ven

ven

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

ven (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of venerable.

• NEV, NVE, Nev, Nev., VNE, neV

ven

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn]

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ven

1. out, outwards

   Antonym: dovnitř

• venek m
• venkov m

• ven in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ven in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• vain

From Latin vīnum.

• IPA^(key): /βeŋ/

ven m

1. wine

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”).

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

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

1. friend
2. (dated) boyfriend (a male lover)

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/

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

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

1. mere, a small shallow lake or pond

• bosven
• heideven

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Inflected form of vir (“to come”).

ven

1. second-person singular imperative of vir

ven

1. twenty

ven

1. (Southern) Alternative form of fen

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

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

1. beautiful

Used in folklore and poetic language primarily.

• “ven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from the Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”). Related to Latin venus (“beauty”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːn/

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.

• venn

• besteven
• veninne

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːn/

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

1. beautiful

   Synonym: vakker

• væn (non-standard since 1917)

• venleik

ven

1. present tense of venja
2. imperative of venja

• “ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• evn, nev

ven

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

• vent

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

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

1. wind (movement of air)

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

• IPA^(key): /væn/

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

1. (Kajkavian) that one

• onaj

• vende

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

ven

1. second-person singular imperative of venir

ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

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From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

ven c

1. a vein

• artär
• pulsåder

Germanic; see English whin.

• hven (obsolete)

ven c

1. bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

• Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ven

1. past tense of vina.

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

ven

1. mild

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˧˧] ~ [jɛŋ˧˧]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 邊／边 (“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 tɑ pen)) (modern SV: đa biên).

ven • (𫑊)

1. shore; bank; side

   vùng ven biển ― coastal area

Borrowed from French veine.

ven

1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein

   Synonym: tĩnh mạch

   bắt ven

   to find a vein (for injection)

ven

1. when

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

ven

1. dirt

• venie

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 75

• IPA^(key): /vən˧/

ven

1. thing

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