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annet

annet noun: a duck or drake.

Noun

annet (plural annets)

  1. (dialectal) A duck or drake.
  2. (Scotland, dialectal) The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
  3. (Cornwall, UK, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete) A black-legged kittiwake.
  4. (dialectal, figuratively) A silly fellow; gull.

Forms of annet

pluralannets
alternative formannot
alternative formanny

Origin of annet

From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oante (“duck”), West Frisian ein (“duck”), Dutch eend (“duck”), German Low German Aant (“duck”), German Ente (“duck”), Norwegian and Swedish and (“duck, mallard”), Icelandic önd (“duck”), Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian antis (“duck, mallard”), Russian у́тка (útka, “duck”), Sanskrit आति (ātí, “aquatic bird”).

Words formed from annet

  • stock annet

Questions about annet

What does annet mean?
Annet means a duck or drake.
What part of speech is annet?
Annet is a noun.
What is the plural of annet?
The plural of annet is annets.

Words near annet in the dictionary

  1. Annese
  2. Anneses
  3. Annesley
  4. annessiectomies
  5. annessiectomy
  6. annet
  7. annetocin
  8. annets
  9. Annett
  10. Annetta
  11. Annette

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