setta

From Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

setta n (genitive singular setta, plural settu or settur)

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

• sett

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛtta
• Hyphenation: sèt‧ta

From Latin secta, probably from sectus (“cut off”), or alternatively from sequor, secutus.

setta f (plural sette)

1. sect

• settatore

setta

1. inflection of settare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• state, testa

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic ستة (sitta), from Arabic سِتَّة (sitta).

• IPA^(key): /sətːa/

setta m or f

1. six

   Synonym: sḍis

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Borrowed from Italian setta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛtta

setta f (plural setet)

1. sect

• settene

setta n

1. definite plural of sett

setta n

1. definite plural of sett

setta (present tense set, past tense sette, past participle sett, passive infinitive settast, present participle settande, imperative sett)

1. alternative form of setja

• omsetta

From Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti. Cognates include Old English settan, Old Saxon settian and Old Dutch setten.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsetːa/

setta

1. (transitive) to set

• Saterland Frisian: sätte
• West Frisian: sette

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

setta

1. inflection of settr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ستة (sitta, “six”).

setta

1. six