vet

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1)  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

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Galician: veterano, veterana
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: veterano

Etymology 3
Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"

Verb

 * 1) To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
 * The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: prověřit, ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Irish: seiceáil
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Urdu: جانچنا ۔ پرکھنا

Adjective

 * 1) his, her or their own

Usage notes
Used in contexts where, or  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.

Noun

 * 1) coconut

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) veto

Etymology 2
, second-person plural present imperative of. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Adverb

 * 1) there is
 * vet aquí
 * here's

Etymology
From, from , , from , originally a past participle.

Adjective

 * 1) fat
 * 2) greasy
 * 3) emphatical, (in print) bold
 * 4)  cool
 * 1) emphatical, (in print) bold
 * 2)  cool
 * 1)  cool

Noun

 * 1) fat
 * 2) grease

Adverb

 * 1)  very

Etymology
, perhaps from.

Verb

 * 1)  to throw, cast
 * 2)  to sow

Conjugation
Note that etc. are not forms of this verb but those of.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Conjunction

 * 1) after all

Etymology
From, , from , originally a past participle.

Adjective

 * 1) fat, large (of humans or animals)
 * 2) (rich in) fat
 * 3) fatty, greasy
 * 4) fertile, rich in nutrients (of land)

Noun

 * 1) fat
 * 2) grease

Etymology 1
From Proto-Torres-Banks *βati, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu, from , from , from , from.

Numeral

 * 1) four

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) stone, rock
 * 2) money; vatu

Verb

 * 1) ; know, knows

Etymology 1
From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) stone, rock of any size

Etymology 2
From Proto-Torres-Banks *βatu, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) to weave or plait