veto
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈviːtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈviːtoʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Noun edit
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1078:
- I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 44, in Daniel Deronda, volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.
- A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment
- 2021 J.R. Wilson and the Hyper-Kamiokande Collaboration 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2156 012153
- An outer detector (OD) region will act as both a passive shield for low energy backgrounds and an active veto for cosmic ray muons.
- 2021 J.R. Wilson and the Hyper-Kamiokande Collaboration 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2156 012153
Derived terms edit
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Verb edit
veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed)
- (transitive) To use a veto against.
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Catalan edit
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veto
- first-person singular present indicative form of vetar
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto n
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)
Declension edit
See also edit
- veto on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n)
Derived terms edit
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Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) + -o.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto
- pull (act of pulling)
- pull (attractive force)
- draught (current of [cold] air)
- draught (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
- stroke of hand, oar etc.
- (sports) shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game)
- (colloquial) move, as in a game or similar
- Tuo oli hyvä veto!
- That was a good move!
- spurt, sprint
- winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism)
- (figuratively) energy, winding, steam
- Minulta alkaa veto loppua. ― I'm beginning to run out of steam.
- Olet kyllä yhä vedossa! ― Man, you've still got it!
- (medicine) traction (mechanically applied sustained pull)
- Short for hengenveto (“gasp”).
- (electronics) trace (on a printed circuit board)
- Synonym: johdin
Declension edit
Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veto | vedot | ||
genitive | vedon | vetojen | ||
partitive | vetoa | vetoja | ||
illative | vetoon | vetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veto | vedot | ||
accusative | nom. | veto | vedot | |
gen. | vedon | |||
genitive | vedon | vetojen | ||
partitive | vetoa | vetoja | ||
inessive | vedossa | vedoissa | ||
elative | vedosta | vedoista | ||
illative | vetoon | vetoihin | ||
adessive | vedolla | vedoilla | ||
ablative | vedolta | vedoilta | ||
allative | vedolle | vedoille | ||
essive | vetona | vetoina | ||
translative | vedoksi | vedoiksi | ||
abessive | vedotta | vedoitta | ||
instructive | — | vedoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “1. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with etymology 1.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto
Usage notes edit
veto means an instance of betting, an agreement to wager something. The thing wagered is panos.
Declension edit
Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veto | vedot | ||
genitive | vedon | vetojen | ||
partitive | vetoa | vetoja | ||
illative | vetoon | vetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veto | vedot | ||
accusative | nom. | veto | vedot | |
gen. | vedon | |||
genitive | vedon | vetojen | ||
partitive | vetoa | vetoja | ||
inessive | vedossa | vedoissa | ||
elative | vedosta | vedoista | ||
illative | vetoon | vetoihin | ||
adessive | vedolla | vedoilla | ||
ablative | vedolta | vedoilta | ||
allative | vedolle | vedoille | ||
essive | vetona | vetoina | ||
translative | vedoksi | vedoiksi | ||
abessive | vedotta | vedoitta | ||
instructive | — | vedoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
- lyödä vetoa (idiom)
Further reading edit
- “2. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto
Declension edit
Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | veto | vetot | ||
genitive | veton | vetojen | ||
partitive | vetoa | vetoja | ||
illative | vetoon | vetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | veto | vetot | ||
accusative | nom. | veto | vetot | |
gen. | veton | |||
genitive | veton | vetojen | ||
partitive | vetoa | vetoja | ||
inessive | vetossa | vetoissa | ||
elative | vetosta | vetoista | ||
illative | vetoon | vetoihin | ||
adessive | vetolla | vetoilla | ||
ablative | vetolta | vetoilta | ||
allative | vetolle | vetoille | ||
essive | vetona | vetoina | ||
translative | vetoksi | vetoiksi | ||
abessive | vetotta | vetoitta | ||
instructive | — | vetoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “3. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams edit
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
veto m (plural vetos)
- veto
- Le Président de la République a mis son véto.
- The President of the Republic put his/her veto.
Descendants edit
- Turkish: veto
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
veto m or f by sense (plural vetos)
- vet (veterinarian)
- Nous avons dû emmener le chien chez le veto.
- We had to take the dog to the vet.
Further reading edit
- “veto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vettää (“to pull”) + -o. Cognates include Finnish veto and Estonian vedu.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞to̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞d̥o̞]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: ve‧to
Noun edit
veto
Declension edit
Declension of veto (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veto | veot |
genitive | veon | vettoin, vetoloin |
partitive | vettoa | vetoja, vetoloja |
illative | vettoo | vettoi, vetoloihe |
inessive | veos | veois, vetolois |
elative | veost | veoist, vetoloist |
allative | veolle | veoille, vetoloille |
adessive | veol | veoil, vetoloil |
ablative | veolt | veoilt, vetoloilt |
translative | veoks | veoiks, vetoloiks |
essive | vetonna, vettoon | vetoinna, vetoloinna, vettoin, vetoloin |
exessive1) | vetont | vetoint, vetoloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 650
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto m (plural veti)
References edit
- ^ veto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From earlier votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.to/, [ˈvɛːt̪o]
Verb edit
vetō (present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum); first conjugation
- to forbid, prevent, prohibit
- to advise not to
- 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum :
- Pragmatici homines omnibus historiis, praeceptis, versibus denique cavere iubent et vetant credere.
- Prudent men in all their histories, teachings and verse besides tell us to beware and advise us not to believe.
- Pragmatici homines omnibus historiis, praeceptis, versibus denique cavere iubent et vetant credere.
- to oppose, veto
- Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, recūsō, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, resistō, obstō
- 1st century AD, Seneca Minor, Troades, line 334
- Quod nōn vetat lēx, hoc vetat fierī pudor.
- What law forbids not, decency forbids be done.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of vetō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | vetō | vetās | vetat | vetāmus | vetātis | vetant |
imperfect | vetābam | vetābās | vetābat | vetābāmus | vetābātis | vetābant | |
future | vetābō | vetābis | vetābit | vetābimus | vetābitis | vetābunt | |
perfect | vetuī | vetuistī | vetuit | vetuimus | vetuistis | vetuērunt, vetuēre | |
pluperfect | vetueram | vetuerās | vetuerat | vetuerāmus | vetuerātis | vetuerant | |
future perfect | vetuerō | vetueris | vetuerit | vetuerimus | vetueritis | vetuerint | |
passive | present | vetor | vetāris, vetāre |
vetātur | vetāmur | vetāminī | vetantur |
imperfect | vetābar | vetābāris, vetābāre |
vetābātur | vetābāmur | vetābāminī | vetābantur | |
future | vetābor | vetāberis, vetābere |
vetābitur | vetābimur | vetābiminī | vetābuntur | |
perfect | vetitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | vetitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | vetitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | vetem | vetēs | vetet | vetēmus | vetētis | vetent |
imperfect | vetārem | vetārēs | vetāret | vetārēmus | vetārētis | vetārent | |
perfect | vetuerim | vetuerīs | vetuerit | vetuerīmus | vetuerītis | vetuerint | |
pluperfect | vetuissem | vetuissēs | vetuisset | vetuissēmus | vetuissētis | vetuissent | |
passive | present | veter | vetēris, vetēre |
vetētur | vetēmur | vetēminī | vetentur |
imperfect | vetārer | vetārēris, vetārēre |
vetārētur | vetārēmur | vetārēminī | vetārentur | |
perfect | vetitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | vetitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | vetā | — | — | vetāte | — |
future | — | vetātō | vetātō | — | vetātōte | vetantō | |
passive | present | — | vetāre | — | — | vetāminī | — |
future | — | vetātor | vetātor | — | — | vetantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | vetāre | vetuisse | vetitūrum esse | vetārī | vetitum esse | vetitum īrī | |
participles | vetāns | — | vetitūrus | — | vetitus | vetandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
vetandī | vetandō | vetandum | vetandō | vetitum | vetitū |
Interjection edit
vetō
Usage notes edit
- Used in the Senate by tribunes to oppose objectionable measures.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
- the law orders, forbids (expressly, distinctly): lex iubet, vetat (dilucide, planissime)
- (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
- (ambiguous) to give up old customs: a vetere consuetudine discedere
- (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ve/otō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 672
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vetō (“I forbid, oppose, veto”), from votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).
Noun edit
veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto or vetoer, definite plural vetoa or vetoene)
- a veto
References edit
- “veto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto, definite plural vetoa)
- a veto
References edit
- “veto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
veto m (plural vetos)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
veto
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin veto or French veto.
Noun edit
veto n (plural vetouri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) veto | vetoul | (niște) vetouri | vetourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) veto | vetoului | (unor) vetouri | vetourilor |
vocative | vetoule | vetourilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vȇto m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑то)
Declension edit
References edit
- “veto” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
veto m (plural vetos)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
veto
Further reading edit
- “veto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
veto (n class, plural veto)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
veto n
Declension edit
Declension of veto | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | veto | vetot | veton | vetona |
Genitive | vetos | vetots | vetons | vetonas |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- veto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- veto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- veto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *veto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
veto
- draft, transportation (with draft animals)
Inflection edit
Declension of veto (type II/võrkko, t- gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veto | veod |
genitive | veo | vetojõ, vetoi |
partitive | vettoa | vetoitõ, vetoi |
illative | vettosõ, vetto | vetoisõ |
inessive | veoz | vetoiz |
elative | veossõ | vetoissõ |
allative | veolõ | vetoilõ |
adessive | veollõ | vetoillõ |
ablative | veoltõ | vetoiltõ |
translative | veossi | vetoissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References edit
- Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “veto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn