English

Setts (sense 3) in the path leading to the John F. Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede in Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Alternative forms

• set

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, “Aberdeen”, in Hugh Chisholm, editor, The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, volume I, 11th edition, Cambridge, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: At the University Press, OCLC 62674231, page 49:

     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, chapter 7, in A Personal Record, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Bros. Publishers, OCLC 18964862:

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

   • 1920, D[avid] H[erbert Richards] Lawrence, chapter 26, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed for subscribers only, OCLC 2883166:

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

   • 2013 November 16, Tim Richardson, “The JFK memorial at Runnymede is fit to stand forever: Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe's wonderful tribute to JFK at Runnymede hinges on the power of landscape [print edition: A memorial to JFK fit to stand forever]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 3 July 2015, page G8:

     This path, which consists of some 60,000 setts laid directly into the earth, is perhaps the single most noteworthy 'feature' of the design, lending the whole conception a feeling of unity and coherence, enhancing the sense that one has been absorbed into both the place and the journey through it.

Translations

Verb

sett

1. Obsolete spelling of set.

Anagrams

• stet, test, Test

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

sett n (genitive singular sets, plural sett)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• setta

Etymology 2

From English set.

Noun

sett n (genitive singular sets, plural sett)

1. (sports, tennis, badminton, volleyball) set

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

sett

1. supine of seta - set, put

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb sette, also from English set

Noun

sett n ‎(definite singular settet, indefinite plural sett, definite plural setta or settene)

1. a set (most senses)

Verb

sett

1. past participle of se
2. imperative of sette

References

• “sett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sett

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

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

sett

1. Third-person singular present of settan

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛtː/
• Homophones: set, sätt

Verb

sett

1. supine of se.