venter

English

Etymology 1

Cognate with Dutch venter.

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. (obsolete) A vendor.

Etymology 2

From Latin venter (“belly, womb, offspring”).

Noun

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

Etymology 3

to vent + -er.

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
   • 2006, David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes (page 72)

     Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.

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Danish

Verb

venter

1. present of vente

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Dutch

Etymology

From venten +‎ -er.

Noun

venter m (plural venters, diminutive ventertje)

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

Derived terms

• (vendor types, mainly by product) bloemenventer m, dagbladventer m, fruitventer m, gelegenheidsventer m, groenteventer m, marktventer m, melkventer m, petroleumventer m, straatventer m, visventer m (obsolete spelling vischventer m)
• ideeënventer m
• venterigge
• ventster f
• potloodventer m
• ventersbond m
• ventersgeroep n
• ventersgroep
• venterskar
• venterskreet
• venterskroeg

Anagrams

• vreten

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French

Etymology

vent (“wind”) +‎ -er, from Latin ventus

Pronunciation

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Verb

venter (impersonal)

1. (impersonal, weather) To be windy.

Conjugation

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

   Conjugation of venter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		venter			avoir venté
gerund		en ventant			ayant venté
present participle		ventant
past participle		venté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present			vente
	imperfect			ventait
	past historic1			venta
	future			ventera
	conditional			venterait
compound tenses	present perfect	a venté
	pluperfect	avait venté
	past anterior1	eut venté
	future perfect	aura venté
	conditional perfect	aurait venté
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present			vente
	imperfect1			ventât
compound tenses	past	qu'il ait venté
	pluperfect1	qu'il eût venté
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• rêvent, ventre

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Latin

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri, see also German Wanst (“belly, paunch”), Old High German wanast, Sanskrit वस्ति (“bladder”), Latin vesica (“bladder”)

Noun

venter (genitive ventris); m, third declension

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

Inflection

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

Derived terms

ventrālis ventricola ventriculus

ventrifluus ventriloquus ventriōsus

Related terms

• ventriculātiō
• ventriculōsus

Descendants

Catalan: ventre Dalmatian: viantro French: ventre Friulian: vintri Italian: ventre Occitan: ventre, vente

Portuguese: ventre Romanian: vintre Romansch: venter, vainter Sardinian: bentre, bentri, brente, brenti Spanish: vientre

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Norwegian

Verb

venter

1. present tense of vente