ven

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See also: VEN, Ven., veň, vén, vẽn, věn, -vén, and ven.

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ven

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Venda.

English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ven (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of venerable.

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

ven

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

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech ven, from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛn]
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

ven

  1. out, outwards
    Antonym: dovnitř

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ven in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ven in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven m

  1. wine

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *winiz, cognate with Swedish vän. rom Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to seek, desire, love, win).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

  1. friend
  2. (dated) boyfriend (a male lover)

Declension[edit]

Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch venne, from Old Dutch *feni, from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare English fen). Doublet of veen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

  1. mere, a small shallow lake or pond

Derived terms[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inflected form of ver (to see).

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected form of vir (to come).

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. second-person singular imperative of vir

Haitian Creole[edit]

Numeral[edit]

ven

  1. twenty

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven

  1. (Southern) Alternative form of fen

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vænn (which gives hope about).

Adjective[edit]

ven (neuter singular vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venere, indefinite superlative venest, definite superlative veneste)

  1. beautiful

Usage notes[edit]

Used in folklore and poetic language primarily.

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from the Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to seek, desire, love, win). Related to Latin venus (beauty).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven m (definite singular venen, indefinite plural vener or venar, definite plural venene or venane)

  1. friend
    Han er venen min.
    He’s my friend.
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse vænn (which gives hope about).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ven (neuter vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venare, indefinite superlative venast, definite superlative venaste)

  1. beautiful
    Synonym: vakker
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. present tense of venja
  2. imperative of venja

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. first-person singular present indicative active of venja
  2. second-person singular present imperative active of venja

Old Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin ventus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French vent.

Noun[edit]

ven m (oblique plural vens, nominative singular vens, nominative plural ven)

  1. wind (movement of air)

References[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

  1. (Kajkavian) that one

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈben/ [ˈbẽn]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: ven

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. second-person singular imperative of venir

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

Noun[edit]

ven c

  1. a vein
Declension[edit]
Declension of ven 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ven venen vener venerna
Genitive vens venens veners venernas
Antonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Germanic; see English whin.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven c

  1. bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

References[edit]

  • Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

ven

  1. past tense of vina.

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *veeno. Cognates include Finnish vieno.

Adjective[edit]

ven

  1. mild

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (edge; border; side, SV: biên). Doublet of biên. Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 多边 (多邊 (MC tɑ pen)) (modern SV: đa biên).

Noun[edit]

ven (𫑊)

  1. shore; bank; side
    vùng ven biểncoastal area

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French veine.

Noun[edit]

ven

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein
    Synonym: tĩnh mạch
    bắt ven
    to find a vein (for injection)

Volapük[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ven

  1. when

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English ven, from Old English fenn, from Proto-West Germanic *fani.

Noun[edit]

ven

  1. dirt

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 75

Zou[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ven

  1. thing

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41