zet

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛt]

zet n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

• (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet

Inherited from Old Czech zieti, from Proto-Slavic *zijati.

• zát

zet impf

1. (literary) to gape, to be wide open

   Synonyms: být otevřen, otvírat se

   Pode mnou zela strž.

   A chasm was gaping under me.

   Ve střeše zeje díra.

   There is a gaping hole in the roof.

2. (literary) to be surrounded, to wear, to exhibit, to show

   Synonym: jevit

   Dům zeje prázdnotou.

   The house seems empty.

   Její oči zely úzkostí a zoufáním.

   Her eyes were full of anxiety and desperation.

3. (literary, uncommon) to gaze, to stare, to gape

   Synonym: zírat

   Zelo naň tisíc očí.

   A thousand eyes were staring at him.

• zeti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• zeti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• zet in Internetová jazyková příručka

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/

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• Hyphenation: zet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

From zetten.

zet m (plural zetten, diminutive zetje n)

1. shove, push
2. move, turn (e.g. in a game)

   Dat was geen slimme zet. ― That was not a smart move.

   Hij is aan zet. ― It's his turn.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

zet

1. inflection of zetten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Dutch zet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛt/ [ˈzɛt̪]

zèt

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

• zed (Standard Malay)

• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

• “zet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/

zet m inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter z/Z.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

zȅt m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏т)

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law (husband of one's sibling)

From Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /zɛ́t/

zȅt m anim

1. son-in-law

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• “zet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• set

• From Middle English set, from Old English set, from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”).
• From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

• IPA^(key): /zɛt/, /sɛt/

zet

1. set

zet (present participle zetteen, past participle ee-zet)

1. to set
   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 108:

     An hea zet up a pouingaan an a cry.

     And he set up a puingaan and a cry.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81