Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Of unknown origin.[1]

Verb

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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
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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]

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(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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vét

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

References

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  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

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  • (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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compare quét.

Verb

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vét (𢪏, 𢵼)

  1. (colloquial) to dredge, to cleanse the bottom
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Etymology 2

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From French veste.

Noun

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vét

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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(classifier con) vét

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