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

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

ven

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn]

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ven

1. out, outwards

   Antonym: dovnitř

• “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), 2008–2025

• 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 venir (“to come”).

ven

1. second-person singular imperative of vir

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃/

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, volume 14: U–Z, page 255

• IPA^(key): /væn/

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)

1. (Kajkavian) that one

   Synonym: 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 indicative of vina

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

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

ven

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

Inflection of ven (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	ven
genitive sing.	venon
partitive sing.	venod
partitive plur.	venoid
	singular	plural
nominative	ven	venod
accusative	venon	venod
genitive	venon	venoiden
partitive	venod	venoid
essive-instructive	venon	venoin
translative	venoks	venoikš
inessive	venos	venoiš
elative	venospäi	venoišpäi
illative	venoho	venoihe
adessive	venol	venoil
ablative	venolpäi	venoilpäi
allative	venole	venoile
abessive	venota	venoita
comitative	venonke	venoidenke
prolative	venodme	venoidme
approximative I	venonno	venoidenno
approximative II	venonnoks	venoidennoks
egressive	venonnopäi	venoidennopäi
terminative I	venohosai	venoihesai
terminative II	venolesai	venoilesai
terminative III	venossai	—
additive I	venohopäi	venoihepäi
additive II	venolepäi	venoilepäi

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

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).

ven • (𫑊)

1. shore; bank; side

   vùng ven biển ― coastal area

• (shore): bờ

Borrowed from French veine.

ven

1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein

   Synonym: tĩnh mạch

   bắt ven

   to find a vein (for injection)

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛn/

ven

1. dirt

• venie

• 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

• IPA^(key): /vən˧/

ven

1. thing

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