different between stut vs stet

English

Etymology 1

Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish støtta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

Alternative forms

• steet, stutt stuit, stoot, stout

Verb

stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (Scotland, Northern England, transitive) To support, prop up.

Noun

stut (plural stuts)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A support.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• An historical dictionary

Etymology 2

From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjan? (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).

Verb

stut (third-person singular simple present stuts, present participle stutting, simple past and past participle stutted)

1. (obsolete) To stutter.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Utts, tuts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t/

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stuter, definite plural stutene)

1. a bull

   Synonyms: okse, tyr

   Coordinate term: ku

References

• “stut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sutt, tust

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

stut m (definite singular stuten, indefinite plural stutar, definite plural stutane)

1. a bull

   Synonyms: okse, tyr

   Coordinate term: ku

References

• “stut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• sutt, tust

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Norwegian stut, and English stot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??t/

Noun

stut c

1. bull

Declension

Synonyms

• oxe

References

• stut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tuts

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?t/

Noun

stet (plural stets)

1. A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out should still remain.
   • 2005, Douglas Rushkoff, "Commodified vs. Commoditized", 2005-09-04:

     And my copyeditors at HarperCollins want me to use the word “commodified” exclusively, since it’s the only one in Websters. But I see the words as very different, and have issued a big STET on that one.

Usage notes

Usually used by writing and circling the word stet above or beside the unwanted edit and underscoring the selection with dashes or dots. Alternatively, a circled checkmark may be used in the margin.

Translations

Verb

stet (third-person singular simple present stets, present participle stetting, simple past and past participle stetted)

1. (transitive) To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.

   Stet that colon.

Translations

See also

• stet docket
• stet processus

References

Anagrams

• ETTs, Etts, TEST, TETS, TETs, Test, Tets, sett, test, tets

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?t/

Adjective

stet (not comparable)

1. steady
2. constant, continuous
3. perpetual

Declension

Further reading

• “stet” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

stet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of st?

Related terms

• stare
• statio
• status