Norwegian

Proper noun

Fet

1. A municipality in Akershus, Norway

English

Verb

fet ‎(third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)

1. (obsolete) To fetch.

Etymology 2

Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta ‎(“slice”), German Fetzen ‎(“rag”).

Noun

fet ‎(plural fets)

1. (obsolete) A piece.
   • Michael Drayton

     The bottom clear,
     Now laid with many a fet
     Of seed pearl.

Etymology 3

Noun

fet ‎(plural not attested)

1. (BDSM, slang) fetish
   • 1997, "NuBabyByte", Iron Shackles, Bare Feet (on newsgroup alt.torture)

     oh, btw...when you consider the fet-clothing available out there, realize how many have a collar attached.

   • 2003, "Morgane", Relatives turning up in the scene (on newsgroup soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm)

     It was 'Lingerie Night' at a local fet club a few years ago.

Anagrams

• eft, EFT

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin fētō. Compare Daco-Romanian făta.

Alternative forms

• fetu

Verb

fet ‎(past participle fitatã)

1. (of mammals) give birth, foal, litter, calve

Derived terms

• fitari/fitare
• fitat
• fitalj, fitaljiu
• fitãtoari

Related terms

• fetu
• featã

Etymology 2

From Latin fētus. Compare Daco-Romanian făt.

Alternative forms

• fetu

Noun

fet m ‎(plural fets)

1. young child, boy

Related terms

• featã
• afetu
• fet

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin factum. Compare Old French fet, Modern French fait

Noun

fet m ‎(plural fets)

1. fact

Verb

fet

1. past participle of fer

Chuukese

Etymology

Contraction of föri + met

Contraction

fet

1. What is someone doing?

   Ka fet?

   What are you doing?

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fetą, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, from *ped-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

fet n ‎(genitive singular fets, nominative plural fet)

1. step
2. (historical) a unit of measure equivalent to half an alin, or 3 lófar
3. foot (unit of measure equivalent to 12 inches)

Declension

Lojban

Rafsi

fet

1. rafsi of fetsi.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse feitr

Alternative forms

• feit

Adjective

fet ‎(neuter singular fett, definite singular and plural fete, comparative fetere, indefinite superlative fetest, definite superlative feteste)

1. fat
2. fatty (especially food)

Related terms

• fett (noun)

References

• “fet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

fēt

1. plural of fōt

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin factus.

Verb

fet

1. past participle of fere
2. third-person singular present indicative of fere

Etymology 2

From Latin factum.

Noun

fet m ‎(oblique plural fez or fetz, nominative singular fez or fetz, nominative plural fet)

1. act; action
2. fact

Descendants

• English: feat (borrowed)
• Middle French: fait, faict
  • French: fait

References

• fet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wintos ‎(“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲed/

Noun

fet f

1. whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving the air
2. (musical intrument) pipe

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: fead
• Manx: fed
• Scottish Gaelic: fead

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fēter, from Old Norse feitr, from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːt/

Adjective

1. fat, obese (about people or animals)

   Fetare gubbe har jag nog aldrig sett tidigare.‎

   I don't think I've seen such a fat guy before.

2. containing much fat (about food)
3. being especially fertile, profitable or lucrative; (slang) good, extraordinary, phat (a general intensifier, usually positive)

   Du missade en riktigt fet chans.‎

   You missed quite a good opportunity.

   ****, vilken fet bil du har köpt!‎

   Damn, what a nice/cool/phat car you've bought!