English Explanatory Dictionary

FET

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of field effect transistor.
name
  1. Ellipsis of FET y de las JONS, a political party in Francoist Spain.
verb
  1. To fetch.
noun
  1. A piece.
noun
  1. Clipping of fetish.

Pronunciation

/fɛt/ En-au-fet.ogg

Word forms

FET FETs fetting

Etymology

From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *fetan, from Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-West Germanic *fatōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch.

Derived words

JFET MOSFET FET amplifier JFET-Input Operational Amplifier farfet
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