"fet" meaning in English

See fet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɛt/ Audio: En-au-fet.ogg Forms: fets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|fait}} French fait, {{cog|it|fetta|t=slice}} Italian fetta (“slice”), {{cog|de|Fetzen|t=rag}} German Fetzen (“rag”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fet (plural fets)
  1. (obsolete) A piece. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fet-en-noun-9wcbRo0z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fɛt/ Audio: En-au-fet.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛt Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} fet (plural not attested)
  1. (BDSM, usually attributive) Clipping of fetish. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, no-plural, usually Alternative form of: fetish Categories (topical): BDSM
    Sense id: en-fet-en-noun-d71dZ-dp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 57 35 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 11 56 33 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /fɛt/ Audio: En-au-fet.ogg Forms: fets [present, singular, third-person], fetting [participle, present], fet [participle, past], fet [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}}, {{der|en|enm|fetten}} Middle English fetten, {{der|en|ang|fetian}} Old English fetian, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fetaną|t=to go}} Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ped-|t=to walk, stumble, fall}} Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fatōną|t=to hold, seize}} Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ped-}} Proto-Indo-European *ped-, {{cog|nl|vatten|t=to catch, grab}} Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), {{cog|de|fassen|t=to lay hold of, seize, take, hold}} German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”), {{cog|is|feta|t=to find one's way}} Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”) Head templates: {{en-verb|fets|fetting|fet}} fet (third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)
  1. (obsolete) To fetch. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: farfet
    Sense id: en-fet-en-verb-rFd~GfH7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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  "word": "fet"
}

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