veto

See also Veto

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

• From Latin vetō (“I forbid”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈviːtəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"vi:t@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈviːtoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"vi:toU/
• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

Noun

veto (plural vetoes or vetos)

1. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
2. An invocation of that right.
3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
   • George Eliot

     This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.

Translations

political right

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 否決權 (cmn), 否决权 (cmn) (fǒujuéquán)

• Czech: veto (cs) n
• Danish: veto (da)
• Dutch: veto (nl)
• Esperanto: vetoo (eo)
• Finnish: veto (fi), veto-oikeus (fi)
• French: veto (fr) m
• German: Veto (de) n, Einspruch (de) m
• Greek: αρνησικυρία (el) (arnisikyría) f, βέτο (el) (véto) n

• Icelandic: neitunarvald (is) n
• Irish: cros (ga) f
• Japanese: 拒否権 (ja) (きょひけん, kyohiken)
• Latin: veto (la), vetare (la), vetui (la), vetitum (la)
• Polish: weto (pl)
• Portuguese: veto (pt) m
• Russian: вето (ru) (véto) n (indeclinable), право вето (ru) (právo véto) n
• Serbo-Croatian: zabrana (sh), veto (sh), zabranjenje (sh)
• Spanish: veto (es) m
• Swedish: veto (sv)

invocation of that right

• Armenian: վետո (hy) (veto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 否決 (cmn), 否决 (cmn) (fǒujué)

• Finnish: veto (fi)
• French: veto (fr) m
• German: Veto (de) n

• Greek: αρνησικυρία (el) (arnisikyría) f, βέτο (el) (véto) n
• Irish: cros (ga) f, crosadh (ga) m
• Japanese: 拒否 (ja) (きょひ, kyohi)
• Russian: вето (ru) (véto) n (indeclinable), запрещение (ru) (zapreščénije) n

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To use a veto against.

Translations

to use a veto against

• Esperanto: vetoi (eo)
• Finnish: käyttää veto-oikeutta(nsa)
• Greek: προβάλλω αρνησικυρία (el) (provállo arnisikyría), προβάλλω βέτο (el) (provállo véto)
• Icelandic: beita neitunarvaldi (is)
• Irish: cros (ga)

• Japanese: 拒否権を発動する (kyohiken-wo-hatsudō-suru), 拒否権を行使する
• Polish: wetować (pl), zawetować (pl)
• Portuguese: vetar (pt)
• Russian: наложить вето (ru) (naložít' véto) n
• Spanish: vetar (es)

Anagrams

• vote, Vote

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Czech

Noun

veto n

1. veto

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

Noun

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)

1. veto

Inflection

    Inflection of veto

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

See also

• Veto on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Noun

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje)

1. veto

Anagrams

• voet

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Finnish

Etymology 1

• From verb vetää (eg. to pull) + -o.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve‧to
• IPA: [ˈveto]

Noun

veto

1. pull (act of pulling)
2. pull (attractive force)
3. draught/draft of air
4. stroke of hand, oar etc.
5. bet, wager (eg. in gambling)
6. (colloquial) move, as in a debate or game

   Tuo oli hyvä veto!

   That was a good move!

Declension

Declension of veto (type valo) singular plural nominative veto vedot genitive vedon vetojen partitive vetoa vetoja accusative veto vedon vedot 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

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

< Latin veto (“I forbid”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈveːtːo]
• IPA: [ˈveto] (colloquial)

Noun

veto

1. veto

Declension

Declension of veto (type valo) singular plural nominative veto vetot genitive veton vetojen partitive vetoa vetoja accusative veto veton vetot 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

Derived terms

• veto-oikeus

Anagrams

• ovet

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French

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto
2. vet (veterinarian)

   Nous avons dû emmener le chien pour le veto - We had to take the dog to the vet's

Anagrams

• vote, voté

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Italian

Noun

veto m (plural veti)

1. veto

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Latin

Verb

present active vetō, present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum.

1. I forbid, oppose, veto.

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vetō	vetās	vetat	vetāmus	vetātis	vetant
	future	vetābō	vetābis	vetābit	vetābimus	vetābitis	vetābunt
	imperfect	vetābam	vetābās	vetābat	vetābāmus	vetābātis	vetābant
	perfect	vetuī	vetuistī	vetuit	vetuimus	vetuistis	vetuērunt
	future perfect	vetuerō	vetueris	vetuerit	vetuerimus	vetueritis	vetuerint
	pluperfect	vetueram	vetuerās	vetuerat	vetuerāmus	vetuerātis	vetuerant
passive	present	vetor	vetāris	vetātur	vetāmur	vetāminī	vetantur
	future	vetābor	vetāberis	vetābitur	vetābimur	vetābiminī	vetābuntur
	imperfect	vetābar	vetābāris	vetābātur	vetābāmur	vetābāminī	vetābantur
	perfect	Use vetitus m, vetita f, vetitum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use vetitus m, vetita f, vetitum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use vetitus m, vetita f, vetitum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		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	vetētur	vetēmur	vetēminī	vetentur
	imperfect	vetārer	vetārēris	vetārētur	vetārēmur	vetārēminī	vetārentur
	perfect	Use vetitus m, vetita f, vetitum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use vetitus m, vetita f, vetitum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	vetā	vetātō	vetātō	vetāre	vetātor	vetātor
	plural	vetāte	vetātōte	vetantō	vetāminī	—	vetantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vetāre	vetuisse	vetitūrus esse	vetārī	vetitus esse	vetitum īrī
participles		vetāns (vetantis)	—	vetitūrus-ra, -rum	—	vetitus-a, -um	vetandus-nda, -ndum

Interjection

vetō!

1. I forbid it! I protest!

Usage notes

• Used in the Senate by tribunes to oppose objectionable measures.

Descendants

• English: veto
• Italian: vietare
• Portuguese: vedar, vetar
• Spanish: vedar, vetar

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Norwegian

Noun

veto n

1. veto

Inflection

    Inflection of veto

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	veto	vetoet	veto/vetoer	vetoa/vetoene
Nynorsk n	veto	vetoet	veto	vetoa [vetoi]

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

veto m (Cyrillic spelling вето)

1. veto

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin veto.

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto

Verb

veto (infinitive vetar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of vetar.

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Swedish

Noun

veto n

1. veto