjective

cet

1. permissible

Noun

cet n

1. permission