Ven - Wiktionary

See also: VEN, Ven., veň, vén, vẽn, věn, -vén, ven., and vẹn Languages (24)Translingual • EnglishCatalan • Cornish • Czech • Dalmatian • Danish • Dutch • Galician • Haitian Creole • Middle English • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old Norse • Old Occitan • Serbo-Croatian • Spanish • Swedish • Veps • Vietnamese • Volapük • Yiddish • Yola • ZouPage categories

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Venda.

Symbol

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ven

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Venda.

See also

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• Wiktionary’s coverage of Venda terms

English

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Adjective

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ven (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of venerable.

Anagrams

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• NEV, NVE, Nev, Nev., VNE, neV

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛn]
• IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈvən]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈven]

Verb

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ven

1. inflection of vendre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cornish

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Noun

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ven m (plural veyn)

1. soft mutation of men

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech ven, from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈvɛn]

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Adverb

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ven

1. out, outwards Antonym: dovnitř

Related terms

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• venek m
• venkov m

Further reading

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• “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), 2008–2026

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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• vain

Etymology

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From Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /βeŋ/

Noun

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ven m

1. wine

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish win, 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

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• IPA(key): /vɛn/, [ˈʋɛn]
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

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ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

1. friend Synonyms: veninde, kammerat Coordinate term: bekendt
2. (dated) boyfriend (a male lover) Synonym: kæreste

Declension

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commongender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ven	vennen	venner	vennerne
genitive	vens	vennens	venners	vennernes

Derived terms

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• venskab
• uven
• venlig
• veninde

References

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• “ven” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ven” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:venWikipedia nl

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch venne, from Old Dutch *feni, from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare English fen). Doublet of veen.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vɛn/

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• Hyphenation: ven
• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophone: Ven

Noun

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ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

1. mere, a small shallow lake or pond

Derived terms

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• bosven
• heideven

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb

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ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Etymology 2

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Inflected form of venir (“to come”).

Verb

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ven

1. second-person singular imperative of vir

Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vɛ̃/

Numeral

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ven

1. twenty

Middle English

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Noun

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ven

1. (Southern) alternative form of fen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vænn (“which gives hope about”).

Adjective

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ven (neuter singular vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venere, indefinite superlative venest, definite superlative veneste)

1. beautiful

Usage notes

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Used in folklore and poetic language primarily.

References

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• “ven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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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

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• IPA(key): /ʋeːn/

Noun

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ven m (definite singular venen, indefinite plural vener or venar, definite plural venene or venane)

1. friend Han er venen min.He’s my friend.

Alternative forms

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• venn

Derived terms

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• besteven
• veninne

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse vænn (“which gives hope about”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ʋeːn/

Adjective

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ven (neuter vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venare, indefinite superlative venast, definite superlative venaste)

1. beautiful Synonym: vakker

Alternative forms

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• væn (non-standard since 1917)

Derived terms

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• venleik

Etymology 3

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Verb

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ven

1. present tense of venja
2. imperative of venja

References

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• “ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

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• evn, nev

Old Norse

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Verb

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ven

1. first-person singular present indicative active of venja
2. second-person singular present imperative active of venja

Old Occitan

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Alternative forms

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• vent

Etymology

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Latin ventus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French vent.

Noun

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ven m (oblique plural vens, nominative singular vens, nominative plural ven)

1. wind (movement of air)

References

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• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ventus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 255

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /væn/

Adverb

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ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

1. (Kajkavian) that one Synonym: onaj

Related terms

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• vende

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈben/ [ˈbẽn]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: ven

Etymology 1

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Verb

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ven

1. second-person singular imperative of venir

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:venWikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

Noun

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ven c

1. a vein

Declension

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nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ven	vens
	definite	venen	venens
plural	indefinite	vener	veners
	definite	venerna	venernas

Antonyms

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• artär
• pulsåder

Etymology 2

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Germanic; see English whin.

Alternative forms

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• hven (obsolete)

Noun

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ven c

1. bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

References

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• Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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ven

1. past indicative of vina

Further reading

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• “ven”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH
• ven in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vëëno. Cognates include Finnish vieno.

Adjective

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ven

1. quiet, calm, still
2. slow, sluggish
3. mild, moderate, temperate

Declension

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Inflection of ven (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	ven
genitive sing.	venon
partitive sing.	venod
partitive plur.	venoid
singular	plural
nominative	ven	venod
accusative	venon	venod
genitive	venon	venoiden
partitive	venod	venoid
essive-instructive	venon	venoin
translative	venoks	venoikš
inessive	venos	venoiš
elative	venospäi	venoišpäi
illative	venoho	venoihe
adessive	venol	venoil
ablative	venolpäi	venoilpäi
allative	venole	venoile
abessive	venota	venoita
comitative	venonke	venoidenke
prolative	venodme	venoidme
approximative I	venonno	venoidenno
approximative II	venonnoks	venoidennoks
egressive	venonnopäi	venoidennopäi
terminative I	venohosai	venoihesai
terminative II	venolesai	venoilesai
terminative III	venossai	—
additive I	venohopäi	venoihepäi
additive II	venolepäi	venoilepäi

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [vɛŋ˧˧] ~ [jɛŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

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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

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ven • (𫑊)

1. shore; bank; side vùng ven biển ― coastal area

Synonyms

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• (shore): bờ

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French veine.

Noun

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ven

1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein Synonym: tĩnh mạch Antonym: động mạch bắt vento find a vein (for injection)

Volapük

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Conjunction

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ven

1. 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.

Yiddish

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Romanization

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ven

1. romanization of ווען
   • 2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎[1] (in English), archived from the original on 31 March 2019:As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet?

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English fen, from Old English fenn, from Proto-West Germanic *fani.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vɛn/

Noun

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ven

1. dirt

Derived terms

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• venie

References

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• 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

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vən˧/

Noun

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ven

1. thing

References

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• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41