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et Synonyms & Antonyms

/ɛt/

What Is Another Word for Et?

Instead of et you can say bother, disturb or worry depending on the context.

Choose a meaning, then find a word that fits your sentence.

Et as a Symbol

1

ISO 639-1 language code for Estonian.

Et as a Verb

1

Pronunciation spelling of ate, the simple past and past participle of eat.

2

To ingest; to be ingested.

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3

To use up.

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4

To cause (someone) to worry.

What’s eating you?

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5

To take the loss in a transaction.

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6

To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.

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7

To corrode or erode.

The acid rain ate away the statue.  The strong acid eats through the metal.

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8

To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).

Eat me!

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Et in a Sentence

What’s eating you?

The acid rain ate away the statue.  The strong acid eats through the metal.

Eat me!

Word Forms & Grammar

et

Words That Rhyme With Et

Origin of Et

From Middle English et, from Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ēt. Doublet of ate.

Et in Brief

Part of speechsymbol, verb
Pronunciation/ɛt/
MeaningISO 639-1 language code for Estonian
Synonymsbother, disturb and worry