veto

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

  • From Latin vetō (I forbid)

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Noun [edit]

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.

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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To use a veto against.

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Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

veto n

  1. veto

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin vetō (I forbid).

Noun [edit]

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)

  1. veto

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Dutch [edit]

Noun [edit]

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje)

  1. veto

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Finnish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • Hyphenation: ve‧to
  • IPA: [ˈveto]

Noun [edit]

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!
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Etymology 2 [edit]

< Latin veto (I forbid)

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

veto

  1. veto
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French [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

veto m (plural veti)

  1. veto

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

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

  1. I forbid, oppose, veto.

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Interjection [edit]

vetō!

  1. I forbid it! I protest!

Usage notes [edit]

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

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Norwegian [edit]

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veto n

  1. veto

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Noun [edit]

veto m (Cyrillic spelling вето)

  1. veto

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin veto.

Noun [edit]

veto m (plural vetos)

  1. veto

Verb [edit]

veto (infinitive vetar)

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

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

veto n

  1. veto