Wet

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Intransitive verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb form 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Verb form 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 Noun 1.8 Derived terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /wεt/

Homophones

• whet (in some accents)

Adjective

wet (comparative: wetter , superlative: wettest )

1. Of a liquid, able to adhere to solid objects.
2. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
3. Of weather or a day, rainy.
4. (colloquial) Of a person, ineffectual .

Synonyms

• (of a liquid): wetting
• (rainy): raining , rainy
• (ineffectual): feeble, hopeless, ineffectual , useless

Antonyms

• (of an object): dry
• (of weather or a day): dry

Translations

of a liquid: able to adhere to solid objects

våt , vätande

of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid

Balinese: belus Dutch: nat , natte French: mouillé m, mouillée f Indonesian: basah Italian: bagnato m, bagnata f

Swedish: våt , blöt

of weather: rainy See rainy

of a person: ineffectual

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Breton: gleb
• Esperanto: malseka
• Estonian: märg
• Finnish: märkä
• German: nass
• Hebrew: רטוב
• Slovak: mokrý m, mokrá f, mokré n
• Welsh: gwlyb

Transitive verb

to wet (past tense and past participle wet or wetted)

1. To cover or impregnate with liquid.
2. To urinate accidentally in or on.

   Johnny wets the bed several times a week.

Translations

cover or impregnate with liquid

Dutch: natmaken Estonian: märjaks tegema , niisutama Finnish: kastella French: mouiller Italian: bagnare

Slovak: namočiť Swedish: fukta , blöta , väta

urinate accidentally in or on

Finnish: kastella Italian: bagnare

Slovak: močiť

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Breton: glebiañ
• Esperanto: malsekigi
• German: nass machen
• Indonesian: basah
• Japanese: 濡れる (ぬれる , nureru)
• Spanish: mojar

Intransitive verb

to wet (past tense and past participle wet or wetted)

1. To become wet.

Translations

become wet

Finnish: kastua

Slovak: zmoknúť Swedish: vätas

Verb form

wet

1. Past tense of to wet.

Translations

• Dutch: maakte nat , maakten nat
• French: mouilla (third-person past historic)
• German: machte nass , machten nass
• Italian: bagnò (third-person past historic)
• Swedish: vättes

Verb form

wet

1. Past participle of to wet.

Translations

• Breton: glebiet
• Dutch: natgemaakt
• Esperanto: malsekigis
• French: mouillé m
• German: nass gemacht
• Italian: bagnato m
• Portuguese: molhado
• Spanish: mojado
• Swedish: vätts

Noun

wet (plural wets)

1. (derogatory; British politics) A moderate Conservative.

Derived terms

• wet behind the ears
• wet blanket
• wet oneself
• wet one's whistle

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /wεt/

Noun

wet m (plural: wetten , diminutive: wetje )

1. law