vet

See also Vet., vét, and vêt

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Clipping of veterinarian, or veterinary surgeon.

Noun

vet (plural vets)

1. (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

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

Translations

veterinarian — see veterinarian

short form of veterinary surgeon

• French: veto (fr) m

Etymology 2

Clipping of veteran.

Noun

vet (plural vets)

1. (colloquial) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).

Translations

short form of veteran

• Dutch: veteraan (nl) m
• German: Veteran (de) m

• Polish: weteran m
• Portuguese: veterano (pt) m

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.

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)

1. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

   The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

References

OED2

Synonyms

• evaluate

Derived terms

• vetter

Translations

check or investigate particularly

• Dutch: controleren (nl), checken (nl)
• Finnish: tutkia (fi), tarkastaa (fi), seuloa (fi)
• French: vérifier (fr), examiner (fr), contrôler (fr)

• German: überprüfen (de)
• Russian: проверять (ru) (proverját') n 
• Urdu: جانچنا ۔ پرکھنا (ur) (Janchna-Parakhna)

Anagrams

• ETV
• EVT
• TeV

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Albanian

Adjective

i vet

1. his, her or their own

   Aleksandëri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.

   Aleksandër is with Alban and his (own) dog.

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

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.

See also

Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns

		adjectives			pronouns
		singular	plural		singular	plural
1st person		im	ynë		imi	yni
2nd person		yt	juaj		yti	juaji
3rd person	m	i tij	i tyre		i tiji	i tyri
	f	i saj			i saji
3rd person reflexive		i vet			i veti

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Noun

vet m (plural vets)

1. veto

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• IPA: /vɛt/

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Adjective

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

1. fat
2. (informal) cool

   Wow, vet!

Declension

Declension of vet

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		vet	vetter
neuter singular	indefinite	vet	vetter
	definite	vette	vettere	vetste	vetst, vetste
common singular		vette	vettere	vetste	vetste
plural		vette	vettere	vetste	vetste
partitive		vets	vetters

Noun

vet n (plural vetten)

1. fat

Adverb

vet

1. very

   Hij is vet dik.

   He's very fat.

Anagrams

• evt.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Origin uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *βettä (“to throw, cast, sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛt/

Verb

vet

1. throw, cast
2. sow

   ki mint vet úgy arat – reap what one sows

Derived terms

• ellenvet
• vedlik
• vetél
• vetélkedik
• vetekedik
• vetekszik
• vetemedik
• vetemény
• vetés
• vetetlen
• vetett
• vetít
• vetkőzik
• vetül

Expressions

• aki szelet vet, vihart arat
• keresztet vet

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

1. imperative of veta and vete

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of veterinário.

Noun

vet m (plural vets)

1. veterinary surgeon

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of veterano.

Noun

vet m (plural vets)

1. veteran (a former soldier)

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Swedish

Verb

vet

1. Present tense of veta; know, knows

   Jag vet inte.

   I do not know.