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het-

het- prefix: other, another, different, hetero- (used in chemical nomenclature).

Prefix

het-

  1. Other, another, different, hetero- (used in chemical nomenclature).

Origin of het-

Short for hetero-.

Words formed from het-

Questions about het-

What does het- mean?
Het- means other, another, different, hetero- (used in chemical nomenclature).
What part of speech is het-?
Het- is a prefix.

Words near het- in the dictionary

  1. Hesychius
  2. het
  3. het Bildt
  4. Het Hogeland
  5. het up
  6. het-
  7. heta
  8. hetacillin
  9. hetaera
  10. hetaerae
  11. hetaeras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: het- (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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