Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Help
|
Register
|
Login
Copy & paste this link to your blog or website to reference this page
Popular Searches
Grammar questions
Rules of english gr...
Online grammar chec...
Grammar guide
English grammar exe...
Free grammar help
Grammar punctuation
Grammar quizzes
Free grammar checke...
Correct grammar
Proper grammar
101 grammar questio...
Nearby Words
-ent
-eous
-er
-erel
-ergic
-ern
-eroo
-ery
-es
-esce
-escence
-escent
-ese
-esis
-esque
-est
-et
-eth
-etic
-ette
-eum
-eur
-eus
-euse
-ey
-facient
-faction
-fer
-ferous
-fest
-fex
-fic
-fication
-et
- 2 dictionary results
-et
Use
-et
in a Sentence
See web results for
-et
See images of
-et
a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words):
islet; tablet; midget; plummet.
Compare
-ette
.
Origin:
ME < OF
-et
(masc.),
-ette
(fem.)
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
-et
-et
suff.
Small:
falconet.
Something worn on:
labret.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin
*-ittum
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search
another word
or see
-et
on
Thesaurus
|
Reference
»
longueur
»
confabulation
»
tenebrous
»
gerund
Facebook
Twitter
Follow us:
About
·
Privacy Policy
·
Terms of Use
·
Careers
·
Advertise with Us
·
Link to Us
·
Contact Us
