vena

See also: Vena and Appendix:Variations of "vena"

English

Etymology

From Latin vēna. Doublet of vein.

Noun

vena (plural venae)

1. (medicine, anatomy) Vein.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vēna.

Noun

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvə.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/

• Audio

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Noun

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

Derived terms

• vena porta

Related terms

• venal
• venós

Further reading

• “vena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Ese

Noun

vena

1. fire
2. firewood

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

Noun

vena

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart)

Usage notes

The term vena is only used by experts in scientific or medical context.

Declension

Inflection of vena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vena	venat
genitive		venan	venojen
partitive		venaa	venoja
illative		venaan	venoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vena	venat
accusative	nom.	vena	venat
	gen.	venan
genitive		venan	venojen venainrare
partitive		venaa	venoja
inessive		venassa	venoissa
elative		venasta	venoista
illative		venaan	venoihin
adessive		venalla	venoilla
ablative		venalta	venoilta
allative		venalle	venoille
essive		venana	venoina
translative		venaksi	venoiksi
instructive		—	venoin
abessive		venatta	venoitta
comitative		—	venoineen

Possessive forms of vena (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	venani	venamme
2nd person	venasi	venanne
3rd person	venansa

Synonyms

• laskimo

Anagrams

• Neva, neva

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Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vēna (“vein”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛna]
• Hyphenation: vè‧na

Noun

vena (plural vena-vena, first-person possessive venaku, second-person possessive venamu, third-person possessive venanya)

1. (medicine) vein, a blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

Further reading

• “vena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: vé‧na

Noun

vena f (plural vene)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
2. grain (of wood)
3. talent, aptitude, gift, bent
4. inspiration
5. inclination, desire
6. lode, seam (of a mineral)

Usage notes

In vena di... In the mood for...

Derived terms

• svenare

Related terms

• venare
• venato
• venatura
• venoso

Verb

vena

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

Anagrams

• Neva, nave, vane

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Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-, the same root of via (“road”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *weyp-, the same root of vibex (“weal, welt”).
• From a root common to Lithuanian gýsla (“vein”) and Russian жи́ла (žíla, “vein”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.na/, [ˈu̯eːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/, [ˈvɛːnä]

Noun

vēna f (genitive vēnae); first declension

1. (anatomy) a vein, blood vessel
   1. an artery
2. (transferred sense, of things that resemble a vein)
   1. a watercourse
   2. a vein of metals
   3. (anatomy) the urinary passage
   4. a vein or streak of wood or stone
   5. a row of trees in a garden
   6. (anatomy) the penis
3. (figuratively)
   1. strength
   2. the interior, the innate or natural quality or nature of something; the innermost feelings, spring, pulse
   3. one's natural bent, genius, disposition, vein

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vēna	vēnae
Genitive	vēnae	vēnārum
Dative	vēnae	vēnīs
Accusative	vēnam	vēnās
Ablative	vēnā	vēnīs
Vocative	vēna	vēnae

Derived terms

• vēnātilis
• vēnōsus
• vēnula

Descendants

Descendants of vēna in other languages

• → Bulgarian: вена (vena)
• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: vinã, vãnã
  • Romanian: vână
• → English: vena
• → Finnish: vena
• → German: Vene
• → Hungarian: véna
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: vaina
  • → Italian: vena
  • Sicilian: vina
• → Macedonian: вена (vena)
• Old French: veine, vaine, veyne
  • Middle French: vene
    • French: veine
      • → Vietnamese: ven
  • Norman: veine
  • → Middle English: veine
    • English: vein
    • Scots: van, vane, vain, vaine
• → Old Occitan: vena
• → Polish: wena
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • → Friulian: vene
  • Romansch: avaina, avagna
• → Romanian: venă
• → Russian: вена (vena)
• Sardinian: bena; → vena
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: вена
  • Latin: vena
• → Swedish: ven
• → Ukrainian: вена (vena)
• → Venetian: véna, vena
• Walloon: voenne
  • Catalan: vena
  • Occitan: vena
• West Iberian
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • → Asturian: vena
  • Old Portuguese: vẽa
    • Galician: vea
    • Portuguese: veia
  • → Old Spanish: vena
    • Spanish: vena

References

• vena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• venen

Noun

vena f or m

1. definite feminine singular of vene

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse veina, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną.

Verb

vēna

1. to wail, to lament

Conjugation

Conjugation of vēna (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	vēna			—
participle	vēnandi, -e			vēnaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vēnar	vēni, -e	—	vēnaþi, -e	vēnaþi, -e
þū	vēnar	vēni, -e	vēna	vēnaþi, -e	vēnaþi, -e
han	vēnar	vēni, -e	—	vēnaþi, -e	vēnaþi, -e
vīr	vēnum, -om	vēnum, -om	vēnum, -om	vēnaþum, -om	vēnaþum, -om
īr	vēnin	vēnin	vēnin	vēnaþin	vēnaþin
þēr	vēna	vēnin	—	vēnaþu, -o	vēnaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vēnas	vēnis, -es	—	vēnaþis, -es	vēnaþis, -es
þū	vēnas	vēnis, -es	—	vēnaþis, -es	vēnaþis, -es
han	vēnas	vēnis, -es	—	vēnaþis, -es	vēnaþis, -es
vīr	vēnums, -oms	vēnums, -oms	—	vēnaþums, -oms	vēnaþums, -oms
īr	vēnins	vēnins	—	vēnaþins	vēnaþins
þēr	vēnas	vēnins	—	vēnaþus, -os	vēnaþins

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěːna/
• Hyphenation: ve‧na

Noun

véna f (Cyrillic spelling ве́на)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)

Declension

Declension of vena

	singular	plural
nominative	vena	vene
genitive	vene	vena
dative	veni	venama
accusative	venu	vene
vocative	veno	vene
locative	veni	venama
instrumental	venom	venama

Antonyms

• aorta

References

• “vena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbena/, [ˈbe.na]

• Audio (Colombia)

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Noun

vena f (plural venas)

1. vein

Derived terms

• avenar
• vena cava inferior
• vena porta
• vena safena
• vena yugular

 

Related terms

• venal

Further reading

• “vena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.