Added 9 October 2026
ticket
/ˈtɪk.ɪt/ noun
In Latin: tessera Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ticket at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment).
- A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation).
verb
Origin
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
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