vend

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French vendre, from Latin vendere.

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vend (third-person singular simple present vends, present participle vending, simple past and past participle vended)

  1. to sell

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Noun [edit]

vend (plural vends)

  1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
  2. (UK, Australia, dated) The total sales of coal from a colliery.

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Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Albanian *wen-ta, from earlier *wena. A gerund formation from [1]. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ei, *u̯eiǝ 'to reach towards smth., to pursue or wish smth.; to be strong'. Compare Lithuanian vietā, Latvian vīeta (place), Latin invitare (invite), Old Norse veiða and Old English wæðan (hunt, chase, journey)[2].

Noun [edit]

vend m

  1. place
  2. location
  3. (plot of) land
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References [edit]

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997
  2. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke

Danish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /vɛn/, [vɛnˀ]

Verb [edit]

vend

  1. imperative of vende

Estonian [edit]

Noun [edit]

vend (genitive venna, partitive venda)

  1. brother

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This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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French [edit]

Verb [edit]

vend

  1. third person singular present indicative form of vendre

Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From German Wende (Wend, Sorbian).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈvɛnd/

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vend (not comparable)

  1. Wendish, Sorbian

Noun [edit]

vend (plural vendek)

  1. (dated) Slovene, Slovenian (person)
  2. Wend, Sorb (person)
  3. (singular only) Wendish, Sorbian (language)

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Jèrriais [edit]

Verb [edit]

vend

  1. third-person singular present indicative of vendre
  2. second-person singular imperative of vendre