veto

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈviːtəʊ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.toʊ/, [ˈviɾoʊ], /ˈviˌtoʊ/, [ˈviˌtʰoʊ]
• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ, -əʊ

veto (plural vetoes or vetos)

1. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
2. An invocation of that right.
   • 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1078:

     I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President.

3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
   • 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 44, in Daniel Deronda, volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.

4. A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
   • 2021 J.R. Wilson and the Hyper-Kamiokande Collaboration 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2156 012153

     An outer detector (OD) region will act as both a passive shield for low energy backgrounds and an active veto for cosmic ray muons.

veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed)

1. (transitive) To use a veto against.

• Tove, Vote, to've, vote

veto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vetar

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛto]

veto n

1. veto

• veto in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• veto in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• veto in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)

1. veto

• veto on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• “veto” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “veto” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from Latin vetō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.toː/

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• Hyphenation: ve‧to

veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n)

1. veto

• vetoën
• vetorecht

• voet

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧to

veto

1. pull (act of pulling)
2. pull (attractive force)
3. draught, draft (current of [cold] air)
4. draught, draft (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
5. stroke (single movement with a tool; of hand, oar, brush, etc.)
6. (sports) shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game)
7. (colloquial) move, as in a game or similar

   Tuo oli hyvä veto!

   That was a good move!

8. spurt, sprint
9. winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism)
10. (figuratively) energy, winding, steam

    Minulta alkaa veto loppua. ― I'm beginning to run out of steam.

    Olet kyllä yhä vedossa! ― Man, you've still got it!

11. (medicine) traction (mechanically applied sustained pull)
12. Ellipsis of hengenveto (“gasp”).
13. (electronics) trace (on a printed circuit board)

    Synonym: johdin

• (attractive force): vetovoima, imu
• (move): siirto

• “1. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with etymology 1.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧to

veto

1. bet, wager (an instance of making a bet)

veto means an instance of betting, an agreement to wager something. The thing wagered is panos.

• “2. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Latin veto (“I forbid”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋe(ː)t(ː)o/, [ˈʋe̞(ː)t̪(ː)o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧to

veto

1. veto

• “3. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• ovet

• véto (post-1990 spelling)

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto

   Le Président de la République a mis son véto.

   The President of the Republic put his/her veto.

• Turkish: veto

veto m or f by sense (plural vetos)

1. vet (veterinarian)

   Nous avons dû emmener le chien chez le veto.

   We had to take the dog to the vet.

• “veto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• vote, voté

From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vettää (“to pull”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish veto and Estonian vedu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞to̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞d̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

veto

1. pull
2. bet, wager
3. distance between two ice holes
4. draught (draw through a flue)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 650

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.to/, /ˈve.to/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto
• Hyphenation: vè‧to, vé‧to

veto m (plural veti)

1. veto

From earlier votō, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.to/, [ˈvɛːt̪o]

vetō (present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum); first conjugation

1. to forbid, prevent, prohibit
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.39:

     “Quippe vetor fātīs.”

     “No doubt it is forbidden by the Fates.”
     (Juno seeks to destroy the Trojans despite the will of the Fates.)

   Synonyms: prohibeō, abdīcō

2. to advise not to
   • 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum :

     Pragmatici homines omnibus historiis, praeceptis, versibus denique cavere iubent et vetant credere.

     Prudent men in all their histories, teachings and verse besides tell us to beware and advise us not to believe.

3. to oppose, veto

   Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, recūsō, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, resistō, obstō

   • 1st century AD, Seneca Minor, Troades, line 334

     Quod nōn vetat lēx, hoc vetat fierī pudor.

     What law forbids not, decency forbids be done.

vetō

1. I forbid it! I protest!

• Used in the Senate by tribunes to oppose objectionable measures.

• “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• veto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
    
  • the law orders, forbids (expressly, distinctly): lex iubet, vetat (dilucide, planissime)
    
  • (ambiguous) an old proverb tells us not to..: vetamur vetere proverbio
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up old customs: a vetere consuetudine discedere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ve/otō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 672

From Latin vetō (“I forbid, oppose, veto”), from votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”).

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto or vetoer, definite plural vetoa or vetoene)

1. a veto

• “veto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin veto.

veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto, definite plural vetoa)

1. a veto

• “veto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vetō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɔ
• Syllabification: ve‧to

veto n

1. (literary, politics) Alternative spelling of weto

• veto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• veto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Homophone: beto (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

veto m (plural vetos)

1. (politics) veto (blocking of a process or decision)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

veto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vetar

Borrowed from Latin veto or French veto.

veto n (plural vetouri)

1. veto

From Latin veto.

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːto/
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

vȇto m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑то)

1. veto

• “veto” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeto/ [ˈbe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: ve‧to

From Latin vetō.

veto m (plural vetos)

1. veto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

veto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vetar

• “veto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English veto.

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veto (n class, plural veto)

1. veto

   Synonym: kura ya turufu

veto n

1. veto

• vetorätt

• veto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• veto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• veto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Tove

From Proto-Finnic *veto.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈveto/, [ˈveto]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: ve‧to

veto

1. draft, transportation (with draft animals)

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “veto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn