ven

See also: VEN, Ven., veň, vén, and -vén

English

Adjective

ven (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of venerable.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

ven

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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Adverb

ven

  1. out, outwards

Antonyms

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): βeŋ

Noun

ven m

  1. wine

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

  1. friend

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch venne, from Old Dutch *feni, from Proto-Germanic *fanją. Doublet of veen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

  1. mere, a small shallow lake or pond

Derived terms

  • bosven
  • heideven

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb

ven

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vir (“to come”).

Verb

ven

  1. second-person singular imperative of vir

Haitian Creole

Numeral

ven

  1. (cardinal) twenty

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)

  1. beautiful

Usage notes

Used in folklore and poetic language primarily.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋeːn/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

  1. beautiful

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. wind (movement of air)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /væn/

Adverb

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

  1. (Kajkavian) that one

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -en

Etymology 1

Verb

ven

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of venir.

Etymology 2

Verb

ven

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of ver.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of ver.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

Noun

ven c

  1. a vein
Declension
Declension of ven 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ven venen vener venerna
Genitive vens venens veners venernas
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Germanic; see English whin.

Alternative forms

Noun

ven

  1. bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

References

  • Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish vieno.

Adjective

ven

  1. mild

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

ven

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French veine.

Noun

ven

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein
    Synonym: tĩnh mạch

Volapük

Conjunction

ven

  1. when
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