vetter

See also: Vetter

English

Etymology

vet +‎ -er +‎ [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: vet‧ter

Noun

vetter (plural vetters)

1. Agent noun of vet: one who vets.
   • 2007 April 10, “Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?”, in The New York Times, retrieved 18 September 2015:

     Mr. Marwan, the excited vetters discovered, was married to a daughter of Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser."

Anagrams

• trevet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vinter
• vetr, vetre, vet’e, vet, væt, vedr, vøtur (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old West Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Akin to English winter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛtːər/, /ˈʋɛtːr̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛtːər, -ɛtːr̩

Noun

vetter m (definite singular vetteren, indefinite plural vetrar, definite plural vetrane)

1. winter

Declension

  Declension of vetter (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vetter	vetteren	vetrar	vetrane
compound-genitive	vetters-, vetre-	―	―	―

Derived terms

• snøvetter
• vetterføre
• vetterkulde
• vetterleg
• vetternatt
• vetterpels
• vettersport
• vettertid
• vettertøy

 

Related terms

• haust
• mørketid
• sumar, sommar
• vår
• årstid

References

• “vetter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

vetter

1. present indicative of vetta