piket
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch piket (“immediate reaction troop”), from French piquet (“picket, school punishment”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpikɛt/ [ˈpi.kɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ikɛt
- Syllabification: pi‧ket
Noun
pikèt (plural piket-piket)
- watch, a period of time on duty
Verb
pikèt
- to watch, to look at for a period of time
Descendants
- → Tetum: piket
Further reading
- “piket”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Swedish
Etymology
From French piquet. Cognate of English picket, German Pikett, Russian пикет (piket).
Noun
piket c
- emergency vehicle, picket (police force on standby for rapid response)
- Not to be confused with piké.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | piket | pikets |
| definite | piketen | piketens | |
| plural | indefinite | piketer | piketers |
| definite | piketerna | piketernas |
Derived terms
- piketbil
References
- piket in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- piket in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- piket in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tetum
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian piket.
Noun
piket
- duty officer, person on-call
Further reading
- Catharina Williams-van Klinken (2023), GLOSARIU termu saude ho mediku (Tetun/Ingles) [Tetun/English glossary of health and medical terms] (in Tetum), Dili: Dili Institute of Technology