"veterinary" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɛt.ɹɪn.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛ.tɪn.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-nɛɹ.i/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛt.ə.ɹɪ.nɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈvɛt.ɹɪ.nɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈvɛ.tɪ.nɛɹ.i/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veterinary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more veterinary [comparative], most veterinary [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin veterīnārius, from veterīnus and veterīnae (“cattle;"beasts of burden/ of draught"”); compare with veterinarian. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|veterīnārius}} Latin veterīnārius, {{m|la|veterīnus}} veterīnus, {{m|la|veterīnae||cattle;"beasts of burden/ of draught"}} veterīnae (“cattle;"beasts of burden/ of draught"”), {{m|en|veterinarian}} veterinarian Head templates: {{en-adj}} veterinary (comparative more veterinary, superlative most veterinary)
  1. Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of animals, especially domestic and farm animals. Derived forms: agroveterinary, ethnoveterinary, nonveterinary, veterinary hospital, veterinary medicine, veterinary science, veterinary surgeon, veterinary technician Related terms: veterinarian Translations (of or relating to the medical treatment of animals): بَيْطَرِيّ (bayṭariyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ветерина́рен (veterináren) (Bulgarian), veterinari (Catalan), 獸醫的 (Chinese Mandarin), 兽医的 (shòuyī de) (Chinese Mandarin), zvěrolékařský (Czech), veterinární (Czech), veterinær (Danish), veterinair (Dutch), eläinlääketieteellinen (Finnish), पशुचिकित्सा (paśucikitsā) (Hindi), kedokteran hewan (Indonesian), veteriner (Indonesian), tréidliachta (Irish), zooiatrico (Italian), veterinario (Italian), мал дәрігерлік (mal därıgerlık) (Kazakh), veterinar (Malay), veterinær (Norwegian Bokmål), veterinær (Norwegian Nynorsk), veterinário (Portuguese), ветерина́рный (veterinárnyj) (Russian), veterìnārskī (Serbo-Croatian), veterinario (Spanish), milfeddygol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-veterinary-en-adj-2wrxzFxQ

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛt.ɹɪn.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛ.tɪn.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-nɛɹ.i/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛt.ə.ɹɪ.nɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈvɛt.ɹɪ.nɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /ˈvɛ.tɪ.nɛɹ.i/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veterinary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: veterinaries [plural]
Etymology: From Latin veterīnārius, from veterīnus and veterīnae (“cattle;"beasts of burden/ of draught"”); compare with veterinarian. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|veterīnārius}} Latin veterīnārius, {{m|la|veterīnus}} veterīnus, {{m|la|veterīnae||cattle;"beasts of burden/ of draught"}} veterīnae (“cattle;"beasts of burden/ of draught"”), {{m|en|veterinarian}} veterinarian Head templates: {{en-noun}} veterinary (plural veterinaries)
  1. A veterinary surgeon; a veterinarian.
    Sense id: en-veterinary-en-noun-ZqYUmysQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66

Inflected forms

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      "word": "eläinlääketieteellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paśucikitsā",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "पशुचिकित्सा"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "kedokteran hewan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veteriner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "tréidliachta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "zooiatrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterinario"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mal därıgerlık",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "мал дәрігерлік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterinær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterinær"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterinário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "veterinárnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "ветерина́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterìnārskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "veterinario"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or relating to the medical treatment of animals",
      "word": "milfeddygol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veterinary"
}

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    "English 4-syllable words",
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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "3": "",
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        "2": "veterinarian"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1905, Frances Simpson, Cats for Pleasure and Profit, page 77",
          "text": "Mr. Ward may rightly be considered the wizard of the north, for he was the pioneer of \"practical pussyology\" apart from the regular qualified veterinary who may look with a kind and pitying eye on cats' ailments and infirmities […]",
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        }
      ],
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          "veterinary surgeon"
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          "veterinarian",
          "veterinarian"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛt.ɹɪn.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛ.tɪn.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛt.ə.ɹɪ.nɛɹ.i/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛt.ɹɪ.nɛɹ.i/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛ.tɪ.nɛɹ.i/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-veterinary.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-veterinary.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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  "word": "veterinary"
}

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