het Meaning & Definition
What Does Het Mean?
Het is a noun that means A heterosexual person. It can also mean Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship. As an adjective, it means Heterosexual. As a verb, it means simple past and past participle of heat.
Het: Key Facts
| Part of speech | noun, adjective, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //hɛt// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | hot, heated and het up |
| Plural | hets |
| Comparative / superlative | more het, most het |
| Verb forms | hets, hetting, hetted |
Het Definition (Noun)
- A heterosexual person.
- Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship.
Het as an Adjective
- Heterosexual.
Het as a Verb
- simple past and past participle of heat
Adjective
- Heated.
Noun
- dialectal form of heat (“hotness”)
Verb
- dialectal form of heat (“to make hot”)
Noun
- Clipping of heterozygous.
For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.
Adjective
- Clipping of heterozygous.
Noun
- Alternative form of heth (Semitic letter).
Noun
- Fan fiction based on celebrities or fictional characters involved in an opposite-sex romantic and/or sexual relationship.
Verb
- To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
I'll heat up the water.
- To become hotter.
There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
- To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- To arouse, to excite (sexually).
The massage heated her up.
Noun
- Heterozygote
Adjective
- Heterozygous
Noun
- The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Synonyms of Het
Het synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Het
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Het in a Sentence
For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.
I'll heat up the water.
There's a pot of soup heating on the stove.
The massage heated her up.
Word Forms & Grammar
het (countable and uncountable, plural hets)
het (comparative more het, superlative most het)
het
het (uncountable)
het (third-person singular simple present hets, present participle hetting, simple past and past participle hetted or het)
het (plural hets)
het (not comparable)
Origin of Het
Origin 1: Clipping of heterosexual.
Origin 2: From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”).
Het Pronunciation
The standard pronunciation of het is //hɛt//, spoken in 1 syllable.
Common Questions About Het
Is het a noun or an adjective?
Het is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as an adjective and a verb.
What is another word for het?
You can replace het with words such as hot, heated and het up. See the full list of het synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of het?
The plural of het is hets.
What is the past tense of het?
The past tense of het is hetted. The present participle is hetting.
What are the comparative and superlative forms of het?
The comparative form is more het and the superlative form is most het.