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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Etymology 1

Clipping of veterinarian.

Noun

vet (plural vets)

(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

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)

(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)

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, 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:
  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

Anagrams

ETV, EVT, TeV, VTE, Vte

Albanian

Alternative forms

vetë, vehte

Adjective

i vet

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

More information singular, plural ...

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

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

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)

veto

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin videte, second-person plural present imperative of videō (“to see”). Compare French voici, voilà.

Adverb

vet

there is
vet aquí
here's

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]

Noun

vet

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)

fat
Synonym: dik
greasy
Synonym: vettig
emphatical, (in print) bold
Synonyms: vetjes, dikgedrukt
(informal) cool
Synonyms: dik, lauw, cool

Wow, vet! ― Wow, cool!

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...

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)

fat
grease

Derived terms

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: fete

Adverb

vet

(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”). ^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

vet

(transitive) to throw, cast
(transitive, intransitive) to sow
ki mint vet, úgy arat ― reap what one sows (literally, “as one sows, so one reaps”)
(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”).

More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
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	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).

conjugation of vet

More information 1st person sg, 2nd person sg informal ...

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)

potential conjugation of vet

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

References

[1]
Entry #1143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
[2]
vet in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

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

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

fat, large (of humans or animals)
(rich in) fat
fatty, greasy
fertile, rich in nutrients (of land)

Inflection

More information Adjective, Masculine ...

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

Descendants

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

Noun

vet n

fat
grease

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: vet
Limburgish: vèt

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

four

References

François, Alexandre. 2025. 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)

stone, rock
money; vatu

References

François, Alexandre. 2025. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry vet_2.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

veit

Verb

vet

present tense of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

imperative of veta

Old Swedish

Verb

vēt

first-person present indicative of vita
third-person present indicative of vita

Swedish

Verb

vet

present of veta; know, knows
Jag vet inte.
I do not know.
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.^[1]

Noun

vet

stone, rock (of any size)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.^[1]

Noun

vet

to weave or plait

Derived terms

vetvet

References

[1]
Catriona Malau (September 2021) “vet”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 210

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Albanian

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