ven

Symbol

ven

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

Adjective

ven (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of venerable.

Anagrams

• NEV, NVE, Nev, Nev., VNE, neV

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ven

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn]

• Audio:

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Adverb

ven

1. out, outwards

   Antonym: dovnitř

Further reading

• “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)

Alternative forms

• vain

Etymology

From Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeŋ/

Noun

ven m

1. wine

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/

• Audio:

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

Noun

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

1. mere, a small shallow lake or pond

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Etymology 2

Inflected form of venir (“to come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃/

Numeral

ven

1. twenty

Noun

ven

1. (Southern) Alternative form of fen

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

References

• “ven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

References

• “ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• evn, nev

Verb

ven

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

Alternative forms

• vent

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væn/

Adverb

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

1. (Kajkavian) that one

   Synonym: onaj

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

Etymology 2

Germanic; see English whin.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• ven in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Svensk MeSH
• ven in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Etymology

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

Adjective

ven

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French veine.

Conjunction

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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/

Noun

ven

1. dirt

References

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vən˧/

Noun

ven

1. thing

References

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