zet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛt]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Czech zieti, from Proto-Slavic *zijati.

Further reading

• “zeti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zeti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/

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• Hyphenation: zet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From zetten.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Etymology

From Dutch zet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/, [zɛt̪̚]

Noun

zèt (plural zet-zet)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Further reading

• “zet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/

Noun

zet m inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter z/Z.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zêt/

Noun

zȅt m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏т)

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law (husband of one's sibling)

Further reading

• “zet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “zet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ́t/

Noun

zȅt m anim

1. son-in-law

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	zèt
gen. sing.	zéta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zèt	zéta	zétje zéti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zéta	zétov	zétov
dative (dajȃlnik)	zétu	zétoma	zétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zéta	zéta	zéte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zétu	zétih	zétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zétom	zétoma	zéti

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Further reading

• “zet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zet”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Alternative forms

• set

Etymology

• From Middle English set, from Old English set, from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”).
• From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/, /sɛt/

Noun

zet

1. set

Verb

zet (present participle zetteen, past participle ee-zet)

1. to set
   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 108:

     An hea zet up a pouingaan an a cry.

     And he set up a puingaan and a cry.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81