venter

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Cognate with Dutch (cfr. infra) and Middle English venten (modern to vent)

[edit] Noun

Singular
venter

Plural
venters

venter (plural venters)

  1. (obsolete) A vendor

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin venter 'belly, womb, offspring'

[edit] Noun

Singular
venter

Plural
venters

venter (plural venters)

  1. A woman with offspring
  2. (anatomy) A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
    1. the belly
    2. an abdomen
  3. A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

root of venten 'to vend, peddle' (from vente 'sale', via French vente from Latin vendita, from the feminine inflection of venditus 'sold', the past participle of vēndĕre 'to sell') + -er

[edit] Noun

venter (plural venters, diminutive ventertje, diminutive plural ventertjes)

  1. A vendor, peddler, door-to-door salesman

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From vent 'wind', from Latin ventus

[edit] Verb

venter

  1. (impersonal, weather) To be windy.

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  • This verb is only used in the impersonal (third-person singular) form.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

venter (genitive ventris); m, third declension

  1. The belly
  2. The stomach
  3. The womb
  4. An unborn offspring, especially son
  5. Sensual lust
  6. gluttony

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative venter ventrēs
genitive ventris ventrum
dative ventrī ventribus
accusative ventrem ventrēs
ablative ventre ventribus
vocative venter ventrēs

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Verb form

venter

  1. Present tense of vente.