keet
See also: -keet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːt
Etymology 1
Clipping of parakeet
Alternative forms
Noun
keet (plural keets)
Etymology 2
Noun
keet (plural keets)
- A guineafowl.
- A young guineafowl.
Synonyms
- guinea keet, guinea-keet, Guinea keet, Guinea-keet
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kete, of uncertain origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keːt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːt
Noun
keet m or f (plural keten, diminutive keetje n)
- a shack or stand
- a barrack, shed, shanty
- a row, unruliness, especially in keet schoppen; rumble, frolicking
- a salt container; a salt boiling installation