sett

See also set, and Set

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• set

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕt, IPA: /sɛt/, X-SAMPA: /sEt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Homophone: set
• (New Zealand) Homophone: sit

Noun

sett (plural setts)

1. The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
2. The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
3. A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
   • 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, Aberdeen

     Very durable grey granite has been quarried near Aberdeen for more than 300 years, and blocked and dressed paving "setts," kerb and building stones, and monumental and other ornamental work of granite have long been exported from the district to all parts of the world.

   • 1912, Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record, chapter 7

     Three horses trotted abreast, with the clatter of hoofs on the granite setts, and the yellow, uproarious machine jolted violently behind them, [...]

   • 1920, D.H.Lawrence, Women in Love, chapter 26

     The old market-square was not very large, a mere bare patch of granite setts, usually with a few fruit-stalls under a wall.

Translations

home of a badger

• Finnish: luolasto (fi)
• Irish: brocach (ga) f

• Slovene: jazbina (sl) f
• Welsh: daear (cy) f

pattern of a Scottish tartan

• French: plaid (fr) m

paving stone

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• Finnish: nupukivi (fi)
• French: pavé (fr) m
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• Portuguese: paralelepípedo (pt)
• Russian: брусчатка (ru) (brusčátka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: adoquín (es) m
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Anagrams

• stet, test, Test

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Faroese

Verb

sett

1. supine of seta - set, put

Conjugation

   Conjugation of seta

seta, v-24-2
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	seti	setur/ setir	setur/ setir	seta
Past	setti	setti	setti	settu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	set !	—	setið !
Infinitive	seta
Pres. part.	setandi
Past part. a5 (a39)	settur
Supine	sett

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sett

1. past participle of sjå
2. past participle of setja, setje, setta and sette
3. imperative of setta and sette

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /setː/

Verb

sett

1. Third-person singular present of settan

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛt/
• Homophones: sätt, set

Verb

sett

1. supine of se.