vena

From Latin vēna. Doublet of vein.

vena (plural venae)

1. (medicine, anatomy) vein.

• nave, e-van, Neva, Vane, neva, vane, Nave, Evan, Aven, aven

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbena/
• Syllabification: ve‧na
• Rhymes: -ena

vena f

1. vein (blood vessel)
2. root (part of the plant). Probably used by analogy: the vein transports blood and the roots transport sap.

   Synonym: radiz

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

From Latin vēna.

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

Inherited from Old Catalan vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve.na]

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vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

• vena porta

• venal
• venós

• “vena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

vena

1. fire
2. firewood

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋenɑ/, [ˈʋe̞nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -enɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧na

vena

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart)

The term vena is only used by experts in scientific or medical context.

• laskimo

• Neva, neva

Learned borrowing from Latin vēna (“vein”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈvena/ [ˈfe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ve‧na

véna (plural vena-vena)

1. (medicine) vein, a blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart

   Synonym: pembuluh balik

• “vena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: vé‧na

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

vena f (plural vene)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
2. grain (of wood)
3. talent, aptitude, gift, bent
4. inspiration
5. inclination, desire

   in vena di ― in the mood for

6. lode, seam (of a mineral)

• svenare

• venare
• venato
• venatura
• venoso

vena

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

• Neva, nave, vane

Of uncertain origin;^[1][2] proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”), the same root of via (“road”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”), the same root of venēnum (“juice; venom”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to shake, swing”), the same root of vibex (“weal, welt”).
• From a root common to Lithuanian gýsla (“vein”) and Russian жи́ла (žíla, “vein”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), as veins are similar to air pipes.
• From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, lead”).
• From a Proto-Indo-European *wes-no- (“of blood”), and cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬙𐬁𐬝 (vaŋhutāt̰, “blood”), as well as perhaps Sanskrit वसा (vasā, “fat, lard”). This theory appears to be preferred by de Vaan.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈweː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.na]

vēna f (genitive vēnae); first declension

1. (anatomy) a vein, blood vessel
   1. an artery
2. (transferred sense, of things that resemble a vein)
   1. a watercourse
   2. a vein of metals
   3. (anatomy) the urinary passage
   4. a vein or streak of wood or stone
   5. a row of trees in a garden
   6. (anatomy) the penis
3. (figurative)
   1. strength
   2. the interior, the innate or natural quality or nature of something; the innermost feelings, spring, pulse
   3. one's natural bent, genius, disposition, vein

First-declension noun.

• vēnātilis
• vēnōsus
• vēnula

• “vena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• venen

vena f or m

1. definite feminine singular of vene

From Old Norse veina, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną.

vēna

1. to wail, to lament

vena

1. instrumental singular of va (“letter 'v'”)

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

• IPA^(key): /ʋěːna/
• Hyphenation: ve‧na

véna f (Cyrillic spelling ве́на)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)

   Antonym: aorta

• “vena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Old Spanish vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbena/ [ˈbe.na]

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ve‧na

vena f (plural venas)

1. vein

• “vena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from English vein.

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vena class IX (plural vena class X)

1. vein