Esperanto

Noun

vento ‎(accusative singular venton, plural ventoj, accusative plural ventojn)

1. (weather) wind

Derived terms

• ventego
• sunvento / suna vento
• ventoturbino

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m ‎(plural ventos)

1. wind (movement of air)

Derived terms

• vento solar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto [Term?], from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento (plural venti)

1. (weather) wind

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m

1. wind

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ventus ‎(“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from *h₂weh₁- ‎(“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• vènto
• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛnto]

Noun

vento m ‎(plural venti)

1. wind (movement of air caused by differences in atmospheric pressure)

Related terms

See also

• meteorologia

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of veniō ‎(“I come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwen.toː/

Verb

ventō ‎(present infinitive ventāre); first conjugation, no perfect

1. (intransitive) I am wont to come, come often, keep coming, resort.

Inflection

• No perfect or supine forms.

Synonyms

• (I am wont to come): ventitō

Related terms

References

• vento in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vento”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
    

Etymology 2

See ventus

Noun

ventō

1. dative singular of ventus
2. ablative singular of ventus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts ‎(“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- ‎(“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (moving air)
2. (less common) air (gases of the atmosphere)
3. (figuratively) nothingness; nothing (the lack of something)

   Coloquei a mão no bolso para pegar a carteira, mas só encontrei vento.‎

   I put my hand in my pocket to get my wallet, but I found just wind.

Synonyms

• (air): ar
• (nothing): nada, nadica

Related terms