Vet in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Vet

You can make 4 words from 'vet' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'vet'
• 2 letters words from 'vet'

3 letters words from 'vet'

VET 6

2 letters words from 'vet'

ET 2

TE 2

Definitions and meaning of vet

vet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Clipping of veterinarian.

Noun

vet (plural vets)

1. (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.

Derived terms

• vet tech

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).

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

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.

Synonyms

• evaluate

Derived terms

• vetter

Translations

References

OED2

Anagrams

• ETV, EVT, TeV, VTE, Vte

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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

See also

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Blagar

Noun

vet

1. coconut

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin veto.

Noun

vet m (plural vets)

1. veto

Etymology 2

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

Related terms

• heus

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]

Noun

vet

1. genitive plural of veto

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch fētit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally a past participle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛt/
• Hyphenation: vet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

1. fat
2. greasy
3. emphatical, (in print) bold

   Synonym: vetjes

4. (informal) cool

Inflection

Derived terms

• moddervet
• 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
• vetklep
• vetkoek
• vetgans
• vetkruid
• vetkuif
• vetlaag
• vetlaars
• vetleer
• vetplant
• vetpot
• vetreserve
• vettig
• vetvrij
• vetzuur

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: fete

Adverb

vet

1. (colloquial) very

   Hij is vet dik.

   He's very fat.

Anagrams

• evt.

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

vet

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• vet in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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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

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• veit

Verb

vet

1. present tense of vite

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vet

1. imperative of veta and vete

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Swedish

Verb

vet

1. present of veta; know, knows

2. imperative of veta.

Anagrams

• tve-

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Gutnish vit, Elfdalian wit and Blekingian vôjt.

Noun

vet n

1. wits, reason

Related terms

• vetta
• vükk
• vitvilling

Etymology 2

From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *wētijǭ.

Noun

vêt f

1. milk or other liquid eaten with porridge
2. humid weather

Etymology 3

From Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną.

Verb

vêt (preterite vêtt, supine vett)

1. to wet, water

Source: wiktionary.org

• a silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium, aka idocrase, occurring as brown, yellow, or green crystals or masses in metamorphosed limestones.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)