chet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chet"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

chet (plural chets)

1. Alternative spelling of heth

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.t/, /t͡ʃɛ.t/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

chet (plural chets)

1. (MLE, slang) Clipping of chete (“knife”).
   • 2020 January 19, Sinsquad lr x Mloose (lyrics and music), “Dont Ride Back”‎, 2:19–2:22:

     Ramz or chets that I'm using (ching-ching)
     See me on the glide best not move, clueless

Anagrams

• Tech., echt, etch, hect-, tech

Garo

Garo cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : chet

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat. Cognate with Tibetan བརྒྱད (brgyad), Burmese ရှစ် (hrac).

Numeral

chet

1. eight

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chete, chiete

Etymology

Unknown; compare manchet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛːt/, /t͡ʃeːt/

Noun

chet (uncountable)

1. (rare, Late Middle English) Bread of lower quality (than manchet)

Descendants

• English: cheat

References

• “chẹ̄t, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʲed/

Noun

chet

1. Lenited form of cet.