vete

See also: veté, vête, vetë, and větě

Albanian

Etymology

Originally from *wem suffixed with te, from Proto-Albanian *wadmi, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-. The term might have been influenced by its Latin cognate, Latin vadō (“to go, walk”). Also cognate to English wade, Old Armenian գամ (gam, “to come”). Possibly forms a doublet of va.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtɛ/

Verb

vete (first-person singular past tense vajta, participle vajtur)

1. (rare, Tosk, Arbëresh) to go

Dutch

Alternative forms

• vede (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vete, from Old Dutch *faitha, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.tə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ve‧te

Noun

vete f (plural vetes or veten, diminutive vetetje n)

1. feud

Derived terms

• bloedvete
• vetewezen

Estonian

Noun

vete

1. genitive plural of vesi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse viti.

Alternative forms

• vite (unofficial)
• viti, veta, væta, vætæ, våtå, vata, vati (dialectal)

Noun

vete m (definite singular veten, indefinite plural vetar, definite plural vetane)

1. a beacon
2. a hilltop where a beacon stands or has stood

Derived terms

• jonsokvete
• krigsvete
• olsokvete
• syftesokvete
• vetefut
• vetehus
• vetemann
• vetesleg
• vetestove
• vetevakt
• vetevarde

Etymology 2

Verb

vete (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vetast, present participle vetande, imperative vet)

1. Alternative form of vita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.t(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: ve‧te

Verb

vete

1. inflection of vetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbete/ [ˈbe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ve‧te

Verb

vete

1. second-person singular imperative of ir combined with te
2. inflection of ver:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with te
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te
3. inflection of vetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²veːtɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

vete n

1. wheat

Declension

Declension of vete
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vete	vetet	—	—
Genitive	vetes	vetets	—	—

Derived terms

• vetemjöl (“wheat flour”)
• vetekli (“wheat bran”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in certain phrases) /vɛtɛ/, /²veːtɛ/

Verb

vete

1. subjunctive of veta.

See also

• det vete fan

Anagrams

• teve