venin

See also: vénîn

English

Etymology

From French venin (“venom”), from Latin venēnum (“juice; venom”). Doublet of venene and venom.

Noun

venin (plural venins)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of venom.
2. (biochemistry) A toxic substance found in the venom of poisonous snakes.
3. (biochemistry) A supposedly identical toxic substance obtained by cleavage of an albumose.

Derived terms

• antivenin

References

• “venin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Nevin, Niven

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French venin, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /və.nɛ̃/

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Noun

venin m (plural venins)

1. venom (poison)

   Synonym: poison

2. (figuratively) venom, vitriol (feeling of malign or contempt)

   cracher son venin ― to spit venom

   • 2025 December 27, Julie Carriat, Sandrine Cassini, quoting Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “Jean-Luc Mélenchon, avec la « nouvelle France », s’empare du terrain de l’identité pour contrer l’extrême droite”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     « Cette nouvelle France, c’est nous, les bigarrés, les mélangés qui refusons absolument le venin qui leur permet de rester au pouvoir – la division du peuple par le racisme », carillonne Jean-Luc Mélenchon, en meeting à Lyon, le 6 juin.

     “This new France, this is us, the motley crowd, the metis who completely reject the vitriol that allows them to stay in power—the division of the nation by racism”, proclaimed Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a ralley in Lyon on June 6th.

Derived terms

• morte la bête, mort le venin
• envenimer
• vénéneux
• venimeux

Further reading

• “venin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Lombard

Noun

venin

1. (Old Lombard) venom

Middle French

Alternative forms

• venim

Etymology

From Old French venim.

Noun

venin m (plural venins)

1. venom

Related terms

• envenimer

Descendants

• French: venin

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin venēnum, either directly or via the later form venīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈnin/

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Noun

venin n (plural veninuri)

1. venom
2. (figuratively) malice

Declension

The plural form of this word is rare.

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	venin	veninul	veninuri	veninurile
genitive-dative	venin	veninului	veninuri	veninurilor
vocative	veninule		veninurilor

Synonyms

• otravă

Related terms

• învenina
• veninos