Standard Lemma guide

tet

adj · name · noun · 19 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Tetrahedral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: engineering, geometry, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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2

name

Meaning 2

Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1981, Mimi Holtzman, TET: celebrating the Vietnamese New Year, Voices in Educational Transition, 114
  • 2004, Ngọc Bích Nguyễn, Tet!: the Vietamese New Year, East Coast U.S.A. Vietnamese Pub. Consortium, 141

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3

name

Meaning 3

The Tet Offensive, in the Vietnam War.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of teth (“Semitic letter”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Clipping of tetracycline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

The tetralogy of Fallot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal

Topics: medicine, sciences

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A tetrahedron; a tetrahedral finite element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, geometry, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 10

Clipping of tetradrachm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Qualifier: numismatic slang

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noun

Meaning 11

A tetra (freshwater fish).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Clipping of tetanus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Obsolete form of teat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

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14

noun

Meaning 14

An ancient Egyptian symbol of the god Osiris, in form a small pillar with a number of flat sections towards the top.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Initialism of tetraethyltin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 16

Initialism of transparency-enhancing tool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 17

Initialism of thymic epithelial tumor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 18

Initialism of targeted energy transfer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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19

noun

Meaning 19

the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: day

History

Etymology

Clipping of tetrahedron or tetrahedral.

Borrowed from Vietnamese Tết.

See teth.

Clipping of tetracycline.

Clipping of tetralogy.

Clipping of tetraploid.

Clipping of tetradrachm.

Clipping of tetra.

Clipping of tetanus.

See teat.