different between fet vs feu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?t/

Etymology 1

From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-Germanic *fetan? (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-Germanic *fat?n? (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch.

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
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, "The Quest of Cynthia" (1810 reprint):

     That the bottom clear,

     Now lay'd with many a fet

     of seed pearl,

Etymology 3

Noun

fet (plural not attested)

1. (BDSM, slang) Clipping of 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, ETF, FTE, TFE, eft, tef

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin f?t?. Compare Daco-Romanian f?ta.

Alternative forms

• fetu

Verb

fet (past participle fitatã)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin f?tus. Compare Daco-Romanian f?t.

Alternative forms

• fetu

Noun

fet m (plural fets)

1. young child, boy

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fet/
• Rhymes: -et

Noun

fet m (plural fets)

1. fact

Derived terms

• de fet

Verb

fet m (feminine feta, masculine plural fets, feminine plural fetes)

1. past participle of fer

Chuukese

Etymology

Contraction of föri + met

Contraction

fet

1. what is someone doing?

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• feit

Etymology

From Old Norse feitr

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) fit

Etymology

From Old Norse fit f.

Noun

fet f (definite singular feta, indefinite plural feter, definite plural fetene)

1. a grassy meadow, especially near a body of water

Inflection

References

• “fet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?t/

Noun

f?t

1. plural of f?t

Descendants

• Middle English: fet, feet
  • English: feet

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
• 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 *h?wéh?n?ts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ed/

Noun

fet f (genitive fite or feite, nominative plural feta)

1. whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving the air
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 3^a7

2. (musical intrument) pipe

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Mutation

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish f?ter, from Old Norse feitr, from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?t/

Adjective

fet (comparative fetare, superlative fetast)

1. fat, obese (about people or animals)

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

Derived terms

• fett (adverb)
• smällfet

Inflection

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse fet, from Proto-Germanic *fet?.

Noun

fet n

1. footstep, step

Related terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fju?/

Noun

feu (plural feus)

1. (Scotland, historical, law) Land held in feudal tenure.

Derived terms

• feuar
• feu-holding
• feu-holder

Verb

feu (third-person singular simple present feus, present participle feuing, simple past and past participle feued)

1. (Scotland, law, transitive) To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure.
   • 1813, "Keith", Entry in Nicholas Carlisle, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Volume II, unnumbered page,

     The Village of OLD KEITH is of ancient date, having been partly feued by the predecessors of the Family of Forbes, and partly feued by the Ministers, and stands upon the glebe: this Village is greatly on the decline, and almost a ruin.—About the year 1750, the late Lord FINDLATER divided a barren Muir, and feued it out in small lots […] .

   • 1841, Alexander Dunlop, J. M. Bell, John Murray, James Donaldson (reporters), Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Volume 3, 2nd Series, page 620,

     The prohibition of feuing beyond a certain extent was clearly implied; […] .

   • 2001, Richard Rodger, The Transformation of Edinburgh: Land, Property and Trust in the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 2004, Paperback, page 68,

     But in effect, whereas Heriot's knew that their feuing conditions were subordinate to the law of contract, the Earl of Moray knew by 1822 that as a result of the Lords' decision in 1818 estate development could not be controlled by contract law and the feuing plan. […] The impact on the Moray estate was that […] despite a recession in the Edinburgh property market generally after 1826, virtually the entire estate was feued by 1836.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin foedus.

Adjective

feu m sg (feminine singular fea, neuter singular feo, masculine plural feos, feminine plural fees)

1. ugly
2. bad, gloomy (weather)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?f?w/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?f?w/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?few/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan feu, from Frankish *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu.

Noun

feu m (plural feus)

1. fiefdom, fee

Related terms

• feudal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

feu

1. second-person plural present indicative form of fer
2. second-person plural present subjunctive form of fer
3. second-person plural imperative form of fer

Further reading

• “feu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “feu” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “feu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “feu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fø/
• (verlan) IPA^(key): /fø/, /fœ/, /fœ.ø/

Etymology 1

From Old French fu, from Latin focus (“hearth”), which in Late and Vulgar Latin replaced the Classical Latin ignis (“fire”).

Noun

feu m (plural feux)

1. fire
2. (cigarette) lighter
3. traffic light
   • 1999, Patrick Lemaire, Psychologie cognitive

     « Si le feu est vert, je passe » — If the light is green, I go

     « Si le feu est rouge, je m'arrête » — If the light is red, I stop

Derived terms

Related terms

• foyer
• fouace
• fougasse

Etymology 2

From Old French feüz, fadude (“one who has accomplished his destiny”), from Vulgar Latin *fatutus, from Latin fatum (“destiny”).

Adjective

feu (feminine singular feue, masculine plural feus, feminine plural feues)

1. deceased, the late

   Elle était la sœur de feu Jean Dupont

Further reading

• “feu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Determiner

feu

1. Alternative form of fewe

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fu.

Noun

feu m (plural feux)

1. fire

Descendants

• French: feu

Norman

Etymology

From Old French feu, from Latin focus (“hearth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

feu m (plural feux)

1. (Jersey) fire
2. (Jersey, medicine) rash

Derived terms

Sardinian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin foedus. Compare Spanish feo.

Adjective

feu

1. (Campidanese) dirty

Scots

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fju?]

Noun

feu (plural feus)

1. feud, tenure, piece of land held by that tenure

Verb

feu (third-person singular present feus, present participle feuin, past feuit, past participle feuit)

1. to grant or hold land by tenure

Derived terms

• feuar (“one who holds land in feu”)

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin focus.

Noun

feu ?

1. fire