ventre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃tʁ/

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Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

1. (anatomy) belly; stomach
2. (physics) antinode

Further reading

• “ventre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rêvent, venter

Etymology

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

Noun

ventre m (plural ventri)

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

Noun

ventre

1. ablative singular of venter

Etymology

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Alternative forms

• vãtr (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

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

Alternative forms

• vantre

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

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

1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

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

1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβen.tɾe/

Noun

ventre m

1. (anatomy) The belly, abdomen, stomach
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 368 (facsimile):

     [C]omo […] ſ(ant)a M(aria) do porto guariu ũa moller dũa coobra que tragia eno uentre

     (H)ow Holy Mary of Porto cured a woman of a snake she had in her belly

2. The womb
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 184 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou de morte ũu Menynno que iazia no uentre da madre

     This is how Holy Mary saved from death a little boy who laid in his mother's womb

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɾɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɾi/
• Hyphenation: ven‧tre

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

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