veta

English

Etymology

As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "t" to represent time.

Noun

veta (uncountable)

1. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of theta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

Synonyms

• DvegaDtime

Hypernyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Anagrams

• evat

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

veta f (plural vetes)

1. ribbon
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Durant aquest període el meu únic deure era anotar totes les formes de vida que existissin en un petit rectangle, curosament delimitat per vetes i fils.

     During that period, my only duty was to write down all life forms that existed in a small rectangle, carefully delimitated with ribbons and ropes.

2. grain (wood)
3. (geology) vein, seam
4. tagliatelle

   Synonym: tallarina

5. red bandfish (Cepola macrophthalma)

   Synonyms: cinta, codornera, fuet, lligacama

Derived terms

• envetar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veta

1. inflection of vetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “veta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

veta

1. inflection of veto:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Latin

Verb

vetā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vetō

References

• veta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of vita

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

Verb

vēta

1. to give, grant, offer

Conjugation

Portuguese

Verb

veta

1. inflection of vetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin vīta.

Noun

veta f (plural vetas)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) life

Alternative forms

• vita (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

veta f (plural vetas)

1. (anatomy, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) waist

Alternative forms

• vita (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter) taglia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ve‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vitta.

Noun

veta f (plural vetas)

1. (of wood) vein
2. streak
3. (mining) vein, seam

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veta

1. inflection of vetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “veta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vita, from Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²veːta/

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Verb

veta (present vet, preterite visste, supine vetat, imperative vet)

1. to know; to be certain about, to have knowledge or (correct) information about

   Hon vet hur man lagar en trasig bil.

   She knows how to fix a broken car.

   Vem vet?

   Who knows?

   • 1994, Lisa Ekdahl (lyrics and music), “Vem vet [Who knows]”, in Lisa Ekdahl:

     Vem vet? Inte du. Vem vet? Inte jag. Vi vet ingenting nu. Vi vet inget idag. [inget is a synonym of ingenting (but also has other senses as the neuter of ingen)]

     Who knows? Not you. Who knows? Not I. We know nothing now. We know nothing today.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• vett
• det vete gudarna
• det vete sjutton

Compounds

• vetenskap
• vetenskapa
• vetgirig
• vetgirighet
• vetsaga

References

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