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Italian
Etymology
From Latin vitta.
Pronunciation
Noun
vetta f (plural vette)
- top, summit, crown (of a hill etc.)
- Synonym: vertice
- la vetta della montagna ― mountaintop
- (figurative, by extension) peak, high point
- la vetta della mia carriera ― the peak of my career
- (figurative, by extension) first place, commanding position, top
la vetta della classifica- the top of the rankings
- (literary) end of a branch
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
vetta n
- definite plural of vett
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
vetta n
- definite plural of vette
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish vita, vet(t)a, from Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”). Doublet of veta.
Verb
vetta (present vetter, preterite vette, supine vett, imperative vett)
- be oriented towards
Fönstret vetter mot sjön- The window is oriented towards the lake
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