Wiktionary

vet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vet"

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of veterinarian.

Noun edit

vet (plural vets)

  1. (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
    • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎[1]:
      Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
veterinarian — see veterinarian

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of veteran.

Noun edit

vet (plural vets)

  1. (colloquial, US) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of armed forces).
    • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 73:
      “A former soldier, sir. A vet. Theyʼre all vets, a little shellshocked.”
Usage notes edit

Although veteran can be used in many contexts such as sports or business to describe someone with many years of experience, vet is usually used only for former military personnel.

Translations edit

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"

Verb edit

vet (third-person singular simple present vets, present participle vetting, simple past and past participle vetted)

  1. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
    The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.
    • 2023, “How a Bill Becomes a Law”, in mnnurses.org‎[2]:
      House and Senate Committees are made up of elected legislators who vet the bill and hear from stakeholders and members of the public.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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OED2

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Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

i vet

  1. his, her or their own
    Aleksandri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.
    Aleksandër is with Alban and his (own) dog.

Usage notes edit

Used in contexts where i tij (“his”), i saj (“her”) or i tyre (“their”) would be ambiguous. In the example sentence above, if "e vet" were replaced with "e tij", it would more likely refer to Alban's dog. The use of "vet" removes this ambiguity.

Declension edit

declension of i vet
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative i vet e vet e vet e veta
accusative e vet e vet e vet e veta
genitive/dative/ablative të vet së vet të vet të veta

See also edit

Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns
adjectives pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

Blagar edit

Noun edit

vet

  1. coconut

References edit

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

Noun edit

vet m (plural vets)

  1. veto

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.

Adverb edit

vet

  1. there is
    vet aquí
    here's
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Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vet

  1. genitive plural of veto

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally a past participle.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

  1. fat
    Synonym: dik
  2. greasy
    Synonym: vettig
  3. emphatical, (in print) bold
    Synonyms: vetjes, dikgedrukt
  4. (informal) cool
    Synonyms: dik, lauw, cool
    Wow, vet! ― Wow, cool!

Inflection edit

Inflection of vet
uninflected vet
inflected vette
comparative vetter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vet vetter het vetst
het vetste
indefinite m./f. sing. vette vettere vetste
n. sing. vet vetter vetste
plural vette vettere vetste
definite vette vettere vetste
partitive vets vetters —

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: vet
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
  • Negerhollands: vet, fet
  • → Papiamentu: vèt

Noun edit

vet n (plural vetten)

  1. fat
  2. grease

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fete

Adverb edit

vet

  1. (colloquial) very
    Hij is vet dik. ― He's very fat.

Anagrams edit

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wettä- (“to throw, fling, toss”). [1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

vet

  1. (transitive) to throw, cast
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to sow
    ki mint vet, úgy arat ― reap what one sows (literally, “the way one sows will s/he reap”)
  3. (chiefly construed as magára vet) Synonym of okol (“to blame”).
    Ha nem fogadod meg a tanácsom, magadra vess. ― If you don’t take my advice, you have only yourself to blame.

Conjugation edit

Note that vettem, vettél, vett etc. are not forms of this verb but those of vesz (“to take, buy”).

conjugation of vet
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. vetek vetsz vet vetünk vettek vetnek
Def. vetem veted veti vetjük vetitek vetik
2nd-p. o. vetlek ―
Past Indef. vetettem vetettél vetett vetettünk vetettetek vetettek
Def. vetettem vetetted vetette vetettük vetettétek vetették
2nd-p. o. vetettelek ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. vetni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. veték vetél vete veténk vetétek vetének
Def. vetém vetéd veté veténk vetétek veték
2nd-p. o. vetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vet vala, vetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. vetendek vetendesz vetend vetendünk vetendetek vetendenek
Def. vetendem vetended vetendi vetendjük vetenditek vetendik
2nd-p. o. vetendelek ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. vetnék vetnél vetne vetnénk vetnétek vetnének
Def. vetném vetnéd vetné vetnénk
(or vetnők) 		vetnétek vetnék
2nd-p. o. vetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. vessek vess or
vessél 		vessen vessünk vessetek vessenek
Def. vessem vesd or
vessed 		vesse vessük vessétek vessék
2nd-p. o. vesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vetett légyen
Infinitive vetni vetnem vetned vetnie vetnünk vetnetek vetniük
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
vetés vető vetett vetendő vetve (vetvén) vettet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of vet
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. vethetek vethetsz vethet vethetünk vethettek vethetnek
Def. vethetem vetheted vetheti vethetjük vethetitek vethetik
2nd-p. o. vethetlek ―
Past Indef. vethettem vethettél vethetett vethettünk vethettetek vethettek
Def. vethettem vethetted vethette vethettük vethettétek vethették
2nd-p. o. vethettelek ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. vetheték vethetél vethete vetheténk vethetétek vethetének
Def. vethetém vethetéd vetheté vetheténk vethetétek vetheték
2nd-p. o. vethetélek ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. vethet vala, vethetett vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. vethetendek
or vetandhatok 		vethetendesz
or vetandhatsz 		vethetend
or vetandhat 		vethetendünk
or vetandhatunk 		vethetendetek
or vetandhattok 		vethetendenek
or vetandhatnak
Def. vethetendem
or vetandhatom 		vethetended
or vetandhatod 		vethetendi
or vetandhatja 		vethetendjük
or vetandhatjuk 		vethetenditek
or vetandhatjátok 		vethetendik
or vetandhatják
2nd-p. o. vethetendelek
or vetandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. vethetnék vethetnél vethetne vethetnénk vethetnétek vethetnének
Def. vethetném vethetnéd vethetné vethetnénk
(or vethetnők) 		vethetnétek vethetnék
2nd-p. o. vethetnélek ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vethetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. vethessek vethess or
vethessél 		vethessen vethessünk vethessetek vethessenek
Def. vethessem vethesd or
vethessed 		vethesse vethessük vethessétek vethessék
2nd-p. o. vethesselek ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vethetett légyen
Inf. (vethetni) (vethetnem) (vethetned) (vethetnie) (vethetnünk) (vethetnetek) (vethetniük)
Positive adjective vethető Neg. adj. vethetetlen Adv. part. (vethetve / vethetvén)

Derived terms edit

Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

Expressions with -t
Expressions with -ra/-re
Expressions with other or no arguments

References edit

  1. ^ Entry #1143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ vet in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit

  • vet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian ведь (vedʹ).

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

vet

  1. after all
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:
      Jo vet ono lumi maas.
      There's already snow on the ground, after all.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Miä vet saan lypsää, - halliaal meeleel vastais Ksenja.
      I can milk, after all - Ksenja answered in a grieving mood.

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 650

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally a past participle.

Adjective edit

vet

  1. fat, large (of humans or animals)
  2. (rich in) fat
  3. fatty, greasy
  4. fertile, rich in nutrients (of land)

Inflection edit

Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite vet vette vet vette
Definite vette vette
Accusative Indefinite vetten vette vet vette
Definite vette
Genitive vets vetter vets vetter
Dative vetten vetter vetten vetten

Descendants edit

Noun edit

vet n

  1. fat
  2. grease

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Mwotlap edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βati, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *βati, from Proto-Oceanic *pati, from *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

vet

  1. four

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vet (determinate nevet)

  1. stone, rock
  2. money; vatu

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

vet

  1. present tense of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

vet

  1. imperative of veta

Old Swedish edit

Verb edit

vēt

  1. first-person present indicative of vita
  2. third-person present indicative of vita

Swedish edit

Verb edit

vet

  1. present of veta; know, knows
    Jag vet inte.
    I do not know.
  2. imperative of veta
    Vet hut!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Anagrams edit

Vurës edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.[1]

Noun edit

vet

  1. stone, rock (of any size)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.[1]

Noun edit

vet

  1. to weave or plait
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Catriona Malau (September 2021) “vet”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 210
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