English

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:

     Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of veteran.

Noun

vet ‎(plural vets)

1. (colloquial, US) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).

Translations

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.

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.

References

OED2

Synonyms

• evaluate

Derived terms

• vetter

Translations

Anagrams

• ETV
• EVT
• TeV

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vetë, vehte

Adjective

i vet

1. his, her or their own

   Aleksandëri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.

   Aleksandër is with Alban and his (own) dog.

Declension

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.

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Noun

vet m ‎(plural vets)

1. veto

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• IPA^(key): /vɛt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch *fētit, *fet, from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz, originally a past participle. Compare West Frisian fet, English fat, German feist.

Adjective

vet ‎(comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

1. fat
2. greasy
3. (informal) cool

   Wow, vet!

Inflection

Noun

vet n ‎(plural vetten)

1. fat
2. grease

Derived terms

• frituurvet

Adverb

vet

1. (colloquial) very

   Hij is vet dik.

   He's very fat.

Anagrams

• evt.

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wettä- ‎(“to throw, fling, toss”). ^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]

Verb

vet

1. (transitive) to throw, cast
2. to sow

   ki mint vet, úgy arat – reap what one sows

Conjugation

Derived terms

• vedlik
• vetél
• vetélkedik
• vetekedik
• vetekszik
• vetemedik
• vetemény
• vetés
• vetetlen
• vetett
• vetít
• vetkőzik
• vetődik
• vetül

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

• aki szelet vet, vihart arat
• keresztet vet

References

1. ↑ Entry #1143 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• veit

Verb

vet

1. present tense of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

1. imperative of veta and vete

Swedish

Verb

vet

1. Present tense of veta; know, knows

   Jag vet inte.

   I do not know.