cet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cet"

Translingual

Symbol

cet

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Centúúm.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Centúúm terms

French

Alternative forms

• c't (colloquial)

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‿/, /st‿/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

• Homophones: cette, sept, set, Sète
• Rhymes: -ɛt, -et

Determiner

cet

1. this

   Synonym: (before a masculine noun not starting with a vowel sound) 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 sound.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• etc.

Hungarian

 cet on Hungarian Wikipedia

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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• cet in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲed̪/

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

Mutation of cet

radical	lenition	nasalization
cet	chet	cet pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language