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get

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛːt/

“get” is a Middle English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. jet, hardened coal
  2. A bead made of jet.
  3. A jet-black pigment.

Etymology

From a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs).

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