veter

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch veter, from Old Dutch *fetera, from Proto-Germanic *feterō. Cognate with English fetter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveː.tər/
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  • Hyphenation: ve‧ter
  • Rhymes: -eːtər

Noun

veter m (plural veters, diminutive vetertje n)

  1. A lace (string).
  2. (obsolete) A hawser, a chain, a cable.
  3. (obsolete) A chain, a bond, a fetter.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: veter
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: fetre
  • → Sranan Tongo: fetre

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

veter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vetō

References

  • “veter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • veter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *větrъ.

Noun

veter m (Cyrillic spelling ветер)

  1. (Kajkavian) wind
    Synonym: vjetar
    • Dragutin Domjanić, Bogečko grobje
      Mirno počivaju grobi,
      jablan kak straža stoji,
      veter se igra po zobi,
      zbuditi grobje boji

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

Noun

vẹ̑tər m inan

  1. wind

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “veter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “veter”, in Termania, Amebis
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