vét

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vet"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈveːt]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin.[1]

Verb

vét

  1. (intransitive) to wrong someone, to do wrong to someone (-nak/-nek, ellen)
    Synonyms: árt, megkárosít, megsért
    Mit vétettem ellene?What have I done to him?
    Mit vétettek magának?What have they done to you? (formal)
  2. (intransitive) to transgress, violate, infringe a rule (ellen)
    Synonyms: megszeg, áthág, sért, megsért
    vét a szabály ellento violate the rule
  3. (intransitive) to sin (against someone or something: ellen)
    Synonyms: vétkezik, bűnt követ el
  4. (intransitive) to err, to make a mistake
    Synonyms: hibázik, téved, hibát ejt, hibát követ el
Usage notes

Traditionally the phrase to express “to make a mistake” includes the verb ejt or elkövet (i.e., hibát ejt, hibát követ el) or simply hibázik. However, sometimes the above meaning of vét (“to err”) is combined with the meaning of “mistake”, creating the redundant form hibát vét, which is proscribed, as it would literally mean approximately “to miss a mistake” (this meaning is still present in elvét (to miss)).[2]

Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

From the stem of vesz (to take, grab) + -t (noun-forming suffix), compare tét, lét, hit, ét, obsolete it , and menet.

Noun

vét

  1. (obsolete) verbal noun of vesz, synonym of vétel
Derived terms
  • felvét (from felvesz; mostly synonymous with more common felvétel as a verbal noun)

References

  1. vét in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. Hibát vét (1), Hibát vét (2)

Further reading

  • (to wrong, violate): vét 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
  • (folksy, archaic form of vet (to throw, cast, sow)): vét 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
  • (taking): vét in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (’A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare quét.

Verb

vét • (𢪏, 𢵼)

  1. (colloquial) to dredge, to cleanse the bottom
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French veste.

Noun

vét

  1. suit jacket; blazer
  2. (clothing) suit
  3. tuxedo

Noun

(classifier con) vét

  1. a type of bug parasiting dogs
    Synonym: ve chó
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