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Added 5 October 2026

wet

/wɛt/ symbol

In Latin: udus, umidus, madidus Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Perai.

adjective

Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Water is wet.
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.

noun

Liquid or moisture.
Rainy weather.
Don't go out in the wet.
Rainy season. (often capitalized)

verb

To cover or impregnate with liquid.
To make or become wet.
To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
Johnny wets the bed several times a week.

Origin

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”).

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