vet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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^[1]:

     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

veterinarian — see veterinarian

short form of veterinary surgeon

• Bulgarian: ветеринар (bg) m (veterinar)
• French: véto (fr) m
• Galician: veterinario (gl) m, veterinaria (gl) f

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

short form of veteran

• Bulgarian: ветеран (bg) (veteran)
• Dutch: veteraan (nl) m
• French: vétéran (fr) m
• Galician: veterano m, veterana f
• German: Veteran (de) m
• Greek: βετεράνος (el) m (veterános)
• Polish: weteran (pl) m
• Portuguese: veterano (pt) m
• Spanish: veterano m

Etymology 3

Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"

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.

   • 1980 March 10, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Economy Drive”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Jim Hacker and Humphrey Appleby (Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne):

     Sir Humphrey Appleby: Nevertheless we do not admit it (the existence of MI6). Not everyone round this table has been vetted (pun). / Jim Hacker: I thought that's something you do to cats (laugh track). / Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes indeed, but not ferrets, Minister (laugh track).

   • 2000 September, “Corrupt and Farcical Elections”, in Racial Discrimination in Tibet‎^[2], Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, →OCLC, page 116:

     41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment. “The people in my area were very discontent when an election was announced. We knew that the candidates selected had already been carefully vetted by higher Chinese officials, and that our ‘voting’ was mere lip-service to Chinese claims of democracy, but we did it anyway.

   • 2023, “How a Bill Becomes a Law”, in mnnurses.org‎^[3]:

     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

check or investigate particularly

• Bulgarian: преглеждам (bg) (pregleždam)
• Czech: prověřit (cs) pf, zkontrolovat (cs) pf, schválit (cs) pf
• Dutch: controleren (nl), checken (nl), nagaan (nl)
• Finnish: seuloa (fi), tutkia (fi), tarkastaa (fi)
• French: vérifier (fr), examiner (fr), contrôler (fr)
• Galician: comprobar (gl), verificar (gl)
• German: überprüfen (de)
• Hungarian: ellenőriz (hu), felülvizsgál (hu), megvizsgál (hu), átvilágít (hu)
• Irish: seiceáil
• Italian: esaminare (it), controllare (it)
• Polish: prześwietlać (pl) impf, prześwietlić (pl) pf
• Russian: проверя́ть (ru) n (proverjátʹ)
• Spanish: examinar (es), visar (es)
• Urdu: جانچنا ۔ پرکھنا (Janchna-Parakhna)

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

declension of i vet

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	i vet	e vet	e vet	e veta
accusative	e vet	e vet	e vet	e veta
genitive/dative/ablative	të vet	së vet	të vet	të veta

See also

Albanian possessive determiners and pronouns

		determiners			pronouns
		singular	plural		singular	plural
1st person		im	ynë		imi	yni
2nd person		yt	juaj		yti	juaji
3rd person	m	i tij	i tyre		i tiji	i tyri
	f	i saj			i saji
3rd person reflexive		i vet			i veti

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): [ˈvɛt]

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!

Declension

Declension of vet
uninflected	vet
inflected	vette
comparative	vetter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vet	vetter	het vetst het vetste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vette	vettere	vetste
	n. sing.	vet	vetter	vetste
	plural	vette	vettere	vetste
definite		vette	vettere	vetste
partitive		vets	vetters	—

Derived terms

• aanvetten
• moddervet
• opvetten
• vervetten
• vetjes

 

Descendants

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

Noun

vet n (plural vetten)

1. fat
2. grease

Derived terms

• bakvet
• braadvet
• buikvet
• darmvet
• frituurvet
• kaarsvet
• ontvetten
• ossenvet
• transvet
• vetarm
• vetberg
• vetdeeltje
• vetgans
• vetklep
• vetkoek
• vetkruid
• vetkuif
• vetlaag
• vetlaars
• vetleer
• vetmuur
• vetplant
• vetpot
• vetreserve
• vettig
• vetvogel
• vetvrij
• vetzuur

 

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): [ˈvɛt]

• 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, “as one sows, so one reaps”)

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”).

conjugation of vet

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vetek	vetsz	vet	vetünk	vettek	vetnek
		Def.	vetem	veted	veti	vetjük	vetitek	vetik
		2nd-p. o.	vetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	vetettem	vetettél	vetett	vetettünk	vetettetek	vetettek
		Def.	vetettem	vetetted	vetette	vetettük	vetettétek	vetették
		2nd-p. o.	vetettelek	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. vetni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	veték	vetél	vete	veténk	vetétek	vetének
		Def.	vetém	vetéd	veté	veténk	vetétek	veték
		2nd-p. o.	vetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. vet vala, vetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vetendek	vetendesz	vetend	vetendünk	vetendetek	vetendenek
		Def.	vetendem	vetended	vetendi	vetendjük	vetenditek	vetendik
		2nd-p. o.	vetendelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vetnék	vetnél	vetne	vetnénk	vetnétek	vetnének
		Def.	vetném	vetnéd	vetné	vetnénk (or vetnők)	vetnétek	vetnék
		2nd-p. o.	vetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vessek	vess or vessél	vessen	vessünk	vessetek	vessenek
		Def.	vessem	vesd or vessed	vesse	vessük	vessétek	vessék
		2nd-p. o.	vesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vetett légyen
Infinitive	vetni		vetnem	vetned	vetnie	vetnünk	vetnetek	vetniük
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	vetés		vető	vetett	vetendő	vetve (vetvén)		vettet
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of vet

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vethetek	vethetsz	vethet	vethetünk	vethettek	vethetnek
		Def.	vethetem	vetheted	vetheti	vethetjük	vethetitek	vethetik
		2nd-p. o.	vethetlek	―
	Past	Indef.	vethettem	vethettél	vethetett	vethettünk	vethettetek	vethettek
		Def.	vethettem	vethetted	vethette	vethettük	vethettétek	vethették
		2nd-p. o.	vethettelek	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	vetheték	vethetél	vethete	vetheténk	vethetétek	vethetének
		Def.	vethetém	vethetéd	vetheté	vetheténk	vethetétek	vetheték
		2nd-p. o.	vethetélek	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. vethet vala, vethetett vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	vethetendek or vetandhatok	vethetendesz or vetandhatsz	vethetend or vetandhat	vethetendünk or vetandhatunk	vethetendetek or vetandhattok	vethetendenek or vetandhatnak
		Def.	vethetendem or vetandhatom	vethetended or vetandhatod	vethetendi or vetandhatja	vethetendjük or vetandhatjuk	vethetenditek or vetandhatjátok	vethetendik or vetandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	vethetendelek or vetandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vethetnék	vethetnél	vethetne	vethetnénk	vethetnétek	vethetnének
		Def.	vethetném	vethetnéd	vethetné	vethetnénk (or vethetnők)	vethetnétek	vethetnék
		2nd-p. o.	vethetnélek	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. vethetett volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	vethessek	vethess or vethessél	vethessen	vethessünk	vethessetek	vethessenek
		Def.	vethessem	vethesd or vethessed	vethesse	vethessük	vethessétek	vethessék
		2nd-p. o.	vethesselek	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. vethetett légyen
Inf.	(vethetni)		(vethetnem)	(vethetned)	(vethetnie)	(vethetnünk)	(vethetnetek)	(vethetniük)
Positive adjective			vethető	Neg. adj.	vethetetlen	Adv. part.	(vethetve / vethetvén)

Derived terms

• vedlik
• vetekedik, vetekszik
• vetemedik → elvetemedik, megvetemedik
• vetemény
• vetemül → elvetemül → elvetemült
• vetetlen
• vetett
• vetél
• vetélkedik
• vetés
• vetít
• vetkőzik
• vetődik
• vetül

Compound words

• hány-vet → hányaveti
• meghány-vet
• szánt-vet
• vállvetve

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• alávet
• átvet
• bevet
• belevet
• egybevet
• ellenvet
• előrevet
• elvet
• felvet
• hátravet
• hazavet
• idevet
• kivet
• közbevet
• levet
• megvet
• nekivet
• odavet
• összevet
• rávet
• szétvet
• utánavet
• visszavet

Expressions with -t

• aki szelet vet, vihart arat
• árnyékot vet
• bukfencet vet
• egy pillantást vet
• gáncsot vet
• gátat vet
• horgonyt vet
• kártyát vet
• keresztet vet
• ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát
• lobbot vet
• rossz fényt vet
• számot vet
• ügyet sem vet / ügyet se vet
• véget vet

Expressions with -ra/-re

• képernyőre vet
• magára vet
• máglyára vet
• panyókára vet
• papírra vet
• szemére vet
• szemétdombra vet
• tűzre vet

 

Expressions with other or no arguments

• harcba vet
• ki mint vet, úgy arat
• latba vet

 

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/, [ˈʋe̞d]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋet/, [ˈʋe̞d̥]
• 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

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	vet	vette	vet	vette
	Definite	vette		vette
Accusative	Indefinite	vetten	vette	vet	vette
	Definite			vette
Genitive	Indefinite	vets	vetter	vets	vetter
	Definite	vets, vetten		vets, vetten
Dative		vetten	vetter	vetten	vetten

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!

   Behave yourself!

   (literally, “Know decency!”)

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