veto

See also: Veto, vetó, véto, vétó, věto, vető, and vétő

English

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈviːtəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.toʊ/, [ˈviɾoʊ], /ˈviˌtoʊ/, [ˈviˌtʰoʊ]
• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ, -əʊ

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.
   • 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973–1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1078:

     I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President.

   • 2019 June 5, Richard Fausset, “North Carolina Legislature Fails to Overturn Governor’s Veto of Anti-Abortion Bill”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The failure on Wednesday to overturn Mr. Cooper’s veto was among the most dramatic consequences of Democratic legislative victories in North Carolina last November, which broke Republican supermajorities in both chambers and made it easier for Mr. Cooper’s vetos to survive.

   • 2024 August 31, David W. Chen, “In North Carolina, the Math for a Supermajority May Come Down to One”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     Now, Republican legislators cannot afford to lose a single seat, in either chamber, if they want to continue to override his vetoes.

3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
   • 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 44, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

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

4. A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
   • 2021 J.R. Wilson and the Hyper-Kamiokande Collaboration 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2156 012153

     An outer detector (OD) region will act as both a passive shield for low energy backgrounds and an active veto for cosmic ray muons.

Derived terms

• heckler's veto
• liberum veto
• line-item veto
• pocket veto
• veto pen

Translations

political right

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: نَقْضْ m (naqḍ)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: права вета (prava vjeta)
• Bulgarian: ве́то (bg) n (véto)
• Catalan: vet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 否決權 / 否决权 (zh) (fǒujuéquán)

• Czech: veto (cs) n
• Danish: veto
• Dutch: veto (nl)
• Esperanto: vetoo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: veto (fi), veto-oikeus (fi)
• French: veto (fr) m
• Galician: veto (gl)
• Georgian: ვეტო (veṭo), ვეტოს უფლება (veṭos upleba)
• German: Veto (de) n, Einspruch (de) m
• Greek: αρνησικυρία (el) f (arnisikyría), βέτο (el) n (véto)
• Hungarian: vétójog (hu)
• Icelandic: neitunarvald n
• Indonesian: hak veto (id)
• Irish: cros f
• Japanese: 拒否権 (ja) (きょひけん, kyohiken)
• Korean: 거부권(拒否權) (geobugwon)
• Latin: veto, vetare, vetui, vetitum
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veto n

• Polish: weto (pl) n
• Portuguese: veto (pt) m
• Romanian: veto (ro) n
• Russian: ве́то (ru) n (véto), пра́во ве́то n (právo véto)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: zabrana (sh) f, veto (sh), zabranjenje

• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: veto (es) m
• Swahili: veto, kura ya turufu
• Swedish: veto (sv)
• Tagalog: angsol
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: пра́во ве́то n (právo véto)

invocation of that right

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: վետո (hy) (veto)
• Belarusian: ве́та n (vjéta)
• Bulgarian: ве́то (bg) n (véto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 否決 / 否决 (zh) (fǒujué)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: veto (fi)
• French: veto (fr) m
• Galician: veto (gl)
• Georgian: ვეტო (veṭo)
• German: Veto (de) n
• Greek: αρνησικυρία (el) f (arnisikyría), βέτο (el) n (véto)
• Hungarian: vétó (hu)
• Indonesian: veto (id)
• Irish: cros f, crosadh m
• Japanese: 拒否 (ja) (きょひ, kyohi)
• Korean: 금지(禁止) (ko) (geumji), 거부(拒否) (ko) (geobu)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: weto (pl) n
• Portuguese: veto (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ве́то (ru) n (véto), запреще́ние (ru) n (zapreščénije), запре́т (ru) m (zaprét)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: veto, kura ya turufu
• Tagalog: angsol
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ве́то (uk) n (véto)

an authoritative prohibition or negative

• German: Einspruch (de) m
• Hungarian: tiltás (hu), megtiltás (hu)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To use a veto against.

   The president vetoed the bill.

   • 1955 March, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 191:

     The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.

   • 2008 April 15, “A Pullback for Spacs?”, in The New York Times DealBook‎^[4], retrieved 18 November 2020:

     Perhaps more notably, they also expect 25 percent of all Spac acquisitions to be vetoed by shareholders in 2008 — which will force those Spacs to liquidate.

   • 2020 December 17, Don Stacom, “Condemning ‘cancel culture,’ New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart vetoes council vote to remove city’s Columbus statue”, in Hartford Courant:
   • 2024 January 5, Amy Harmon, “Ohio Governor Orders Restrictions on Transgender Care After Vetoing Ban”, in The New York Times‎^[5]:

     Just a week after vetoing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio issued an executive order on Friday banning gender-transition surgeries for anyone under 18 at state hospitals or ambulatory clinics.

2. (transitive) To countermand.

   Coordinate term: override

   Mom and Dad vetoed our menu preferences for the holiday meal.

Translations

to use a veto against

• Bulgarian: налагам ве́то (nalagam véto)
• Esperanto: vetoi
• Finnish: käyttää veto-oikeutta(nsa), eittää (fi), vetota (fi)
• Galician: vetar
• Georgian: ვეტოს ადებს (veṭos adebs), ვეტოს დაადებს (veṭos daadebs)
• Greek: προβάλλω αρνησικυρία (provállo arnisikyría), προβάλλω βέτο (provállo véto)
• Hungarian: vétóz (hu), megvétóz (hu), vétót emel; tilt (hu), megtilt (hu)
• Icelandic: beita neitunarvaldi
• Indonesian: memveto (id)
• Irish: cros
• Japanese: 拒否権を発動する (kyohiken o hatsudō suru), 拒否権を行使する (kyohiken o kōshi suru)
• Polish: wetować (pl) impf, zawetować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: vetar (pt)
• Russian: накла́дывать ве́то impf (nakládyvatʹ véto), наложи́ть ве́то pf (naložítʹ véto), вети́ровать (ru) impf or pf (vetírovatʹ)
• Spanish: vetar (es)

Anagrams

• Tove, Vote, to've, vote

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvə.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve.to]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

veto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vetar

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto

   Synonym: vet

Further reading

• “veto”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “veto”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “veto” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “veto” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛto]

Noun

veto n

1. veto

Declension

Declension of veto (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veta
genitive	veta	vet
dative	vetu	vetům
accusative	veto	veta
vocative	veto	veta
locative	vetu	vetech
instrumental	vetem	vety

Further reading

• “veto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “veto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “veto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

Noun

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)

1. veto

Declension

Declension of veto

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veto	vetoet	vetoer	vetoerne
genitive	vetos	vetoets	vetoers	vetoernes

See also

• veto on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Further reading

• “veto” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “veto” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.toː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n)

1. veto

Derived terms

• vetoën
• vetorecht

Anagrams

• voet

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧to

Noun

veto

1. pull (act of pulling)
2. pull (attractive force)

   Synonyms: vetovoima, imu

3. draught, draft (current of [cold] air)
4. draught, draft (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
5. stroke (single movement with a tool; of hand, oar, brush, etc.)
6. (sports) shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game)
7. (colloquial) move, as in a game or similar

   Synonym: siirto

   Tuo oli hyvä veto!

   That was a good move!

8. spurt, sprint (sudden brief rise in activity, etc.)
9. winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism)
10. (figuratively) energy, winding, steam

    hyvässä vedossa ― in good form, on a roll

    Minulta alkaa veto loppua. ― I'm beginning to run out of steam.

    Olet kyllä yhä vedossa! ― Man, you've still got it!

11. (medicine) traction (mechanically applied sustained pull)
12. (in compounds) drive (mechanism used to power a vehicle)
13. ellipsis of hengenveto (“gasp”)
14. (electronics) trace (on a printed circuit board)

    Synonym: johdin

Declension

Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		veto	vedot
genitive		vedon	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		veto	vedot
accusative	nom.	veto	vedot
	gen.	vedon
genitive		vedon	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
inessive		vedossa	vedoissa
elative		vedosta	vedoista
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
adessive		vedolla	vedoilla
ablative		vedolta	vedoilta
allative		vedolle	vedoille
essive		vetona	vetoina
translative		vedoksi	vedoiksi
abessive		vedotta	vedoitta
instructive		—	vedoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vetoni vetoni accusative nom. vetoni vetoni gen. vetoni genitive vetoni vetojeni partitive vetoani vetojani inessive vedossani vedoissani elative vedostani vedoistani illative vetooni vetoihini adessive vedollani vedoillani ablative vedoltani vedoiltani allative vedolleni vedoilleni essive vetonani vetoinani translative vedokseni vedoikseni abessive vedottani vedoittani instructive — — comitative — vetoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vetosi vetosi accusative nom. vetosi vetosi gen. vetosi genitive vetosi vetojesi partitive vetoasi vetojasi inessive vedossasi vedoissasi elative vedostasi vedoistasi illative vetoosi vetoihisi adessive vedollasi vedoillasi ablative vedoltasi vedoiltasi allative vedollesi vedoillesi essive vetonasi vetoinasi translative vedoksesi vedoiksesi abessive vedottasi vedoittasi instructive — — comitative — vetoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vetomme vetomme accusative nom. vetomme vetomme gen. vetomme genitive vetomme vetojemme partitive vetoamme vetojamme inessive vedossamme vedoissamme elative vedostamme vedoistamme illative vetoomme vetoihimme adessive vedollamme vedoillamme ablative vedoltamme vedoiltamme allative vedollemme vedoillemme essive vetonamme vetoinamme translative vedoksemme vedoiksemme abessive vedottamme vedoittamme instructive — — comitative — vetoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vetonne vetonne accusative nom. vetonne vetonne gen. vetonne genitive vetonne vetojenne partitive vetoanne vetojanne inessive vedossanne vedoissanne elative vedostanne vedoistanne illative vetoonne vetoihinne adessive vedollanne vedoillanne ablative vedoltanne vedoiltanne allative vedollenne vedoillenne essive vetonanne vetoinanne translative vedoksenne vedoiksenne abessive vedottanne vedoittanne instructive — — comitative — vetoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vetonsa vetonsa accusative nom. vetonsa vetonsa gen. vetonsa genitive vetonsa vetojensa partitive vetoaan vetoansa vetojaan vetojansa inessive vedossaan vedossansa vedoissaan vedoissansa elative vedostaan vedostansa vedoistaan vedoistansa illative vetoonsa vetoihinsa adessive vedollaan vedollansa vedoillaan vedoillansa ablative vedoltaan vedoltansa vedoiltaan vedoiltansa allative vedolleen vedollensa vedoilleen vedoillensa essive vetonaan vetonansa vetoinaan vetoinansa translative vedokseen vedoksensa vedoikseen vedoiksensa abessive vedottaan vedottansa vedoittaan vedoittansa instructive — — comitative — vetoineen vetoinensa

Derived terms

• vetoinen
• vetoisa

compounds

• aironveto
• alasveto
• etupyöräveto
• etuveto
• hengenveto
• hihnaveto
• johdinveto
• jokapyöräveto
• kardaaniveto
• ketjuveto
• kissanhännänveto
• kynänveto
• kämmenveto
• käsiveto
• käteenveto
• köydenveto
• leuanveto
• linjanveto
• loppuveto
• läpiveto
• maastaveto
• moottoriveto
• nelipyöräveto
• neliveto
• nuotanveto
• paaluveto
• pintaveto
• rajanveto
• rinnalleveto
• ristiveto
• rystyveto
• sisäänveto
• sitkeävetoinen
• siveltimenveto
• suonenveto
• suoraveto
• syväveto
• takaisinveto
• takapyöräveto
• takaveto
• traktoriveto
• vastaveto
• vedonpoistaja
• vedonsäädin
• vekselivetoinen
• verenveto
• vetoaisa
• vetoakseli
• vetoapu
• vetoaura
• vetoauto
• vetoeläin
• vetohevonen
• vetohidastus
• vetohihna
• vetohärkä
• vetojuhta
• vetojärjestys
• vetokaappi
• vetokalusto
• vetokangaspuut
• vetokauha
• vetoketju
• vetokoe
• vetokoira
• vetokone
• vetokoukku
• vetokytkin
• vetokäsi
• vetokäynnistys
• vetoköysi
• vetolaakeri
• vetolaatikko
• vetolaite
• vetolaukku
• vetolevy
• vetoliike
• vetolujuus
• vetoluukku
• vetomitta
• vetomurtolujuus
• vetonaru
• vetonaula
• vetoniitti
• vetonivel
• vetonumero
• vetonuppi
• vetopalkka
• vetopasuuna
• vetopeli
• vetopiirrin
• vetoporo
• vetopyörä
• vetosilmukka
• vetosolmu
• vetosuunta
• vetosytytin
• vetotekijä
• vetoteline
• vetouistelu
• vetouistin
• vetovaijeri
• vetovalikko
• vetovarsi
• vetovastus
• vetovastuu
• vetovaunu
• vetovoima
• vuoroveto
• välistäveto
• yhteenveto
• yliveto
• ylösveto

Further reading

• “1. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with veto (etymology 1).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧to

Noun

veto

1. bet, wager (an instance of making a bet)

Usage notes

veto means an instance of betting, an agreement to wager something. The thing wagered is panos.

Declension

Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		veto	vedot
genitive		vedon	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		veto	vedot
accusative	nom.	veto	vedot
	gen.	vedon
genitive		vedon	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
inessive		vedossa	vedoissa
elative		vedosta	vedoista
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
adessive		vedolla	vedoilla
ablative		vedolta	vedoilta
allative		vedolle	vedoille
essive		vetona	vetoina
translative		vedoksi	vedoiksi
abessive		vedotta	vedoitta
instructive		—	vedoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of veto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vetoni vetoni accusative nom. vetoni vetoni gen. vetoni genitive vetoni vetojeni partitive vetoani vetojani inessive vedossani vedoissani elative vedostani vedoistani illative vetooni vetoihini adessive vedollani vedoillani ablative vedoltani vedoiltani allative vedolleni vedoilleni essive vetonani vetoinani translative vedokseni vedoikseni abessive vedottani vedoittani instructive — — comitative — vetoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vetosi vetosi accusative nom. vetosi vetosi gen. vetosi genitive vetosi vetojesi partitive vetoasi vetojasi inessive vedossasi vedoissasi elative vedostasi vedoistasi illative vetoosi vetoihisi adessive vedollasi vedoillasi ablative vedoltasi vedoiltasi allative vedollesi vedoillesi essive vetonasi vetoinasi translative vedoksesi vedoiksesi abessive vedottasi vedoittasi instructive — — comitative — vetoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vetomme vetomme accusative nom. vetomme vetomme gen. vetomme genitive vetomme vetojemme partitive vetoamme vetojamme inessive vedossamme vedoissamme elative vedostamme vedoistamme illative vetoomme vetoihimme adessive vedollamme vedoillamme ablative vedoltamme vedoiltamme allative vedollemme vedoillemme essive vetonamme vetoinamme translative vedoksemme vedoiksemme abessive vedottamme vedoittamme instructive — — comitative — vetoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vetonne vetonne accusative nom. vetonne vetonne gen. vetonne genitive vetonne vetojenne partitive vetoanne vetojanne inessive vedossanne vedoissanne elative vedostanne vedoistanne illative vetoonne vetoihinne adessive vedollanne vedoillanne ablative vedoltanne vedoiltanne allative vedollenne vedoillenne essive vetonanne vetoinanne translative vedoksenne vedoiksenne abessive vedottanne vedoittanne instructive — — comitative — vetoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vetonsa vetonsa accusative nom. vetonsa vetonsa gen. vetonsa genitive vetonsa vetojensa partitive vetoaan vetoansa vetojaan vetojansa inessive vedossaan vedossansa vedoissaan vedoissansa elative vedostaan vedostansa vedoistaan vedoistansa illative vetoonsa vetoihinsa adessive vedollaan vedollansa vedoillaan vedoillansa ablative vedoltaan vedoltansa vedoiltaan vedoiltansa allative vedolleen vedollensa vedoilleen vedoillensa essive vetonaan vetonansa vetoinaan vetoinansa translative vedokseen vedoksensa vedoikseen vedoiksensa abessive vedottaan vedottansa vedoittaan vedoittansa instructive — — comitative — vetoineen vetoinensa

Derived terms

• herrasmiesveto
• lyödä vetoa (idiom)
• vedonlyöjä
• vedonlyönti
• vedonvälittäjä
• vedonvälitys
• vedota
• veikata
• vetosuhde

Further reading

• “2. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[7] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 3

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋe(ː)t(ː)o/, [ˈʋe̞(ː)t̪(ː)o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧to

Noun

veto

1. veto

Declension

Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		veto	vetot
genitive		veton	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		veto	vetot
accusative	nom.	veto	vetot
	gen.	veton
genitive		veton	vetojen
partitive		vetoa	vetoja
inessive		vetossa	vetoissa
elative		vetosta	vetoista
illative		vetoon	vetoihin
adessive		vetolla	vetoilla
ablative		vetolta	vetoilta
allative		vetolle	vetoille
essive		vetona	vetoina
translative		vetoksi	vetoiksi
abessive		vetotta	vetoitta
instructive		—	vetoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vetoni vetoni accusative nom. vetoni vetoni gen. vetoni genitive vetoni vetojeni partitive vetoani vetojani inessive vetossani vetoissani elative vetostani vetoistani illative vetooni vetoihini adessive vetollani vetoillani ablative vetoltani vetoiltani allative vetolleni vetoilleni essive vetonani vetoinani translative vetokseni vetoikseni abessive vetottani vetoittani instructive — — comitative — vetoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vetosi vetosi accusative nom. vetosi vetosi gen. vetosi genitive vetosi vetojesi partitive vetoasi vetojasi inessive vetossasi vetoissasi elative vetostasi vetoistasi illative vetoosi vetoihisi adessive vetollasi vetoillasi ablative vetoltasi vetoiltasi allative vetollesi vetoillesi essive vetonasi vetoinasi translative vetoksesi vetoiksesi abessive vetottasi vetoittasi instructive — — comitative — vetoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vetomme vetomme accusative nom. vetomme vetomme gen. vetomme genitive vetomme vetojemme partitive vetoamme vetojamme inessive vetossamme vetoissamme elative vetostamme vetoistamme illative vetoomme vetoihimme adessive vetollamme vetoillamme ablative vetoltamme vetoiltamme allative vetollemme vetoillemme essive vetonamme vetoinamme translative vetoksemme vetoiksemme abessive vetottamme vetoittamme instructive — — comitative — vetoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vetonne vetonne accusative nom. vetonne vetonne gen. vetonne genitive vetonne vetojenne partitive vetoanne vetojanne inessive vetossanne vetoissanne elative vetostanne vetoistanne illative vetoonne vetoihinne adessive vetollanne vetoillanne ablative vetoltanne vetoiltanne allative vetollenne vetoillenne essive vetonanne vetoinanne translative vetoksenne vetoiksenne abessive vetottanne vetoittanne instructive — — comitative — vetoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vetonsa vetonsa accusative nom. vetonsa vetonsa gen. vetonsa genitive vetonsa vetojensa partitive vetoaan vetoansa vetojaan vetojansa inessive vetossaan vetossansa vetoissaan vetoissansa elative vetostaan vetostansa vetoistaan vetoistansa illative vetoonsa vetoihinsa adessive vetollaan vetollansa vetoillaan vetoillansa ablative vetoltaan vetoltansa vetoiltaan vetoiltansa allative vetolleen vetollensa vetoilleen vetoillensa essive vetonaan vetonansa vetoinaan vetoinansa translative vetokseen vetoksensa vetoikseen vetoiksensa abessive vetottaan vetottansa vetoittaan vetoittansa instructive — — comitative — vetoineen vetoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• veto-oikeus

Further reading

• “3. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[8] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• ovet

French

Alternative forms

• véto (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.to/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto

   Le Président de la République a mis son véto.

   The President of the Republic put his/her veto.

Descendants

• Turkish: veto

Etymology 2

Noun

veto m or f by sense (plural vetos)

1. vet (veterinarian)

   Nous avons dû emmener le chien chez le veto.

   We had to take the dog to the vet.

Further reading

• “veto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• vote, voté

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vettää (“to pull”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish veto and Estonian vedu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞to̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞d̥o̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto

1. pull
2. bet, wager
3. distance between two ice holes
4. draught (draw through a flue)

Declension

Declension of veto (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veot
genitive	veon	vettoin, vetoloin
partitive	vettoa	vetoja, vetoloja
illative	vettoo	vettoi, vetoloihe
inessive	veos	veois, vetolois
elative	veost	veoist, vetoloist
allative	veolle	veoille, vetoloille
adessive	veol	veoil, vetoloil
ablative	veolt	veoilt, vetoloilt
translative	veoks	veoiks, vetoloiks
essive	vetonna, vettoon	vetoinna, vetoloinna, vettoin, vetoloin
exessive1)	vetont	vetoint, vetoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• löövvä vettoa

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 650

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.to/, /ˈve.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
• Hyphenation: vè‧to, vé‧to

Noun

veto m (plural veti)

1. veto

Latin

Etymology

From earlier votō, from Proto-Italic *wotaō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ.toː], [ˈwɛ.tɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.to]

Verb

vetō (present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum); first conjugation

1. to forbid, prevent, prohibit
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.39:

     “Quippe vetor fātīs.”

     “No doubt it is forbidden by the Fates.”
     (Juno seeks to destroy the Trojans despite the will of the Fates.)

   Synonyms: prohibeō, abdīcō

2. to advise not to
   • 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum:

     Prāgmaticī hominēs omnibus historiīs, praeceptīs, versibus dēnique cavēre iubent et vetant crēdere.

     Prudent men in all their histories, teachings and verse besides tell us to beware and advise us not to believe.

3. to oppose, veto

   Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, recūsō, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, resistō, obstō

   • 1st century AD, Seneca Minor, Troades, line 334

     Quod nōn vetat lēx, hoc vetat fierī pudor.

     What law forbids not, decency forbids be done.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vetō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vetō		vetās		vetat		vetāmus		vetātis		vetant
	imperfect	vetābam		vetābās		vetābat		vetābāmus		vetābātis		vetābant
	future	vetābō		vetābis		vetābit		vetābimus		vetābitis		vetābunt
	perfect	vetuī		vetuistī		vetuit		vetuimus		vetuistis		vetuērunt, vetuēre
	pluperfect	vetueram		vetuerās		vetuerat		vetuerāmus		vetuerātis		vetuerant
	future perfect	vetuerō		vetueris		vetuerit		vetuerimus		vetueritis		vetuerint
passive	present	vetor		vetāris, vetāre		vetātur		vetāmur		vetāminī		vetantur
	imperfect	vetābar		vetābāris, vetābāre		vetābātur		vetābāmur		vetābāminī		vetābantur
	future	vetābor		vetāberis, vetābere		vetābitur		vetābimur		vetābiminī		vetābuntur
	perfect	vetitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vetitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vetitus + future active 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, vetēre		vetētur		vetēmur		vetēminī		vetentur
	imperfect	vetārer		vetārēris, vetārēre		vetārētur		vetārēmur		vetārēminī		vetārentur
	perfect	vetitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vetitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vetā		—		—		vetāte		—
	future	—		vetātō		vetātō		—		vetātōte		vetantō
passive	present	—		vetāre		—		—		vetāminī		—
	future	—		vetātor		vetātor		—		—		vetantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vetāre			vetārī			vetāns			—
future		vetitūrum esse			vetitum īrī			vetitūrus			vetandus
perfect		vetuisse			vetitum esse			—			vetitus
future perfect		—			vetitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vetitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vetandī		vetandō		vetandum		vetandō		vetitum		vetitū

Descendants

• Catalan: vedar
• Old French: veer
  • French: véer (archaic or dialectal)
• Friulian: vietâ
• Italian: vietare
• Norwegian Bokmål: veto
• Piedmontese: vieté
• Portuguese: vedar
• Spanish: vedar
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: vetar
  • → English: veto
  • → Portuguese: vetar
  • → Spanish: vetar

Interjection

vetō

1. I forbid it! I protest!

Usage notes

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

Further reading

• “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “veto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[9], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
    
  • the law orders, forbids (expressly, distinctly): lex iubet, vetat (dilucide, planissime)
    
  • (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up old customs: a vetere consuetudine discedere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ve/otō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 672

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid, oppose, veto”), from votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

Noun

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto or vetoer, definite plural vetoa or vetoene)

1. a veto

References

• “veto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Noun

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto, definite plural vetoa)

1. a veto

References

• “veto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vetō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɔ
• Syllabification: ve‧to

Noun

veto n

1. (literary, politics) alternative spelling of weto

Declension

Declension of veto

	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veta
genitive	veta	vet
dative	vetu	vetom
accusative	veto	veta
instrumental	vetem	vetami
locative	vecie	vetach
vocative	veto	veta

Further reading

• veto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• veto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tu/

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

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Homophone: beto (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

Etymology 1

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

1. (politics) veto (blocking of a process or decision)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vetar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veto or French veto.

Noun

veto n (plural vetouri)

1. veto

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	veto	vetoul		vetouri	vetourile
genitive-dative	veto	vetoului		vetouri	vetourilor
vocative	vetoule			vetourilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːto/
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

vȇto m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̑то)

1. veto

Declension

Declension of veto

	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veta
genitive	veta	veta
dative	vetu	vetima
accusative	veto	veta
vocative	veto	veta
locative	vetu	vetima
instrumental	vetom	vetima

References

• “veto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeto/ [ˈbe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: ve‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin vetō.

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vetar

Further reading

• “veto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English veto.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

veto class IX (plural veto class X)

1. veto

   Synonym: kura ya turufu

Swedish

Noun

veto n

1. veto

Declension

Declension of veto

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	veto	vetos
	definite	vetot	vetots
plural	indefinite	veton	vetons
	definite	vetona	vetonas

Derived terms

• vetorätt

References

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

Anagrams

• Tove

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veto.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈveto/, [ˈvʲeto]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto

1. draft, transportation (with draft animals)

Inflection

Declension of veto (type II/võrkko, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	veto	veod
genitive	veo	vetojõ, vetoi
partitive	vettoa	vetoitõ, vetoi
illative	vettosõ, vetto	vetoisõ
inessive	veoz	vetoiz
elative	veossõ	vetoissõ
allative	veolõ	vetoilõ
adessive	veollõ	vetoillõ
ablative	veoltõ	vetoiltõ
translative	veossi	vetoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “veto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn