Venus
Translingual
Etymology
Latin after Venus (“goddess of beauty, love, sexual intercourse”). See images.
Proper noun
Venus f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – the true venus clams.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Veneroida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family
Hyponyms
- For the numerous species see
References
The Birth of Venus
English
Venus astronomical symbol
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venus
- The second planet in our 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. [...]
- The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.
- A female given name
- (obsolete) Sexual activity or intercourse; sex, lust, venery.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, 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.
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- (poetry) Love; sex.
Derived terms
Terms derived from Venus
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Translations
planet
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goddess
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Anagrams
Asturian
Proper noun
Venus f
- Venus (planet)
Catalan
Proper noun
Venus f
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) planetes del sistema solar; Mercuri, Venus, Terra, Mart, Júpiter, Saturn, Urà, Neptú
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biːn̪ʊs/
Proper noun
Venus
- the second planet in our solar system after Mercury
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity;
- a female given name.
Danish
Proper noun
Venus
- Venus (planet)
See also
(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur, Venus, Jorden/jorden, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun [edit]
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Venus f
- Venus (planet)
Estonian
Proper noun
Venus
- Venus (Roman goddess)
Finnish
Proper noun
Venus
Declension
| Inflection of Venus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venus | — | |
| genitive | Venuksen | — | |
| partitive | Venusta | — | |
| illative | Venukseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Venus | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Venus | — |
| gen. | Venuksen | ||
| genitive | Venuksen | — | |
| partitive | Venusta | — | |
| inessive | Venuksessa | — | |
| elative | Venuksesta | — | |
| illative | Venukseen | — | |
| adessive | Venuksella | — | |
| ablative | Venukselta | — | |
| allative | Venukselle | — | |
| essive | Venuksena | — | |
| translative | Venukseksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Venuksetta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Anagrams
Galician
Proper noun
Venus f
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) planetas do sistema solar; Mercurio, Venus, Terra, Marte, Xúpiter, Saturno, Urano, Neptuno
German
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Proper noun
Venus f (genitive Venus)
See also
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛːnʏs/
- Rhymes: -ɛːnʏs
Proper noun
Venus f
- Venus (planet)
- Venus (Roman goddess)
- A female given name
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wenos (“love”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). See also Latin veneror, venia, Sanskrit वनस् (vanas) and English wish.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwe.nus/, [ˈwɛ.nʊs]
Proper noun
Venus f (genitive Veneris); third declension
- Venus, Roman goddess of natural productivity.
- Venus, the second planet in our solar system.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | Venus | Venerēs |
| genitive | Veneris | Venerum |
| dative | Venerī | Veneribus |
| accusative | Venerem | Venerēs |
| ablative | Venere | Veneribus |
| vocative | Venus | Venerēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Venus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Middle English
Etymology
Proper noun
Venus
- (mythology) The Roman goddess governing love and sexuality; Venus.
- (astronomy) The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus.
Synonyms
- (planet): Vesper, even sterne, even sterre, eventide sterre, morwe sterre, morwetide sterre
Related terms
Descendents
See also
References
- “Venus (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
Northern Sami
Etymology
Proper noun
Venus
- Venus (planet)
Inflection
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| Nominative | Venus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Venusa | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | Venus | Venusat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | Venusa | Venusiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Venusa | Venusiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | Venusii | Venusiidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | Venusis | Venusiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | Venusiin | Venusiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | Venusin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norwegian
Proper noun
Venus
See also
Spanish
Proper noun
Venus ?
- Venus (planet)
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) planetas del sistema solar; Mercurio, Venus, Tierra, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, Urano, Neptuno
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːnɵs/
Proper noun
Venus c (genitive Venus)
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