French

Noun

veine f ‎(plural veines)

1. (anatomy) vein
2. (geology) vein, seam
3. (informal) luck

Derived terms

• déveine
• veinard
• veiner

Anagrams

• envie, en vie, envié

Descendants

• Vietnamese: ven

Norman

Etymology

From Old French veine, from Latin vēna.

Noun

veine f ‎(plural veines)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) vein

Derived terms

• veine varice ‎(“varicose vein”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• vaine
• veyne

Etymology

From Latin vēna.

Noun

veine f ‎(oblique plural veines, nominative singular veine, nominative plural veines)

1. (anatomy) vein

Descendants

• English: vein (borrowed)
• French: veine
• Norman: veine

Wogeo

Noun

veine

1. woman

References

• Stephen Adolphe Wurm,New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976): PAN *binay, *babinay woman: the longer forms coming into PN as wahine, is present in Manus as *pihin, "bihin, and in Wogeo as veine, [...]
• Herbert Ian Hogbin, The Leaders and the Led: Social Control in Wogeo, New Guinea (1978)