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Webster 1913 Edition

Veto

Ve′to

(vē′tō̍)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Vetoes
(vē′tōz)
.
[L.
veto
I forbid.]
1.
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
This contemptuous
veto
of her husband’s on any intimacy with her family.
G. Eliot.
2.
Specifically: –
(a)
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also
the veto power
.
(b)
The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention;
as, a
veto
is probable if the bill passes
.
(c)
A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; – called also
veto message
.
[U. S.]
☞ Veto is not a term employed in the Federal Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only.
Abbott.

Ve′to

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vetoed
(vē′tōd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vetoing
.]
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment;
as, to
veto
an appropriation bill
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Veto

VE'TO

,
Noun.
[L. veto, I forbid.] A forbidding; prohibition; or the right of forbidding; applied to the right of a king or other magistrate or officer to withhold his assent to the enactment of a law, or the passing of a decree. Thus the king of Great Britain has a veto upon every act of parliament; he sometimes prevents the passing of a law by his vet.

Definition 2024

Veto

Veto

See also: veto, vetó, and véto

German

Noun

Veto n ‎(genitive Vetos, plural Vetos)

  1. veto

Declension

veto

veto

See also: Veto, vetó, and véto

English

Noun

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.
  3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
    • George Eliot
      This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family.

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To use a veto against.

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

veto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of vetar

Czech

Noun

veto n

  1. veto

Danish

Etymology

From Latin vetō ‎(“I forbid”).

Noun

veto n (singular definite vetoet, plural indefinite vetoer)

  1. veto

Inflection

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

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

  1. veto

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology 1

From verb vetää ‎(“to pull”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto

  1. pull (act of pulling)
  2. pull (attractive force)
  3. draught/draft of air
  4. stroke of hand, oar etc.
  5. bet, wager (e.g. in gambling)
  6. (colloquial) move, as in a debate or game
    Tuo oli hyvä veto!
    That was a good move!
Declension
Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative veto vedot
genitive vedon vetojen
partitive vetoa vetoja
illative vetoon vetoihin
singular plural
nominative veto vedot
accusative nom. veto vedot
gen. vedon
genitive vedon vetojen
partitive vetoa vetoja
inessive vedossa vedoissa
elative vedosta vedoista
illative vetoon vetoihin
adessive vedolla vedoilla
ablative vedolta vedoilta
allative vedolle vedoille
essive vetona vetoina
translative vedoksi vedoiksi
instructive — vedoin
abessive vedotta vedoitta
comitative — vetoineen
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin veto ‎(“I forbid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeːtːo/
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeto/ (colloquial)

Noun

veto

  1. veto
Declension
Inflection of veto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative veto vetot
genitive veton vetojen
partitive vetoa vetoja
illative vetoon vetoihin
singular plural
nominative veto vetot
accusative nom. veto vetot
gen. veton
genitive veton vetojen
partitive vetoa vetoja
inessive vetossa vetoissa
elative vetosta vetoista
illative vetoon vetoihin
adessive vetolla vetoilla
ablative vetolta vetoilta
allative vetolle vetoille
essive vetona vetoina
translative vetoksi vetoiksi
instructive — vetoin
abessive vetotta vetoitta
comitative — vetoineen
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

Noun

veto m ‎(plural vetos)

  1. veto

Etymology 2

Noun

veto m ‎(plural vetos)

  1. vet (veterinarian)
    Nous avons dû emmener le chien chez le veto.
    We had to take the dog to the vet.

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

veto m ‎(plural veti)

  1. veto

Latin

Etymology

From earlier votō, votāre, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwe.toː/, [ˈwɛ.toː]

Verb

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

  1. I forbid, oppose, veto.
    • Seneca Minor, Troades, line 334
      Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor.
      What law forbids not, decency forbids be done.

Inflection

   Conjugation of veto (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vetō vetās vetat vetāmus vetātis vetant
imperfect vetābam vetābās vetābat vetābāmus vetābātis vetābant
future vetābō vetābis vetābit vetābimus vetābitis vetābunt
perfect vetuī vetuistī vetuit vetuimus vetuistis vetuērunt, vetuēre
pluperfect vetueram vetuerās vetuerat vetuerāmus vetuerātis vetuerant
future perfect vetuerō vetueris vetuerit vetuerimus vetueritis vetuerint
passive present vetor vetāris, vetāre vetātur vetāmur vetāminī vetantur
imperfect vetābar vetābāris, vetābāre vetābātur vetābāmur vetābāminī vetābantur
future vetābor vetāberis, vetābere vetābitur vetābimur vetābiminī vetābuntur
perfect vetitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vetitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vetitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vetem vetēs vetet vetēmus vetētis vetent
imperfect vetārem vetārēs vetāret vetārēmus vetārētis vetārent
perfect vetuerim vetuerīs vetuerit vetuerīmus vetuerītis vetuerint
pluperfect vetuissem vetuissēs vetuisset vetuissēmus vetuissētis vetuissent
passive present veter vetēris, vetēre vetētur vetēmur vetēminī vetentur
imperfect vetārer vetārēris, vetārēre vetārētur vetārēmur vetārēminī vetārentur
perfect vetitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vetitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vetā — — vetāte —
future — vetātō vetātō — vetātōte vetantō
passive present — vetāre — — vetāminī —
future — vetātor vetātor — — vetantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vetāre vetuisse vetitūrus esse vetārī vetitus esse vetitum īrī
participles vetāns — vetitūrus — vetitus vetandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
vetāre vetandī vetandō vetandum vetitum vetitū

Interjection

vetō!

  1. I forbid it! I protest!

Usage notes

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

Descendants

References

  • 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
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “veto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin veto

Noun

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

  1. a veto

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin veto

Noun

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

  1. a veto

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧to

Noun

veto m (plural vetos)

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

Verb

veto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of vetar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin veto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vȇto m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ве̑то)

  1. veto

Declension

References

  • “veto” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Latin veto.

Noun

veto m ‎(plural vetos)

  1. veto

Verb

veto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of vetar.

Swedish

Noun

veto n

  1. veto

Etymology

From Latin

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