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et

/ɛt/

et is the pronunciation spelling of ate.

Meaning of ate

Noun

ate (plural ates)

  1. (Philippines) An elder sister
  2. (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.

Noun capitalized: ET

ET (countable and uncountable, plural ETs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Eastern Time (-5 hours to GMT).
    • CNN is seeking comment from legal representation for Martin. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday at 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET).2022 April 4, Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, “All 6 victims killed in the Sacramento mass shooting are identified as police arrest a suspect”, in CNN, archived from...
  2. (abbreviation, countable) Abbreviation of extraterrestrial.
  3. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of escape tone.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of electron tunneling.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of essential tremor.
  6. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of endotracheal or endotracheal tube.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of electronic ticket.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism, reservation system) Initialism of end transaction or end of transaction (with "transaction" meaning an amendment in the reservation system in this sense).
  9. (abbreviation, initialism, especially drag racing) Initialism of elapsed time.

Symbol capitalized: Et

Et (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of ethyl (-C₂H₅).

Synonyms of et

Forms of et

pluralETs

Origin of et

From Middle English et, from Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ēt. Doublet of ate.

Phrases with et

35 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with et

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about et

What is et the pronunciation spelling of?
Et is the pronunciation spelling of ate.
What part of speech is et?
Et can be a noun or a symbol.
How do you pronounce et?
Et is pronounced /ɛt/.
What is the plural of et?
The plural of et is ETs.

Words near et in the dictionary

  1. esymplastic
  2. eszett
  3. eszetts
  4. eszopiclone
  5. Esztergom
  6. et
  7. et al
  8. et al.
  9. et alia
  10. et aliae
  11. et alibi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: et (page history and authors); ET (page history and authors); Et (page history and authors); ate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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