vetta

See also: vétta and 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

Related terms

• vettaiolo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) vetti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛtːɑ/

Noun

vetta n

1. definite plural of vett

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) vetti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛtːɑ/

Noun

vetta n

1. definite plural of vette

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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 / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vettaṃ	vettāni
Accusative (second)	vettaṃ	vettāni
Instrumental (third)	vettena	vettehi or vettebhi
Dative (fourth)	vettassa or vettāya or vettatthaṃ	vettānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vettasmā or vettamhā or vettā	vettehi or vettebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vettassa	vettānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vettasmiṃ or vettamhi or vette	vettesu
Vocative (calling)	vetta	vettāni

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 vettat, imperative vett)

1. be oriented towards

   Fönstret vetter mot sjön

   The window is oriented towards the lake

References

• “vetta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vetta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vetta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)