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suet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːɪt/
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  • rhymes with -ɪt

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible fat

History

Etymology

From Middle English suet, sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երկիմաճարպ (erkimačarp) — fat
  • Armenian: ճրագու (čragu) — fat
  • Azerbaijani: piy — fat
  • Bulgarian: лой (loj) — fat
  • Catalan: sèu — fat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 板油 (bǎnyóu) — fat
  • Czech: lůj — fat
  • Danish: ister — fat
  • Danish: flomme — fat
  • Danish: nyrefedt — fat
  • Dutch: niervet — fat
  • Esperanto: sebo — fat
  • Faroese: mørur — fat
  • Finnish: munuaisrasva — fat
  • Finnish: tali — fat
  • French: suif — fat
  • French: graisse de rognon (de bœuf) — fat
  • Galician: sebo — fat
  • German: Flomenschmalz — fat
  • Hebrew: חֵלֶב (khelev) — fat
  • Hebrew: שׁוּמַן כְּלָיוֹת (shuman klayot) — fat
  • Hungarian: faggyú — fat
  • Icelandic: mör — fat
  • Irish: geir — fat
  • Italian: sugna — fat
  • Japanese: スエット (suetto) — fat
  • Central Kurdish: بەز (bez) — fat
  • Northern Kurdish: bez — fat
  • Latin: arvina — fat
  • Macedonian: лој (loj) — fat
  • Māori: taupā — fat
  • Middle English: talow — fat
  • Middle English: suet — fat
  • Norman: graîsse dé rîngnon — fat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: netje — fat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ister — fat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: istre — fat
  • Persian: پیه (pih) — fat
  • Persian: وزد (vazd) — fat
  • Polish: surowy łój — fat
  • Polish: sadło — fat
  • Portuguese: sebo — fat
  • Russian: нутряно́е са́ло (nutrjanóje sálo) — fat
  • Russian: по́чечное са́ло (póčečnoje sálo) — fat
  • Russian: са́ло (sálo) — fat
  • Scottish Gaelic: saill — fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: лој — fat
  • Serbo-Croatian: loj — fat
  • Slovak: loj — fat
  • Lower Sorbian: łoj — fat
  • Spanish: unto — fat
  • Spanish: untaza — fat
  • Spanish: enjundia — fat
  • Spanish: injundia — fat
  • Swedish: njurtalg — fat
  • Ottoman Turkish: چرویش (çerviş) — fat
  • Ulwa (Nicaragua): tûruh auhka — fat
  • Welsh: siwed — fat