vent
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Partly from French vent, from Latin ventus and party from French éventer.
Noun [edit]
vent (plural vents)
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
- A verbalized frustration.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
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Verb [edit]
vent (third-person singular simple present vents, present participle venting, simple past and past participle vented)
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- The stove vents to the outside.
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- Exhaust is vented to the outside.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- He vents his anger violently.
- Can we talk? I need to vent.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
vent (plural vents)
Derived terms [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Noun [edit]
vent m (plural vents)
- wind (movement of air).
Danish [edit]
Verb [edit]
vent
- imperative of vente
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Unknown. Possibly a shortening of vennoot, but there is no evidence of an overlap in sentences.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
vent m (plural venten, diminutive ventje)
Verb [edit]
vent
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of venten
- imperative of venten
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French, from Latin ventus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts < *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
vent m (plural vents)
- Atmospheric wind.
- (euphemistic) A flatulence.
- (uncountable) Empty words, hot air.
- Toutes ces promesses, c'est du vent. — Those are empty promises.
Synonyms [edit]
- (flatulence): pet (neutral)
- (empty words): paroles en l'air
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Guernésiais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Noun [edit]
vent m (plural vents)
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Noun [edit]
vent m (plural vents)
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Norwegian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
vent
- neuter of ven
Verb [edit]
vent
- imperative of vente
Occitan [edit]
Noun [edit]
vent m (plural vents)
- wind (movement of air)
Old French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
vent m (oblique plural venz, nominative singular venz, nominative plural vent)
- wind (movement of air)
- circa 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein
- They sailed for a whole month without wind
- Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein
- circa 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
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- Guernésiais nouns
- roa-grn:Weather
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- roa-jer:Weather
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