vetta

See also: vettä

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vitta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: vét‧ta

Noun

vetta f (plural vette)

  1. top, summit, crown (of a hill etc.)
    Synonym: vertice
    la vetta della montagna ― mountaintop
  2. (figurative, by extension) peak, high point
    la vetta della mia carriera ― the peak of my career
  3. (figurative, by extension) first place, commanding position, top
    la vetta della classifica
    the top of the rankings
  4. (literary) end of a branch
  • vettaiolo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • (non-standard since 2012) vetti

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛtːɑ/

Noun

vetta n

  1. definite plural of vett

Alternative forms
  • (non-standard since 2012) vetti

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ʋɛtːɑ/

Noun

vetta n

  1. definite plural of vette

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • वेत्त (Devanagari script)
  • ৰেত্ত (Bengali script)
  • වෙත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝေတ္တ or ဝေတ်တ (Burmese script)
  • เวตฺต or เวตตะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩮᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເວຕ຺ຕ or ເວຕຕະ (Lao script)
  • វេត្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄬𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वेत्र (vetra).

Noun

vetta n

  1. twig, rod, staff

Declension
Declension table of "vetta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vettaṃvettāni
Accusative (second)vettaṃvettāni
Instrumental (third)vettenavettehi or vettebhi
Dative (fourth)vettassa or vettāya or vettatthaṃvettānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vettasmā or vettamhā or vettāvettehi or vettebhi
Genitive (sixth)vettassavettānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vettasmiṃ or vettamhi or vettevettesu
Vocative (calling)vettavettāni

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vita, vet(t)a, from Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”). Doublet of veta.

Verb

vetta (present vetter, preterite vette, supine vett, imperative vett)

  1. be oriented towards
    Fönstret vetter mot sjön
    The window is oriented towards the lake

References
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