vet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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:

     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

Etymology 2

Clipping of veteran.

Noun

vet (plural vets)

1. (colloquial, US) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of armed forces).
   • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 73:

     “A former soldier, sir. A vet. Theyʼre all vets, a little shellshocked.”

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

Etymology 3

Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness "

Verb

vet (third-person singular simple present vets, present participle vetting, simple past and past participle vetted)

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

   The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

   • 2023, “How a Bill Becomes a Law”, in mnnurses.org‎:

     House and Senate Committees are made up of elected legislators who vet the bill and hear from stakeholders and members of the public.

Synonyms

• evaluate

Derived terms

• vetter

Translations

References

OED2

See also

• red vet pet

Anagrams

• ETV, EVT, TeV, VTE, Vte

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vetë, vehte

Adjective

i vet

1. his, her or their own

   Aleksandri 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

See also

Blagar

Noun

vet

1. coconut

References

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

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

Noun

vet m (plural vets)

1. veto

Etymology 2

Inherited 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

See also

• heus
• (Algherese) mi-lo, mi-la, mi-los, mi-les

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

vet

1. genitive plural of veto

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

1. fat

   Synonym: dik

2. greasy

   Synonym: vettig

3. emphatical, (in print) bold

   Synonyms: vetjes, dikgedrukt

4. (informal) cool

   Synonyms: dik, lauw, cool

   Wow, vet! ― Wow, cool!

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vet
• Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
• Negerhollands: vet, fet
• → Papiamentu: vèt

Noun

vet n (plural vetten)

1. fat
2. grease

Derived terms

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: fete

Adverb

vet

1. (colloquial) very

   Hij is vet dik. ― He's very fat.

Anagrams

• evt.

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

vet

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

   ki mint vet, úgy arat ― reap what one sows (literally, “the way one sows will s/he reap”)

3. (chiefly construed as magára vet) Synonym of okol (“to blame”).

   Ha nem fogadod meg a tanácsom, magadra vess. ― If you don’t take my advice, you have only yourself to blame.

Conjugation

Note that vettem, vettél, vett etc. are not forms of this verb but those of vesz (“to take, buy”).

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

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

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ведь (vedʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋet/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋet/,
• Rhymes: -et
• Hyphenation: vet

Conjunction

vet

1. after all
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:

     Jo vet ono lumi maas.

     There's already snow on the ground, after all.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Miä vet saan lypsää, - halliaal meeleel vastais Ksenja.

     I can milk, after all - Ksenja answered in a grieving mood.

References

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, 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

Descendants

• Dutch: vet
  • Afrikaans: vet
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
  • Negerhollands: vet, fet
  • → Papiamentu: vèt
• 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

Mwotlap

Etymology 1

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βati, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *βati, from Proto-Oceanic *pati, from *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βɛt/

Numeral

vet

1. four

References

• François, Alexandre. 2024. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry vet_1.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βɛt/

Noun

vet (determinate nevet)

1. stone, rock
2. money; vatu

References

• François, Alexandre. 2024. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry vet_2.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• veit

Verb

vet

1. present tense of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

1. imperative of veta

Old Swedish

Verb

vēt

1. first-person present indicative of vita
2. third-person present indicative of vita

Swedish

Verb

vet

1. present of veta; know, knows

   Jag vet inte.

   I do not know.

2. imperative of veta

   Vet hut!

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Anagrams

• tve-

Vurës

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βɛt/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

vet

1. stone, rock (of any size)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.

Noun

vet

1. to weave or plait

Derived terms

• vetvet

References