veter

veter

See also: ветер

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch veter, from Old Dutch *fetera, from Proto-Germanic *feterō. Cognate with English fetter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.tər/

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• Hyphenation: ve‧ter
• Rhymes: -eːtər

Noun

veter m (plural veters, diminutive vetertje n)

1. A lace (string).
2. (obsolete) A hawser, a chain, a cable. [16th–17th c.]
3. (obsolete) A chain, a bond, a fetter. [16th–early 19th c.]

Derived terms

• broekveter
• nekveter
• reetveter
• schoenveter

Descendants

• Afrikaans: veter
• → Caribbean Hindustani: fetre

Anagrams

• Evert, veert, verte, vreet, vrete

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Latin

Verb

veter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vetō

References

• “veter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• veter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *větrъ.

Noun

veter m (Cyrillic spelling ветер)

1. (Kajkavian) wind
   • Dragutin Domjanić, Bogečko grobje

     Mirno počivaju grobi,

     jablan kak straža stoji,

     veter se igra po zobi,

     zbuditi grobje boji

Synonyms

• vjetar

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋéːtər/

Noun

vẹ̑tər m inan

1. wind

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “veter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran