vete

See also: veté, vête, vetë, větě, and və̀tə̀

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvete/

Etymology 1

Originally from *vemte (*vem suffixed with te), from the original form in Proto-Albanian *wadmi, from athematic Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (perhaps *weh₂dʰ-mi).

Also cognate to English wade (“to walk through water”), Old Armenian գամ (gam, “to come”), Latin vādō (“to go, walk”).

Verb

vete (aorist vajta, participle vajtur)

1. to go

   Synonym: shkoj

Etymology 2

From vet (“to ask”).

Verb

vete

1. (Gheg) ask him/her/it (second-person singular imperative of vet (“ask”) + e)

   Synonym: pyete

2. (Gheg) second-person singular aorist indicative of vet

   Synonym: pyete

Etymology 3

From vetë.

Alternative forms

• vehte, vet

Noun

vete

1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of vetë
2. self, oneself

   Synonym: vetvete

Derived terms

• vetvete

Further reading

• “vete”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

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:

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• Rhymes: -eːtə
• 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.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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

vete

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²veːtɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -²eːtɛ

Noun

vete n

1. (uncountable) wheat

Declension

Declension of vete

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vete	vetes
	definite	vetet	vetets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vete

1. (dated) subjunctive of veta

Derived terms

• det vete fan
• det vete gudarna

References

• vete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• teve