vetta

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vitta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: vét‧ta

Noun[edit]

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Noun[edit]

vetta n

  1. definite plural of vett

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Noun[edit]

vetta n

  1. definite plural of vette

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

vetta (present vetter, preterite vette, supine vett, imperative vett)

  1. be oriented towards
    Fönstret vetter mot sjön
    The window is oriented towards the lake

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