vet
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of veterinarian.
Noun edit
vet (plural vets)
- (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.
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Noun edit
vet (plural vets)
- (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.
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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)
- To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
- The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.
- 2000 September, “Corrupt and Farcical Elections”, in Racial Discrimination in Tibet[2], Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, →OCLC, page 116:
- 41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment. “The people in my area were very discontent when an election was announced. We knew that the candidates selected had already been carefully vetted by higher Chinese officials, and that our ‘voting’ was mere lip-service to Chinese claims of democracy, but we did it anyway.
- 2023, “How a Bill Becomes a Law”, in mnnurses.org[3]:
- House and Senate Committees are made up of elected legislators who vet the bill and hear from stakeholders and members of the public.
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Albanian edit
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Adjective edit
i vet
- 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.
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vet
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Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
vet m (plural vets)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.
Adverb edit
vet
- there is
- vet aquí
- here's
- vet aquí
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vet
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)
- fat
- Synonym: dik
- greasy
- Synonym: vettig
- emphatical, (in print) bold
- Synonyms: vetjes, dikgedrukt
- (informal) cool
Inflection edit
Declension of vet | ||||
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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 | — |
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Noun edit
vet n (plural vetten)
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- Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
Adverb edit
vet
- (colloquial) very
- Hij is vet dik. ― He's very fat.
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Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wettä- (“to throw, fling, toss”). [1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vet
- (transitive) to throw, cast
- (transitive, intransitive) to sow
- ki mint vet, úgy arat ― reap what one sows (literally, “the way one sows will s/he reap”)
- (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”).
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 | |||
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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). | |||||||||
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3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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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) | ||||
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References edit
- ^ Entry #1143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ 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
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋet/, [ˈʋe̞d]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋet/, [ˈʋe̞d̥]
- Rhymes: -et
- Hyphenation: vet
Conjunction edit
vet
- 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
Inflection edit
Adjective | |||||
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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 |
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vet n
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Further reading edit
- “vet (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “vet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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
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vet
References edit
- François, Alexandre. 2024. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry vet_1.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vet (determinate nevet)
References edit
- François, Alexandre. 2024. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry vet_2.
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vet
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vet
- imperative of veta
Old Swedish edit
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vēt
Swedish edit
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vet
- present of veta; know, knows
- imperative of veta
- Vet hut!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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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
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.[1]
Noun edit
vet
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Catriona Malau (September 2021) “vet”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, , →ISBN, page 210
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