Venus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin, after Venus (“goddess of beauty, love, sexual intercourse”). See images.

Proper noun

Venus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – typical venus clams.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Venus verrucosa (warty venus) - type species; for other species see Venus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Venus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Venus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Venus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Venus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Venus at World Register of Marine Species
• Venus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Venus at Encyclopedia of Life

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Venus (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Venus

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Venus, from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːnəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvinəs/,
• (Ghana) IPA^(key):

• audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːnəs
• Homophones: venus, venous
• Hyphenation: Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus (plural Venuses)

2. (astronomy) The second planet in the Solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♀.
   • The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:

     Venus rises on the 1st day 1/4 to 5 a.m., and 4h. 25m. a.m. on the last day. She is now beginning to move northward.

4. (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.
   • 1888 June 2, “Senoritas of Brazil. ”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XLVI, number 154, page 13, column 3:

     Their figures are universally models for brunette Venuses, and their feet arch like rainbows, and are Cinderellian in size.

5. A female given name

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ♀

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Venus figurine

Wikipedia

Venus (countable and uncountable, plural Venuses)

1. (obsolete or poetry) Sexual activity or intercourse, sex; lust, love.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , II.ii.2:

     Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause, or in defect; so, moderately used, to some parties an only help, a present remedy.

2. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Copper (a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element).
   • 1807, A New and Complete Encyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Vol III‎, page 48:

     CRYSTALS of Venus or of copper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol by spirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufacturers, and sold under the name of distilled vinegar. See CHEMISTRY.

   • 2004, Maurice P. Crosland, Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry‎, page 89:

     Another pair of terms which caused some confusion were Spirit of Saturn and Spirit of Venus, names suggesting compounds of lead and copper respectively. Jean Beguin described the preparation from minium and distilled vinegar of a liquid he called burning spirit of Saturn, e cause it was inflammable and he thought it was a compound of lead. Actually the lead takes no part in the reaction and the product of distilling lead acetate is impure acetone. Beguin’s terminology did not go without comment however, for Christopher Glaser later referred to ‘A burning Spirit of Saturn (as it is called) but rather, a Spirit of the Volatile Salt of Vinegar’. Tachenius referred to the product of distillation of copper acetate as ‘pretended spirit of Venus’ because it was really only distilled vinegar - the meaning which Macquer gave to the expression. It is typical of the confusion of terminology in early chemistry that the London Pharmacopoeia of 1721 gave the name Spiritus Veneris to sulphuric acid obtained by the distillation of copper sulphate.

   • 2013, John Read, From Alchemy to Chemistry‎:

     The association of the heavenly bodies with known metals and also with human organs and destinies goes back to ancient Chaldea, the land of astrologers. In Chaucer’s words: ‘The seven bodies eek, lo hear anon. Sol gold is, and Luna silver we declare; Mars yron, Mercurie is quyksilver; Saturnian leed; and Jubitur is tyn, and Venus coper, by my fathers kyn.’ […] Corresponding names were bestowed upon salts of these metals by the alchemists, and some of them have persisted down to the present day. Some examples are lunar caustic (silver nitrate); vitriol of Venus (copper sulphate); sugar of Saturn (lead acetate); and vitriol of Mars, or Martial vitriol (ferrous sulphate).

3. Any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.
   • 1986, Brian Hayden, “Old Europe: sacred matriarchy or complementary opposition?”, in Anthony Bonanno, editor, Archaeology and Fertility Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean: Papers Presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean, University of Malta, 2–5 September 1985, Amsterdam: B.R. Grüner Publishing Co., →ISBN, section I (Prehistory), page 23:

     While the goddess statues obviously did function in a very public, domestic context, there is no evidence that they were androgynyous or that they were the primary cult of importance. There are probably just as many phalli in the Paleolithic as there are Venuses.

   • 1990, D. Bruce Dickson, “An Interpretation”, in The Dawn of Belief: Religion in the Upper Paleolithic of Southwestern Europe, Tucson, Ariz.: The University of Arizona Press, published 1996, →ISBN, page 211:

     However, a number of well-crafted studies in recent years have forcefully questioned—and perhaps refuted—the view that the Venuses were simply or solely goddesses.

   • 2016, Jean Clottes, “Perceptions of the World, Functions of the Art, and the Artists”, in Oliver Y. Martin, Robert D. Martin, transl., What Is Paleolithic Art?: Cave Paintings and the Dawn of Human Creativity, Chicago, Ill., London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 148:

     Her proportions, the stylistic elements, the choice of anatomical elements represented are characteristic of the Aurignacian or Gravettian Venuses, known especially from the statuary of Central and Eastern Europe.

Anagrams

• nevus

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Venus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus

2. (astronomy) Venus
4. (Roman mythology) Venus

See also

• (planete van die Sonnestelsel) planete van die Sonnestelsel; Mercurius, Venus, Aarde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, Neptunus

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenus/,

Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Venus

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)
4. (Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planetes del sistema solar; Mercuri, Venus, Terra, Mart, Júpiter, Saturn, Urà, Neptú

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Venus, from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːn̪ʊs/

Proper noun

Venus

1. the second planet in our solar system after Mercury
2. (Roman mythology) the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity;
3. a female given name from Latin

Danish

Proper noun

Venus

2. Venus (planet)

See also

(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Venus

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)

Estonian

Proper noun

Venus

2. Venus (Roman goddess)

Faroese

Proper noun

Venus f

1. Venus (planet)

See also

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋe(ː)nus/,
• Rhymes: -enus
• Syllabification^(key): Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus

2. Venus (planet)
4. Venus (Roman goddess)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

• suven

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

Venus

Wikipedia ^gl

Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)
4. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planetas do sistema solar; Mercurio, Venus, Terra, Marte, Xúpiter, Saturno, Urano, Neptuno

German

 Venus on German Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːnʊs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus f (proper noun, genitive Venus)

2. (astronomy) Venus
4. (Roman mythology) Venus

Derived terms

(planet):

• Venusoberfläche

Noun

Venus f (genitive Venus, no plural)

1. (figuratively) very beautiful woman

Declension

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) Planeten Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)

References

• “Venus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Venus (Planet, Schönheit)” in Duden online
• “Venus (römische Göttin)” in Duden online

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːnʏs/
• Rhymes: -ɛːnʏs

Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)
4. Venus (Roman goddess)
5. a female given name

See also

Latin

Etymology

From venus (“loveliness”), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.nus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.nus/,

Proper noun

Venus f (genitive Veneris); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Venus (goddess of love and beauty)
   • 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 732:

     sine Cerere et Līberō frīget Venus

     without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes
     (without food and wine, love doesn't thrive)

2. (astronomy) Venus (planet)

   Synonym: Lūcifer

3. (poetic) metaphor for the genus of animation, living matter
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.1–5:

     Aeneadum genetrīx, hominum dīvomque voluptās,
     alma Venus, caelī subter lābentia signa
     quae mare nāvigerum, quae terrās frūgiferentīs
     concelebrās, per tē quoniam genus omne animantum
     concipitur

     • 1916 translation by William Ellery Leonard

       Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,
       Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars
       Makest to teem the many-voyaged main
       And fruitful lands - for all of living things
       Through thee alone are evermore conceived

4. (alchemy, chemistry) copper
5. See venus.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• see: venus

Descendants

• → French: Vénus
• → Italian: Venere
• → Middle English: Venus
  • English: Venus
• → Portuguese: Vénus, Vênus
• → Spanish: Venus

References

• “Venus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːnus/

Proper noun

Venus

1. The Roman goddess governing love and sexuality; Venus.
2. The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus.

   Synonyms: Vesper, even sterne, even sterre, eventide sterre, morwe sterre, morwetide sterre

Related terms

• venerien

Descendants

• English: Venus

See also

• venus

References

• “Venus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Venus.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvenuːs/

Proper noun

Venus

2. Venus (planet)

Inflection

See also

• (planets) Merkur, Venus, Eana, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian

Proper noun

Venus

2. Venus (planet)
4. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also

• (planets) planet; Merkur, Venus, jorda, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Vénus, from Latin Venus.

Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)
4. Venus (Roman goddess)
5. A locality in Mangalia, Constanța, Romania

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbenus/
• Rhymes: -enus
• Syllabification: Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus f

2. Venus (planet)
3. (Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess)

Derived terms

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planetas del sistema solar; Mercurio, Venus, Tierra, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, Urano, Neptuno
• Venus on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːnɵs/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Venus c (genitive Venus)

2. Venus (planet)
4. Venus (Roman goddess)

Anagrams

• uvens

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Venus, from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvinus/,

• IPA^(key): /ˈbinus/,
• Hyphenation: Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔)

1. a female given name from English