vetor

Latin

Verb

vetor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of vetō

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vector (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti

Proto-Italic *weɣō

Latin vehō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin vectorlbor.

Portuguese vetor

Learned borrowing from Latin vector.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈtoʁ/ [veˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈtoʁ/ [veˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veˈtoʁ/ [veˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /veˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛˈtoɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛˈto.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: ve‧tor

Noun

vetor m (plural vetores)

1. vector

Further reading

• “vetor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vetor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026