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Yes. The word vet is a Scrabble US word. The word vet is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (1 found)

VET,

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Definitions and meaning of vet

vet

English

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 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.
Synonyms
  • evaluate
Derived terms
  • vetter
Translations
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

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

Blagar

Noun

vet

  1. coconut

References

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛt]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈvət]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈvet]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

Alternative forms

  • veto

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

Further reading

  • “vet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “vet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “vet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “vet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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/
  • 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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Noun

vet n (plural vetten)

  1. fat
  2. grease

Derived terms

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”). Compare Erzya видемс (videms, “to sow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

vet

  1. (transitive) to throw, cast
  2. (ambitransitive) 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”).

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

  • vet in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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

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

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. 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)

  1. stone, rock
  2. 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

  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
  2. imperative of veta

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

References


Source: wiktionary.org