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# tet

noun (proper noun: Tết); also a letter name

«tet» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tết (Tet) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Vietnam, celebrated in late January or February with family visits, special food, flowers and red envelopes of lucky money. It is a Vietnamese word, not an English one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#m1)
2. Tet is also the name of the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט), also written «teth». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#m2)

### In the lessons

In RE, geography and festivals lessons, children learn about Tết, like Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebrated in Vietnam and by Vietnamese families in the USA, Australia, the UK and elsewhere. In history, the «Tet Offensive» (1968) was a major attack during the Vietnam War. Phrases: «Tết holiday», «celebrate Tết».

### Examples

- Linh's family celebrates Tết with sticky rice cakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#x1)
- Tết is the Vietnamese New Year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#x2)
- Children get red envelopes with lucky money at Tết. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#x3)
- Houses are decorated with peach blossoms for Tết. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#x4)
- We learned about Tết and Chinese New Year in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#x5)
- The Tet Offensive was an important event in the Vietnam War. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/#x6)

### Note

Vietnamese: written «Tết», pronounced roughly «tet» to an English ear. Capital letter. Not an English word; «tête» in French (head) is different.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tet is the ninth letter, linked in Sefer Yetzirah with hearing, the month of Av, the sign Leo and a kidney; the tradition reads each letter as a tool of creation. In the primary lessons: In RE, geography and festivals lessons, children learn about Tết, like Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebrated in Vietnam and by Vietnamese families in the USA, Australia, the UK and elsewhere. In history, the «Tet Offensive» (1968) was a major attack during the Vietnam War. Phrases: «Tết holiday», «celebrate Tết».

### Examples

- Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x1)
- == Chapter 5 == \[5:1\] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x2)
- He made the letter Tet reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Leo in the World, and Av in the Year, and the the right kidney in the Person. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x3)

### Note

Vietnamese: written «Tết», pronounced roughly «tet» to an English ear. Capital letter. Not an English word; «tête» in French (head) is different.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tet.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «tet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/tet.html) on Mova free.