English Explanatory Dictionary

ERT

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece
noun
  1. Initialism of emergency response team.
  2. Initialism of enzyme replacement therapy.
verb
  1. To incite; urge on; encourage.
  2. To irritate; provoke.
  3. To be eager; hurry.
  4. To make as if to strike; argue (with).
  5. To strive after; try to obtain.
  6. To strive onward and upward.

Word forms

ERT ERTs erting erted art

Etymology

From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).

Derived words

erter erting
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