vet

See also: vét, vèt, vět, vêt, vẹt, vẽt, vet., Vet., and VET

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Audio (UK) (file)

Etymology 1

Clipping of veterinarian.

Noun

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:
  Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.

Derived terms

vet tech

Translations

veterinarian — see veterinarian

short form of veterinary surgeon

Bulgarian: ветеринар (bg) m (veterinar)
French: véto (fr) m

Etymology 2

Clipping of veteran.

Noun

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

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

short form of veteran

Bulgarian: ветеран (bg) (veteran)
Dutch: veteraan (nl) m
French: vétéran (fr) m
German: Veteran (de) m
Polish: weteran (pl) m
Portuguese: veterano (pt) m
Spanish: veterano m

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

check or investigate particularly

Bulgarian: преглеждам (bg) (pregleždam)
Dutch: controleren (nl), checken (nl), nagaan (nl)
Finnish: tutkia (fi), tarkastaa (fi)
French: vérifier (fr), examiner (fr), contrôler (fr)
German: überprüfen (de)
Hungarian: ellenőriz (hu), felülvizsgál (hu), megvizsgál (hu), átvilágít (hu)
Italian: esaminare (it)
Polish: prześwietlać (pl) impf, prześwietlić (pl) pf
Russian: проверя́ть (ru) n (proverjátʹ)
Spanish: examinar (es)
Urdu: جانچنا ۔ پرکھنا‎ (Janchna-Parakhna)

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.

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

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

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 videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.

Adverb

vet

there is
vet aquí
here's

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]

Noun

vet

genitive plural of veto

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛt/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: vet
Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

fat
greasy
emphatical, (in print) bold
Synonym: vetjes
(informal) cool
Wow, vet! ― Wow, cool!

Inflection

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

moddervet
vervetten
vetjes

Descendants

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

Noun

vet n (plural vetten)

fat
grease

Derived terms

bakvet
braadvet
buikvet
darmvet
frituurvet
kaarsvet
ontvetten
ossenvet
transvet
vetarm
vetberg
vetdeeltje
vetgans
vetklep
vetkoek
vetkruid
vetkuif
vetlaag
vetlaars
vetleer
vetplant
vetpot
vetreserve
vettig
vetvrij
vetzuur

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: fete

Adverb

vet

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

Anagrams

evt.

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

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”)

Conjugation

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

conjugation of vet

			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	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	vetnék	vetnél	vetne	vetnénk	vetnétek	vetnének
		Def.	vetném	vetnéd	vetné	vetnénk (or vetnők)	vetnétek	vetnék
		2nd-p. o.	vetnélek	―
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	―
Infinitive	vetni		vetnem	vetned	vetnie	vetnünk	vetnetek	vetniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			vetés	vető	vetett	vetendő	vetve	vethet

Derived terms

hányaveti
meghány-vet
szánt-vet
vállvetve
vedlik
vetekedik
vetekszik
vetemedik
vetemény
vetetlen
vetett
vetél
vetélkedik
vetés
vetít
vetkőzik
vetődik
vetül

(With verbal prefixes):

alávet
átvet
bevet
belevet
egybevet
ellenvet
előrevet
elvet
felvet
fölvet
hátravet
hazavet
idevet
kivet
közbevet
levet
megvet
nekivet
odavet
összevet
rávet
szétvet
utánavet
visszavet

Expressions with -t

aki szelet vet, vihart arat
árnyékot vet
bukfencet vet
egy pillantást vet
gáncsot vet
gátat vet
horgonyt vet
kártyát vet
keresztet vet
ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát
lobbot vet
rossz fényt vet
számot vet
ügyet sem vet / ügyet se vet
véget vet

Expressions with -ra/-re

képernyőre vet
magára vet
máglyára vet
panyókára vet
papírra vet
szemére vet
szemétdombra vet
tűzre vet

Expressions with other or no arguments

harcba vet
ki mint vet, úgy arat
latba vet

References

Entry #1143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
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.)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ведь (vedʹ).

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋet/, [ˈʋe̞d]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋet/, [ˈʋe̞d̥]

Rhymes: -et

Hyphenation: vet

Conjunction

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

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fētit, 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
- Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
- Negerhollands: vet, fet
- → Papiamentu: vèt
Limburgish: vèt

Noun

vet n

fat
grease

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: vet
Limburgish: vèt

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

veit

Verb

vet

present tense of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

imperative of veta

Swedish

Verb

vet

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

Anagrams

tve-

Vurës

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /βɛt/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vet

stone, rock (of any size)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

vet

to weave or plait

Derived terms

vetvet

References

Catriona Malau (September 2021), “vet”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, DOI:10.22459/DVV.2021, →ISBN, page 210

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. 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 *wētijǭ.

Noun

vêt f

milk or other liquid eaten with porridge
humid weather

Etymology 3

From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną.

Verb

vêt (preterite vêtt, supine vett)

to wet, water

[1] Entry #1143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

[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.)

[Malau-3] Catriona Malau (September 2021), “vet”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, DOI:10.22459/DVV.2021, →ISBN, page 210

vet

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Adjective

Usage notes

Declension

See also

Blagar

Noun

References

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Adverb

See also

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Adverb

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Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Adjective

Inflection

Descendants

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

Swedish

Verb

Anagrams

Vurës

Pronunciation