veto

See also: Veto, vetó, véto, and věto

English

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈviːtəʊ/
- Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈviːtoʊ/
- Flapping is optional: IPA^(key): [ˈviːɾoʊ] or IPA^(key): [ˈviːtʰoʊ].
Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

Noun

veto (plural vetoes or vetos)

A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
An invocation of that right.
- 1978, Nixon, Richard, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, LCCN 77-87793, OCLC 760525066, OL 7561812M, 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, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 775411:
  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.

Translations

political right

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: права вета (prava vjeta)
Bulgarian: ве́то (bg) n (véto)
Catalan: vet (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 否決權／否决权 (zh) (fǒujuéquán)
Czech: veto (cs) n
Danish: veto
Dutch: veto (nl)
Esperanto: vetoo
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: veto (fi), veto-oikeus (fi)
French: veto (fr) m
Georgian: ვეტო (veṭo), ვეტოს უფლება (veṭos upleba)
German: Veto (de) n, Einspruch (de) m
Greek: αρνησικυρία (el) f (arnisikyría), βέτο (el) n (véto)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: neitunarvald n
Indonesian: hak veto (id)
Irish: cros f
Japanese: 拒否権 (きょひけん, kyohiken)
Korean: 거부권(拒否權) (geobugwon)
Latin: veto, vetare, vetui, vetitum
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: veto n
Polish: weto (pl)
Portuguese: veto (pt) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: ве́то (ru) n (véto), пра́во ве́то n (právo véto)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zabrana (sh) f, veto (sh), zabranjenje
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: veto (es) m
Swahili: veto
Swedish: veto (sv)
Tagalog: angsol
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: пра́во ве́то n (právo véto)

invocation of that right

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: վետո (hy) (veto)
Belarusian: ве́та n (vjéta)
Bulgarian: ве́то (bg) n (véto)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 否決／否决 (zh) (fǒujué)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: veto (fi)
French: veto (fr) m
Georgian: ვეტო (veṭo)
German: Veto (de) n
Greek: αρνησικυρία (el) f (arnisikyría), βέτο (el) n (véto)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: veto (id)
Irish: cros f, crosadh m
Japanese: 拒否 (ja) (きょひ, kyohi)
Korean: 금지(禁止) (ko) (geumji), 거부(拒否) (ko) (geobu)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: weto (pl) n
Portuguese: veto (pt) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: ве́то (ru) n (véto), запреще́ние (ru) n (zapreščénije), запре́т (ru) m (zaprét)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Swahili: veto
Tagalog: angsol
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: ве́то (uk) n (véto)

Verb

veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed)

(transitive) To use a veto against.

Translations

to use a veto against

Bulgarian: налагам ве́то (nalagam véto)
Esperanto: vetoi
Finnish: käyttää veto-oikeutta(nsa), vetota (fi)
Georgian: ვეტოს დადება (veṭos dadeba)
Greek: προβάλλω αρνησικυρία (provállo arnisikyría), προβάλλω βέτο (provállo véto)
Icelandic: beita neitunarvaldi
Indonesian: memveto (id)
Irish: cros
Japanese: 拒否権を発動する (kyohiken o hatsudō suru), 拒否権を行使する (kyohiken o kōshi suru)
Polish: wetować (pl) impf, zawetować (pl) pf
Portuguese: vetar (pt)
Russian: накла́дывать ве́то impf (nakládyvatʹ véto), наложи́ть ве́то pf (naložítʹ véto), вети́ровать (ru) impf or pf (vetírovatʹ)
Spanish: vetar (es)

Anagrams

Tove, Vote, to've, vote

Catalan

Verb

veto

first-person singular present indicative form of vetar

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛto]

Noun

veto n

veto

Danish

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

Noun

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)

veto

Declension

Declension of veto

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veto	vetoet	vetoer	vetoerne
genitive	vetos	vetoets	vetoers	vetoernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈveː.toː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n)

veto

Derived terms

vetoën
vetorecht

Anagrams

voet

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification^(key): ve‧to

Noun

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

Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1F/valo, t-d* gradation)
nominative		veto	vedot
genitive		vedon	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		veto	vedot
accusative	nom.	veto	vedot
accusative	gen.	vedon	vedot
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
instructive		—	vedoin
abessive		vedotta	vedoitta
comitative		—	vetoineen

Possessive forms of veto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vetoni	vetomme
2nd person	vetosi	vetonne
3rd person	vetonsa

Synonyms

(attractive force): vetovoima, imu
(move): siirto

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with etymology 1.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification^(key): ve‧to

Noun

veto

bet, wager (an instance of making a bet)

Usage notes

Veto means an instance of betting, an agreement to wager something. The thing wagered is panos.

Declension

Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1F/valo, t-d* gradation)
nominative		veto	vedot
genitive		vedon	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		veto	vedot
accusative	nom.	veto	vedot
accusative	gen.	vedon	vedot
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
instructive		—	vedoin
abessive		vedotta	vedoitta
comitative		—	vetoineen

Possessive forms of veto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vetoni	vetomme
2nd person	vetosi	vetonne
3rd person	vetonsa

Derived terms

lyödä vetoa (idiom)

Etymology 3

From Latin veto (“I forbid”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋe(ː)t(ː)o/, [ˈʋe̞(ː)t̪(ː)o̞]
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification^(key): ve‧to

Noun

veto

veto

Declension

Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		veto	vetot
genitive		veton	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		veto	vetot
accusative	nom.	veto	vetot
accusative	gen.	veton	vetot
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
instructive		—	vetoin
abessive		vetotta	vetoitta
comitative		—	vetoineen

Possessive forms of veto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vetoni	vetomme
2nd person	vetosi	vetonne
3rd person	vetonsa

Derived terms

veto-oikeus

Anagrams

ovet

French

Alternative forms

véto (post-1990 spelling)

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

veto
Le Président de la République a mis son véto.
The President of the Republic put his/her veto.

Descendants

Turkish: veto

Noun

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.

Anagrams

vote, voté

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.to/, /ˈve.to/[1]
Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
Hyphenation: vè‧to, vé‧to

Noun

veto m (plural veti)

veto

References

veto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Etymology

From earlier votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.to/, [ˈvɛːt̪o]

Verb

vetō (present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum); first conjugation

I forbid
Synonyms: prohibeō, abdīcō
I 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.
I 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

Conjugation of vetō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vetā	—	—	vetāte	—
active	future	—	vetātō	vetātō	—	vetātōte	vetantō
passive	present	—	vetāre	—	—	vetāminī	—
passive	future	—	vetātor	vetātor	—	—	vetantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

vetō

I forbid it! I protest!

Usage notes

Used in the Senate by tribunes to oppose objectionable measures.

Descendants

Catalan: vedar, vetar
English: veto
Old French: veer
- French: véer (archaic or dialectal)
Friulian: vietâ
Italian: vietare
Norwegian Bokmål: veto
Piedmontese: vieté
Portuguese: vedar, vetar
Spanish: vedar, vetar

References

“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, 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
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

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid, oppose, veto”), from votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

Noun

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto or vetoer, definite plural vetoa or vetoene)

a veto

References

“veto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Noun

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto, definite plural vetoa)

a veto

References

“veto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tu/

Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

(politics) veto (blocking of a process or decision)

Verb

veto

first-person singular present indicative of vetar

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin veto or French veto.

Noun

veto n (plural vetouri)

veto

Declension

Declension of veto

	singular		plural
	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

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋêːto/
Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

vȇto m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑то)

veto

Declension

Declension of veto

	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veta
genitive	veta	veta
dative	vetu	vetima
accusative	veto	veta
vocative	veto	veta
locative	vetu	vetima
instrumental	vetom	vetima

References

“veto” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbeto/ [ˈbe.t̪o]
Rhymes: -eto
Syllabification: ve‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin veto.

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

veto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veto

first-person singular present indicative of vetar

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English veto.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

veto (n class, plural veto)

veto

Swedish

Noun

veto n

veto

Declension

Declension of veto
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	veto	vetot	veton	vetona
Genitive	vetos	vetots	vetons	vetonas

Derived terms

vetorätt

References

veto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
veto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
veto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

Tove

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veto.

Pronunciation

(Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈveto/, [ˈveto]
Rhymes: -eto
Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto

draft, transportation (with draft animals)

Inflection

Declension of veto (type II/võrkko, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veod
genitive	veo	vetoje, vetojõ, vetoi
partitive	vettoa	vetoitõ, vetoi
illative	vetto, vettosõ	vetoje, vetojõ, 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 or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “veto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn

[1] veto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

veto

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Verb

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Catalan

Verb

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

See also

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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French

Alternative forms

Noun

Descendants

Noun

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Latin

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Verb

Conjugation

Interjection

Usage notes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Romanian

Etymology

Noun