ventre

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English

Verb

ventre (third-person singular simple present ventres, present participle ventring, simple past and past participle ventred)

  1. Obsolete form of venture (to hazard, risk).

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ventrem.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen
  2. (anatomy) womb
  3. (anatomy) the fleshy part of a muscle
    ventre de la camacalf of the leg
  4. (figurative) the lower part of something; underside
    El sol daura el ventre dels núvols.The sun gilded the underside of the clouds.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ventre, from Old French ventre, from Latin ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃tʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. belly
  2. (physics) antinode

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen, groin
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, page 337:
      que vira ao dito Johán, ome do dito prouisor, jaser ençima da dita Tareija do Tyollo et ela que tiña as pernas encrusilladas, descobertas, en çima fasta o ventre, ben brancas, et el que pona en ela as pernas e as maaos por las abryr et non podía, et por que as non quería abrir, que lle daba bofetadas et ela, descabellada, jasendo en terra, et disendo "Ay del Rey, ay del Rey".
      that he saw said Xoán, man of the provisor, lying over said Tareixa do Tiollo; and that she had her legs crossed and naked up to her belly and very white; and that he was putting his hands and legs on her for opening them but couldn't; and that because she didn't want to that he was slapping her, who were disheveled, lying in the ground and saying "Help! Help!".
    • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 340:
      et que, yndo él fogindo, lle lançara duas lanças e hua que lle dera por lo braço e llo pasara et a outra que lle puxeran por lle dar por lo ventre, et que, quando a vira vir, que a tomara por lo ferro, viindo por lo ayre, et que cortara a maao
      and that while he was fleeing he was thrown two spears, one that hit him in the arm and pierced it and another that was thrown to hit his belly, but that he, when he saw it coming, took it by the spearhead, while coming through the air, and it cut his hand
  2. (anatomy) stomach
  3. (anatomy) womb
  4. pregnancy

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References

  • ventre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • ventre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • ventre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • ventre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventre m (plural ventri)

  1. abdomen, midriff, belly, stomach
  2. womb

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References

  1. ^ ventre in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

ventre

  1. ablative singular of venter

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Descendants

  • French: ventre

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) belly, stomach

Synonyms

  • dare (continental Normandy)
  • (belly): bielle f (Jersey)

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan ventre, from Latin venter.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. (anatomy) belly, ventral side

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre oblique singularm (oblique plural ventres, nominative singular ventres, nominative plural ventre)

  1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Descendants

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventre m

  1. (anatomy) The belly, abdomen, stomach
  2. The womb

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m (oblique plural ventres, nominative singular ventres, nominative plural ventre)

  1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ventre, from Latin ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ven‧tre

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

  1. belly, abdomen, stomach
    Synonyms: barriga, pança, abdómen, estômago
  2. womb
    Synonyms: madre, seio, útero

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