vet

See also: vét, vèt, vêt, vẹt, vet., and Vet.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Clipping of veterinarian.

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”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

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

Derived terms

• vet tech

Translations

veterinarian — see veterinarian

short form of veterinary surgeon

• French: véto (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

Clipping of veteran.

Noun

vet (plural vets)

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

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.

Translations

short form of veteran

• Dutch: veteraan (nl) m
• French: vétéran (fr) m
• German: Veteran (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: weteran (pl) m
• Portuguese: veterano (pt) m
• Spanish: veterano m

Etymology 3

Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"

Verb

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

   The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

Synonyms

• evaluate

Derived terms

• vetter

Translations

check or investigate particularly

• Dutch: controleren (nl), checken (nl)
• Finnish: tutkia (fi), tarkastaa (fi)
• French: vérifier (fr), examiner (fr), contrôler (fr)
• German: überprüfen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: esaminare (it)
• Russian: проверя́ть (ru) n (proverjátʹ)
• Spanish: examinar (es)
• Urdu: جانچنا ۔ پرکھنا (Janchna-Parakhna)

References

OED2

Anagrams

• ETV, EVT, TeV, Vte

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• vetë, vehte

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.

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.

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

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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Blagar

Noun

vet

1. coconut

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin veto.

Noun

vet m (plural vets)

1. veto

Etymology 2

From Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.

Adverb

vet

1. there is

   vet aquí

   here's

Related terms

• heus

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

1. fat
2. greasy
3. (informal) cool

   Wow, vet! ― Wow, cool!

Inflection

Declension of vet
uninflected	vet
inflected	vette
comparative	vetter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vet	vetter	het vetst het vetste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vette	vettere	vetste
	n. sing.	vet	vetter	vetste
	plural	vette	vettere	vetste
definite		vette	vettere	vetste
partitive		vets	vetters	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vet

Noun

vet n (plural vetten)

1. fat
2. grease

Derived terms

• braadvet
• buikvet
• frituurvet
• transvet
• vetdeeltje
• vetgans
• vetlaag
• vetlaars
• vetplant
• vetreserve
• vetzuur

Adverb

vet

1. (colloquial) very

   Hij is vet dik.

   He's very fat.

Anagrams

• evt.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wettä- (“to throw, fling, toss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

vet

1. (transitive) to throw, cast
2. (transitive, intransitive) to sow

   ki mint vet, úgy arat – reap what one sows

Conjugation

conjugation of vet

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vetek	vetsz	vet	vetünk	vettek	vetnek
		Def.	vetem	veted	veti	vetjük	vetitek	vetik
		2nd-p. o.	vetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	vetettem	vetettél	vetett	vetettünk	vetettetek	vetettek
		Def.	vetettem	vetetted	vetette	vetettük	vetettétek	vetették
		2nd-p. o.	vetettelek	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. vetni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	veték	vetél	vete	veténk	vetétek	vetének
		Def.	vetém	vetéd	veté	veténk	vetétek	veték
		2nd-p. o.	vetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vet vala, vetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vetendek	vetendesz	vetend	vetendünk	vetendetek	vetendenek
		Def.	vetendem	vetended	vetendi	vetendjük	vetenditek	vetendik
		2nd-p. o.	vetendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vetnék	vetnél	vetne	vetnénk	vetnétek	vetnének
		Def.	vetném	vetnéd	vetné	vetnénk (or vetnők)	vetnétek	vetnék
		2nd-p. o.	vetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vessek	vess or vessél	vessen	vessünk	vessetek	vessenek
		Def.	vessem	vesd or vessed	vesse	vessük	vessétek	vessék
		2nd-p. o.	vesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vetett légyen
Infinitive	vetni		vetnem	vetned	vetnie	vetnünk	vetnetek	vetniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	vetés		vető	vetett	vetendő	vetve (vetvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of vet

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vethetek	vethetsz	vethet	vethetünk	vethettek	vethetnek
		Def.	vethetem	vetheted	vetheti	vethetjük	vethetitek	vethetik
		2nd-p. o.	vethetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	vethettem	vethettél	vethetett	vethettünk	vethettetek	vethettek
		Def.	vethettem	vethetted	vethette	vethettük	vethettétek	vethették
		2nd-p. o.	vethettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	vetheték	vethetél	vethete	vetheténk	vethetétek	vethetének
		Def.	vethetém	vethetéd	vetheté	vetheténk	vethetétek	vetheték
		2nd-p. o.	vethetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. vethet vala, vethetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vethetendek or vetandhatok	vethetendesz or vetandhatsz	vethetend or vetandhat	vethetendünk or vetandhatunk	vethetendetek or vetandhattok	vethetendenek or vetandhatnak
		Def.	vethetendem or vetandhatom	vethetended or vetandhatod	vethetendi or vetandhatja	vethetendjük or vetandhatjuk	vethetenditek or vetandhatjátok	vethetendik or vetandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	vethetendelek or vetandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vethetnék	vethetnél	vethetne	vethetnénk	vethetnétek	vethetnének
		Def.	vethetném	vethetnéd	vethetné	vethetnénk (or vethetnők)	vethetnétek	vethetnék
		2nd-p. o.	vethetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vethetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vethessek	vethess or vethessél	vethessen	vethessünk	vethessetek	vethessenek
		Def.	vethessem	vethesd or vethessed	vethesse	vethessük	vethessétek	vethessék
		2nd-p. o.	vethesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vethetett légyen
Inf.	(vethetni)		(vethetnem)	(vethetned)	(vethetnie)	(vethetnünk)	(vethetnetek)	(vethetniük)
Positive adjective			vethető	Neg. adj.	vethetetlen	Adv. part.	(vethetve / vethetvén)

Derived terms

• hányaveti
• meghány-vet
• szánt-vet
• vállvetve
• vedlik
• vetekedik
• vetekszik
• vetemedik
• vetemény
• vetetlen
• vetett
• vetél
• vetélkedik
• vetés
• vetít
• vetkőzik
• vetődik
• vetül

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• alávet
• átvet
• bevet
• belevet
• egybevet
• ellenvet
• előrevet
• elvet
• felvet
• fölvet
• hátravet
• hazavet
• idevet
• kivet
• közbevet
• levet
• megvet
• nekivet
• odavet
• összevet
• rávet
• szétvet
• utánavet
• visszavet

Expressions with -t

• aki szelet vet, vihart arat
• árnyékot vet
• bukfencet vet
• egy pillantást vet
• gáncsot vet
• gátat vet
• horgonyt vet
• kártyát vet
• keresztet vet
• ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát
• lobbot vet
• rossz fényt vet
• számot vet
• ügyet sem vet / ügyet se vet
• véget vet

 

Expressions with -ra/-re

• képernyőre vet
• magára vet
• máglyára vet
• panyókára vet
• papírra vet
• szemére vet
• szemétdombra vet
• tűzre vet

 

Expressions with other or no arguments

• harcba vet
• ki mint vet, úgy arat
• latba vet

 

Further reading

• vet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

vet

1. fat, large (of humans or animals)
2. (rich in) fat
3. fatty, greasy
4. fertile, rich in nutrients (of land)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vet
  • Afrikaans: vet
• Limburgish: vèt

Noun

vet n

1. fat
2. grease

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vet
• Limburgish: vèt

Further reading

• “vet (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vet (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vet (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vet (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• veit

Verb

vet

1. present tense of vite

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of veta

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Swedish

Verb

vet

1. present of veta; know, knows

   Jag vet inte.

   I do not know.

Anagrams

• tve-

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From , from . Cognate with Gutnish vit, Elfdalian wit and Blekingian vôjt.

Noun

1. wits, reason

Etymology 2

From , from .

Noun

1. milk or other liquid eaten with porridge
2. humid weather

Etymology 3

From , from .

Verb

1. to wet, water