veter

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch veter, from Old Dutch *fetera, from Proto-Germanic *feterō. Cognate with English fetter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈveː.tər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ter
  • Rhymes: -eːtər

Noun

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veter m (plural veters, diminutive vetertje n)

  1. a lace (string)
  2. (obsolete) a hawser, a chain, a cable [16th–17th c.]
  3. (obsolete) a chain, a bond, a fetter [16th–early 19th c.]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: veter
  • Caribbean Hindustani: fetre
  • Sranan Tongo: fetre

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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veter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vetō

References

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  • veter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • veter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *větrъ.

Noun

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veter m (Cyrillic spelling ветер)

  1. (Kajkavian) wind
    Synonym: vjetar
    • Dragutin Domjanić, Bogečko grobje
      Mirno počivaju grobi,
      jablan kak straža stoji,
      veter se igra po zobi,
      zbuditi grobje boji

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vẹ̑tər m inan

  1. wind

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • veter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • veter”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references