ven

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ven"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Venda.

Symbol

ven

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Venda terms

English

Adjective

ven (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of venerable.

Anagrams

• NEV, NVE, Nev, Nev., VNE, neV

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbe̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvən]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈven]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈben]

Verb

ven

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

Cornish

Noun

ven m (plural veyn)

1. soft mutation of men

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn]

• Audio:

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Adverb

ven

1. out, outwards

   Antonym: dovnitř

Related terms

• venek m
• venkov m

Further reading

• “ven”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ven”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ven”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• vain

Etymology

From Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeŋ/

Noun

ven m

1. wine

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish win, 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

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/, [ˈʋɛn]
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

1. friend

   Synonyms: veninde, kammerat

   Coordinate term: bekendt

2. (dated) boyfriend (a male lover)

   Synonym: kæreste

Declension

Declension of ven

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ven	vennen	venner	vennerne
genitive	vens	vennens	venners	vennernes

Derived terms

• venskab
• uven
• venlig
• veninde

References

• “ven” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ven” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dena'ina

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *wən.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vən/

Noun

ven

1. lake

References

• Kari, James (2013), Denaʼina Topical Dictionary, Revised Edition, Alaska Native Language Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 126

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ven
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophone: Ven

Noun

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

1. mere, a small shallow lake or pond

Derived terms

• bosven
• heideven

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb

ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Etymology 2

Inflected form of venir (“to come”).

Verb

ven

1. second-person singular imperative of vir

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• venn, vent

Etymology

From French vingt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃/

Numeral

ven

1. twenty

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 199

Mauritian Creole

Numeral

ven

1. alternative spelling of vin (“twenty”)

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 231

Middle English

Noun

ven

1. (Gloucestershire) alternative form of fen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vænn (“which gives hope about”).

Adjective

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

1. beautiful

Usage notes

Used in folklore and poetic language primarily.

References

• “ven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːn/

Noun

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

• venn

Derived terms

• besteven
• veninne

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vænn (“which gives hope about”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːn/

Adjective

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

1. beautiful

   Synonym: vakker

Alternative forms

• væn (non-standard since 1917)

Derived terms

• venleik

Etymology 3

Verb

ven

1. present tense of venja
2. imperative of venja

References

• “ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• evn, nev

Old Norse

Verb

ven

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

Old Occitan

Noun

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

1. alternative form of vent

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væn/

Adverb

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

1. (Kajkavian) that one

   Synonym: onaj

Related terms

• vende

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

ven

2. second-person singular imperative of venir
   • 1999, Marc Anthony, Cory Rooney, “Dímelo”, in Marc Anthony‎^[2], performed by Marc Anthony:

     No me dejes solo con mi corazón
     que está enloquecido con esta pasión
     Si es que me deseas, nena, dímelo
     porque por tu amor estoy muriendo yo
     Ay dímelo, ven dímelo
     porque por tu amor estoy muriendo yo
     Ay dímelo, ven dímelo
     porque por tu amor estoy muriendo yo

     Don’t leave me alone with my heart driven crazy with this passion
     If it’s true that you want me, baby, tell me, because I am dying for your love
     Oh, tell me, come on and tell me, because I am dying for your love
     Oh, tell me, come on and tell me, because I am dying for your love

Etymology 2

Verb

ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

Noun

ven c

1. a vein

Declension

Declension of ven

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ven	vens
	definite	venen	venens
plural	indefinite	vener	veners
	definite	venerna	venernas

Antonyms

• artär
• pulsåder

Etymology 2

Germanic; see English whin.

Alternative forms

• hven (obsolete)

Noun

ven c

1. bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

References

• Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ven

1. past indicative of vina

Further reading

• “ven”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH
• ven in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Veps

Etymology

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

Adjective

ven

1. quiet, calm, still
2. slow, sluggish
3. mild, moderate, temperate

Declension

Inflection of ven (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	ven
genitive sing.	venon
partitive sing.	venod
partitive plur.	venoid
	singular	plural
nominative	ven	venod
accusative	venon	venod
genitive	venon	venoiden
partitive	venod	venoid
essive-instructive	venon	venoin
translative	venoks	venoikš
inessive	venos	venoiš
elative	venospäi	venoišpäi
illative	venoho	venoihe
adessive	venol	venoil
ablative	venolpäi	venoilpäi
allative	venole	venoile
abessive	venota	venoita
comitative	venonke	venoidenke
prolative	venodme	venoidme
approximative I	venonno	venoidenno
approximative II	venonnoks	venoidennoks
egressive	venonnopäi	venoidennopäi
terminative I	venohosai	venoihesai
terminative II	venolesai	venoilesai
terminative III	venossai	—
additive I	venohopäi	venoihepäi
additive II	venolepäi	venoilepäi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˧˧] ~ [jɛŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 邊 (“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 ta pen)) (modern SV: đa biên).

Noun

ven • (𫑊)

1. shore; bank; side

   vùng ven biển ― coastal area

Synonyms

• (shore): bờ

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French veine.

Noun

ven

1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein

   Synonym: tĩnh mạch

   Antonym: động mạch

   bắt ven

   to find a vein (for injection)

Volapük

Conjunction

ven

1. when
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Ven älabom lifayelis lul äprimom ad golön lü jul.

     When he was five years old, he started going to school.

   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Ven nu Yesus pimotom, tö ‚Bethlehem’ in Yudän timü hireg: ‚Herodes’, ekö! sapans anik se lofüdän äkömoms ini ‚Hierusalem’.

     After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east.

Yiddish

Romanization

ven

1. romanization of ווען
   • 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎^[3] (in English), archived from the original on 31 March 2019:

     As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet?

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/

Noun

ven

1. dirt

Derived terms

• venie

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), 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, published 1867, page 75