venom

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venimem, from Latin venenum.

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Noun

Wikipedia venom (plural venoms)

1. a poison wielded by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter
2. (figuratively) feeling or speech marked by spite or malice

Translations

poison

Albanian: helm (sq) Armenian: թույն (hy) (t'uyn) Bosnian: otrov (bs) m. Catalan: verí (ca) m. Chamicuro: solima Czech: jed (cs) m. Danish: gift (da) m. Dutch: gif n., venijn n. Finnish: myrkky (fi) French: venin (fr) m. Georgian: შხამი (ka) (šxami) German: Gift (de) Greek: δηλητήριο (el) n. Hungarian: méreg (hu) Ido: veneno (io)

Interlingua: veneno Italian: veleno (it) Latin: virus venenum Manx: nieu (gv) Norwegian: gift (no) m. Polish: jad (pl) m. Portuguese: veneno (pt) m. Romanian: venin (ro) n. Russian: яд (ru) (jad) Scottish Gaelic: puinnsean (gd) m., nimh (gd) m. Spanish: veneno (es) Swedish: gift (sv) c. Traditional Chinese: 毒素 Volapük: venen, venod, venom

(figurative) malice

Bosnian: zloba (bs) f. Catalan: malvolença (ca) f. French: venin (fr) m.

Romanian: venin (ro) n., fiere (ro) Scottish Gaelic: nimh (gd) m. Spanish: malicia (es)

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Ukrainian: отрутa (uk) f.

Derived terms

• nonvenomous
• venomous

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Volapük

Noun

venom

1. poison, venom

See also

• venen
• venod