veneno

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin venēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈneno/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: ve‧ne‧no

Noun

veneno (accusative singular venenon, plural venenoj, accusative plural venenojn)

1. poison, venom

Derived terms

• antiveneno
• kontraŭveneno
• memvenenado
• sinvenenado
• venena
• venenado
• veneneca
• veneni
• veneniĝo
• venenimuna

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto veneno, English venom, French venin, Italian veleno, Spanish veneno, from Latin venēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈneno/
• Rhymes: -eno

Noun

veneno (plural veneni)

1. poison, venom

Synonyms

• (poison): toxiko

Derived terms

• venena, venenoza (“venomous, poisonous”)
• venenagar
• venenizar

Interlingua

Noun

veneno (plural venenos)

1. venom

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin venēnum, from Proto-Italic *weneznos, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁esnos, derived from the root *wenh₁- (“to love”). Doublet of veleno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈne.no/
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ve‧né‧no

Noun

veneno m (plural veneni)

1. (literary, obsolete) alternative form of veleno (“poison”)

Related terms

• veleno
• venenoso
• venusto

Further reading

• veneno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɛˈneː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [veˈnɛː.no]

Etymology 1

From venēnum +‎ -ō.

Verb

venēnō (present infinitive venēnāre, perfect active venēnāvī, supine venēnātum); first conjugation

1. to poison, imbue or infect with poison; to injure by slander
2. to color; dye

Conjugation

   Conjugation of venēnō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	venēnō		venēnās		venēnat		venēnāmus		venēnātis		venēnant
	imperfect	venēnābam		venēnābās		venēnābat		venēnābāmus		venēnābātis		venēnābant
	future	venēnābō		venēnābis		venēnābit		venēnābimus		venēnābitis		venēnābunt
	perfect	venēnāvī		venēnāvistī		venēnāvit		venēnāvimus		venēnāvistis		venēnāvērunt, venēnāvēre
	pluperfect	venēnāveram		venēnāverās		venēnāverat		venēnāverāmus		venēnāverātis		venēnāverant
	future perfect	venēnāverō		venēnāveris		venēnāverit		venēnāverimus		venēnāveritis		venēnāverint
passive	present	venēnor		venēnāris, venēnāre		venēnātur		venēnāmur		venēnāminī		venēnantur
	imperfect	venēnābar		venēnābāris, venēnābāre		venēnābātur		venēnābāmur		venēnābāminī		venēnābantur
	future	venēnābor		venēnāberis, venēnābere		venēnābitur		venēnābimur		venēnābiminī		venēnābuntur
	perfect	venēnātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	venēnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	venēnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	venēnem		venēnēs		venēnet		venēnēmus		venēnētis		venēnent
	imperfect	venēnārem		venēnārēs		venēnāret		venēnārēmus		venēnārētis		venēnārent
	perfect	venēnāverim		venēnāverīs		venēnāverit		venēnāverīmus		venēnāverītis		venēnāverint
	pluperfect	venēnāvissem		venēnāvissēs		venēnāvisset		venēnāvissēmus		venēnāvissētis		venēnāvissent
passive	present	venēner		venēnēris, venēnēre		venēnētur		venēnēmur		venēnēminī		venēnentur
	imperfect	venēnārer		venēnārēris, venēnārēre		venēnārētur		venēnārēmur		venēnārēminī		venēnārentur
	perfect	venēnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	venēnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		venēnā		—		—		venēnāte		—
	future	—		venēnātō		venēnātō		—		venēnātōte		venēnantō
passive	present	—		venēnāre		—		—		venēnāminī		—
	future	—		venēnātor		venēnātor		—		—		venēnantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		venēnāre			venēnārī			venēnāns			—
future		venēnātūrum esse			venēnātum īrī			venēnātūrus			venēnandus
perfect		venēnāvisse			venēnātum esse			—			venēnātus
future perfect		—			venēnātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		venēnātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		venēnandī		venēnandō		venēnandum		venēnandō		venēnātum		venēnātū

Descendants

• Friulian: velenâ
• Vulgar Latin:
  • *advenēnāre
    • Italian: avvelenare
    • Neapolitan: abbelenare
    • Sicilian: abbilinari
  • *invenēnāre
    • Neapolitan: mmelenare
    • Romanian: învenina
    • Spanish: envenenar
    • Venetan: invełenar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

venēnō

1. dative/ablative singular of venēnum

References

• “veneno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veneno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “veneno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin venēnum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈnẽ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈnẽ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈne.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈne.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈne.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈne.nu/

• (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈvnenʷ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽ.ˈnẽ.nu/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ne‧no

Noun

veneno m (plural venenos)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

   Synonyms: peçonha, tóxico, toxina

2. (figurative) poison (something that harms a person or thing)
3. (figurative) venom (feeling or speech marked by spite or malice)

   Synonym: maledicência

Usage notes

In Biology, veneno refers to what in English would be poison, while peçonha refers to venom. Therefore, these are false friends.

Related terms

• antiveneno
• antivenenoso
• envenenado
• envenenador
• envenenadouro
• envenenamento
• envenenar
• venenífero
• veneníparo
• venenosamente
• venenosidade
• venenoso

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: weneeno

Further reading

• “veneno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “veneno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “veneno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish venino, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum. The modern Spanish form was modified to match the original Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈneno/ [beˈne.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: ve‧ne‧no

Noun

veneno m (plural venenos)

1. poison (substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism)

   Synonym: ponzoña

2. venom (poison carried by an animal)

   Synonym: tósigo

Derived terms

• tirar veneno
• venenoso

Related terms

• envenenar

Descendants

• → Sardinian: venenu

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “veneno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 769

Further reading

• “veneno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025