You can make 4 words from vet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of vet
vet evt vte tve etv tev
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word vet. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in vet.
Definitions and meaning of vet
vet
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
Clipping of veterinarian.
Noun
vet (pluralvets)
(colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
Derived terms
vet tech
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of veteran.
Noun
vet (pluralvets)
(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 presentvets, present participlevetting, simple past and past participlevetted)
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
See also
red vet pet
Anagrams
ETV, EVT, TeV, VTE, Vte
Albanian
Alternative forms
vetë, vehte
Adjective
i vet
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
coconut
References
A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinvetō.
Noun
vetm (pluralvets)
veto
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latinvidete, second-person plural present imperative of videō(“to see”). Compare Frenchvoici, voilà.
Adverb
vet
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
genitive plural of veto
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchvet, from Old Dutchfētit, fet, from Proto-West Germanic*faitid, originally a past participle.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vɛt/
Hyphenation: vet
Rhymes: -ɛt
Adjective
vet (comparativevetter, superlativevetst)
fat
Synonym:dik
greasy
Synonym:vettig
emphatical, (in print) bold
Synonyms:vetjes, dikgedrukt
(informal) cool
Synonyms:dik, lauw, cool
Wow, vet! ― Wow, cool!
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: vet
Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
Negerhollands: vet, fet
→ Papiamentu: vèt
Noun
vetn (pluralvetten)
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”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈvɛt]
Rhymes: -ɛt
Verb
vet
(transitive) to throw, cast
(transitive, intransitive) to sow
ki mint vet, úgy arat ― reap what one sows (literally, “the way one sows will s/he reap”)
(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 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
From Old Dutchfētit, 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
Descendants
Dutch: vet
Afrikaans: vet
Berbice Creole Dutch: fete
Negerhollands: vet, fet
→ Papiamentu: vèt
Limburgish: vèt
Noun
vetn
fat
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.