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vet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Clipping of veterinarian.
Noun
vet (plural vets)
- (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
Derived terms
- vet tech
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of veteran.
Noun
vet (plural vets)
- (colloquial, US) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).
Usage notes
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
Etymology 3
Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"
Verb
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.
Synonyms
- evaluate
Derived terms
- vetter
Translations
References
OED2
Anagrams
- ETV, EVT, TeV, VTE, Vte
Albanian
Alternative forms
- vetë, vehte
Adjective
i vet
- his, her or their own
- Aleksandri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.
- Aleksandër is with Alban and his (own) dog.
- Aleksandri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.
Usage notes
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
See also
Blagar
Noun
vet
- coconut
References
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Latin veto.
Noun
vet m (plural vets)
- veto
Etymology 2
From Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of vide? (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.
Adverb
vet
- there is
- vet aquí
- here's
- vet aquí
Related terms
- heus
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?t]
Noun
vet
- genitive plural of veto
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch f?tit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally a past participle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?t/
- Hyphenation: vet
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)
- fat
- greasy
- emphatical, (in print) bold
- Synonym: vetjes
- (informal) cool
Inflection
Derived terms
- moddervet
- vetjes
Descendants
- Afrikaans: vet
- ? Papiamentu: vèt
Noun
vet n (plural vetten)
- fat
- grease
Derived terms
- braadvet
- buikvet
- frituurvet
- transvet
- vetdeeltje
- vetgans
- vetlaag
- vetlaars
- vetplant
- vetpot
- vetreserve
- vettig
- vetvrij
- vetzuur
Adverb
vet
- (colloquial) very
- Hij is vet dik.
- He's very fat.
- Hij is vet dik.
Anagrams
- evt.
Hungarian
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wettä- (“to throw, fling, toss”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
vet
- (transitive) to throw, cast
- (transitive, intransitive) to sow
Conjugation
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
References
Further reading
- vet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch f?tit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally a past participle.
Adjective
vet
- fat, large (of humans or animals)
- (rich in) fat
- fatty, greasy
- fertile, rich in nutrients (of land)
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: vet
- Afrikaans: vet
- ? Papiamentu: vèt
- Limburgish: vèt
Noun
vet n
- fat
- grease
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: vet
- Limburgish: vèt
Further reading
- “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
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- veit
Verb
vet
- present tense of vite
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
vet
- imperative of veta and vete
Swedish
Verb
vet
- present of veta; know, knows
- imperative of veta.
Anagrams
- tve-
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witj?. Cognate with Gutnish vit, Elfdalian wit and Blekingian vôjt.
Noun
vet n
- wits, reason
Related terms
- vetta
- vükk
- vitvilling
Etymology 2
From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *w?tij?.
Noun
vêt f
- milk or other liquid eaten with porridge
- humid weather
Etymology 3
From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *w?tijan?.
Verb
vêt (preterite vêtt, supine vett)
- to wet, water
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vext
English
Verb
vext
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of vex
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"
- What happiness to reign a lonely king,
Vext — O ye stars that shudder over me,
O earth that soundest hollow under me,
Vext with waste dreams?
- What happiness to reign a lonely king,
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"
- And that same night, the night of the new year,
By reason of the bitterness and grief
That vext his mother, all before his time
Was Arthur born [...]
- And that same night, the night of the new year,
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "Holy Grail"
- [...] and thence
Taking my war-horse from the holy man,
Glad that no phantom vext me more, return'd
To whence I came, the gate of Arthur's wars.
- [...] and thence
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"
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