veto

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vetō (“to forbid”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈviːtəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈvi.toʊ/, [ˈviɾoʊ], /ˈviˌtoʊ/, [ˈviˌtʰoʊ] Rhymes: -iːtəʊ, -əʊ === Noun === veto (plural vetoes or vetos) A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. An invocation of that right. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed) (transitive) To use a veto against. (transitive) To countermand. Coordinate term: override ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Tove, Vote, to've, vote == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈbe̞.tu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈvə.to] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.tu] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈve.to] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbe.to] === Verb === veto first-person singular present indicative of vetar === Noun === veto m (plural vetos) veto Synonym: vet === Further reading === “veto”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “veto”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “veto” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “veto”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɛto] === Noun === veto n veto ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “veto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “veto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “veto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin vetō (“to forbid”). === Noun === veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer) veto ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== veto on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da === Further reading === “veto” in Den Danske Ordbog “veto” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vetō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈveː.toː/ Hyphenation: ve‧to === Noun === veto n (plural veto's, diminutive vetootje n) veto ==== Derived terms ==== vetoën vetorecht === Anagrams === voet == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vetää (“to pull”) +‎ -o. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞] Rhymes: -eto Syllabification(key): ve‧to Hyphenation(key): ve‧to ==== Noun ==== veto pull (act of pulling) pull (attractive force) Synonyms: vetovoima, imu draught, draft (current of [cold] air) draught, draft (in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar) stroke (single movement with a tool; of hand, oar, brush, etc.) (sports) shot, kick (an aimed shot at the goal in a ball game) (colloquial) move, as in a game or similar Synonym: siirto spurt, sprint (sudden brief rise in activity, etc.) winding (mechanical energy stored in a wound coil in a clockwork or other mechanism) (figuratively) energy, winding, steam hyvässä vedossa ― in good form, on a roll Minulta alkaa veto loppua. ― I'm beginning to run out of steam. Olet kyllä yhä vedossa! ― Man, you've still got it! (medicine) traction (mechanically applied sustained pull) (in compounds) drive (mechanism used to power a vehicle) ellipsis of hengenveto (“gasp”) (electronics) trace (on a printed circuit board) Synonym: johdin ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[7] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === Probably borrowed from Old Swedish væþ, vedh, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Also associated with veto (etymology 1). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞t̪o̞] Rhymes: -eto Syllabification(key): ve‧to Hyphenation(key): ve‧to ==== Noun ==== veto bet, wager (an instance of making a bet) ===== Usage notes ===== veto means an instance of betting, an agreement to wager something. The thing wagered is panos. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[8] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 3 === From Latin vetō (“to forbid”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʋe(ː)t(ː)o/, [ˈʋe̞(ː)t̪(ː)o̞] Rhymes: -eto Syllabification(key): ve‧to Hyphenation(key): ve‧to ==== Noun ==== veto veto ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “3. veto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[9] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Anagrams === ovet == French == === Alternative forms === véto (post-1990 spelling) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ve.to/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== veto m (plural vetos) veto ===== Descendants ===== Turkish: veto === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== veto m or f by sense (plural vetos) vet (veterinarian) === Further reading === “veto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === vote, voté == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *veto, equivalent to vettää (“to pull”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish veto and Estonian vedu. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞to̞ˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/, [ˈʋe̞d̥o̞ˑ] Rhymes: -eto Hyphenation: ve‧to === Noun === veto pull bet, wager distance between two ice holes draught (draw through a flue) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 650 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.to/, /ˈve.to/ Rhymes: -ɛto, -eto Hyphenation: vè‧to, vé‧to === Noun === veto m (plural veti) veto === References === == Latin == === Alternative forms === votō (Old Latin) === Etymology === Perhaps from earlier votō, from Proto-Italic *wotāō or *wotaō. The former pre-form could reflect Proto-Indo-European *woth₂-eh₂-yeti, whereas the latter pre-form would reflect *woth₂-éye-ti, whence also perhaps Welsh gwadu (“to deny”). In either case, from the root *weth₂- (“to say”). However, the Old Latin form votō might be an intentionally archaizing form that deliberately added vo- in response to the 2nd-century change of vo- > ve- before s, t, and rC. Another possibility is that it reflects a regular development of e > o after w and before a back-vowel in the following syllable (e.g. vomō). In this case, a pre-form *wet- could be reconstructed, Nevertheless, Schrijver suggests that it is more likely that the PIE pre-form contained the o-grade, as the Latin term belongs to the type domō, domāre ~ domuī ~ domitus and sonō, sonāre ~ sonuī ~ sonitus, both of which themselves might display the o-grade in the root. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ.toː], [ˈwɛ.tɔ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.to] === Verb === vetō (present infinitive vetāre, perfect active vetuī, supine vetitum); first conjugation to forbid, prevent, prohibit Synonyms: prohibeō, abdīcō to advise not to to oppose, veto Synonyms: oppōnō, adversor, obversor, refrāgor, recūsō, repugnō, restō, resistō, officiō, subsistō, dīvertō, resistō, obstō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Interjection === vetō I forbid it! I protest! ==== Usage notes ==== Used in the Senate by tribunes to oppose objectionable measures. === References === === Further reading === “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[10], London: Macmillan and Co. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin vetō (“to forbid, oppose, veto”), from votō, votāre, from Proto-Italic *wotāō, from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”). === Noun === veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto or vetoer, definite plural vetoa or vetoene) a veto === References === “veto” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin veto. === Noun === veto n (definite singular vetoet, indefinite plural veto, definite plural vetoa) a veto === References === “veto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin vetō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.tɔ/ Rhymes: -ɛtɔ Syllabification: ve‧to === Noun === veto n (literary, politics) alternative spelling of weto ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “veto”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[11] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “veto”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[12] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛtu Homophone: beto (Northern Portugal) Hyphenation: ve‧to === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== veto m (plural vetos) (politics) veto (blocking of a process or decision) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== veto first-person singular present indicative of vetar === Further reading === “veto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “veto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin veto or French veto. === Noun === veto n (plural vetouri) veto ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Latin veto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋêːto/ Hyphenation: ve‧to === Noun === vȇto m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̑то) veto ==== Declension ==== === References === “veto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeto/ [ˈbe.t̪o] Rhymes: -eto Syllabification: ve‧to === Etymology 1 === From Latin vetō. ==== Noun ==== veto m (plural vetos) veto === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== veto first-person singular present indicative of vetar === Further reading === “veto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English veto. === Pronunciation === === Noun === veto class IX (plural veto class X) veto Synonym: kura ya turufu == Swedish == === Noun === veto n veto ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== vetorätt === References === “veto”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “veto”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “veto”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === Tove == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *veto. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈveto/, [ˈvʲeto] Rhymes: -eto Hyphenation: ve‧to === Noun === veto draft, transportation (with draft animals) ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “veto”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[13], 2nd edition, Tallinn