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Translingual
Symbol
ven
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Venda .
English
Adjective
ven (not comparable )
Abbreviation of venerable .
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
ven
inflection of vendre :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech ven , from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ .
Pronunciation
Adverb
ven
out , outwards
Antonym: dovnitř
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)
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin vīnum .
Pronunciation
Noun
ven m
wine
Danish
Etymology
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
Noun
ven c (singular definite vennen , plural indefinite venner )
friend
( dated ) boyfriend ( a male lover )
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch venne , from Old Dutch *feni , from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare English fen ). Doublet of veen .
Pronunciation
Noun
ven n (plural vennen , diminutive vennetje n )
mere , a small shallow lake or pond
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology 1
Inflected form of ver ( “ to see ” ) .
Verb
ven
third-person plural present indicative of ver
Etymology 2
Inflected form of venir ( “ to come ” ) .
Verb
ven
second-person singular imperative of vir
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Numeral
ven
twenty
Middle English
Noun
ven
( Southern ) 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 )
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
Noun
ven m (definite singular venen , indefinite plural vener or venar , definite plural venene or venane )
friend
Han er venen min. He’s my friend .
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vænn ( “ which gives hope about ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
ven (neuter vent , definite singular and plural vene , comparative venare , indefinite superlative venast , definite superlative venaste )
beautiful
Synonym: vakker
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
ven
present tense of venja
imperative of venja
References
“ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Anagrams
Old Norse
Verb
ven
first-person singular present indicative active of venja
second-person singular present imperative active of venja
Old Occitan
Etymology
Latin ventus . Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French vent .
Noun
ven m (oblique plural vens , nominative singular vens , nominative plural ven )
wind (movement of air)
References
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Adverb
ven (Cyrillic spelling вен )
( Kajkavian ) that one
Synonym: onaj
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈben/
Rhymes: -en
Syllabification: ven
Etymology 1
Verb
ven
second-person singular imperative of venir
Etymology 2
Verb
ven
third-person plural present indicative of ver
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin vena ; cognate to English vein .
Noun
ven c
a vein
Declension
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Germanic ; see English whin .
Noun
ven c
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
past indicative of vina
Further reading
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vëëno . Cognates include Finnish vieno .
Adjective
ven
quiet , calm , still
slow , sluggish
mild , moderate , temperate
Declension
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
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 )
shore ; bank ; side
vùng ven biển ― coastal area
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French veine .
Noun
ven
( anatomy , colloquial ) vein
Synonym: tĩnh mạch
bắt ven to find a vein (for injection)
Volapük
Conjunction
ven
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.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English fen , from Old English fenn , from Proto-West Germanic *fani .
Pronunciation
Noun
ven
dirt
Derived terms
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
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
ven
thing
References
Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 ) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41