English

Adjective

ven

1. venerable

Anagrams

• Nev.

Catalan

Verb

ven

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

Czech

Pronunciation

Adverb

ven

1. out, outwards

Antonyms

• dovnitř

Related terms

• venek m
• venkov m

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• vain

Etymology

From Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): βeŋ

Noun

ven m

1. wine

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)

1. friend

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology

From Old Dutch *fenni, from Proto-Germanic *fanją. Compare also veen, from the same origin.

Noun

ven n ‎(plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)

1. mere, a small shallow lake

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ver ‎(“to see”).

Verb

ven

1. third-person plural present indicative of ver

Etymology 2

Inflected form of vir ‎(“to come”).

Verb

ven

1. second-person singular imperative of vir

Haitian Creole

Numeral

ven

1. (cardinal) twenty

Lojban

Rafsi

ven

1. rafsi of vecnu.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

ven ‎(neuter singular vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venere, indefinite superlative venest)

1. beautiful

Usage notes

Used in folklore and poetic language primarily.

References

• “ven” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• venn

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• besteven
• veninne

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ven ‎(masculine and feminine ven, neuter vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venare, indefinite superlative venast, definite superlative venaste)

1. beautiful

References

• “ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Provençal

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

• (fr)(de) ventus in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væn/

Adverb

ven

1. (Kajkavian) that one

Synonyms

• onaj

Related terms

• vende

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -en

Etymology 1

Verb

ven

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of venir.

Etymology 2

Verb

ven

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of ver.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of ver.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin; cognate to vein.

Noun

ven c

1. a vein

Declension

Antonyms

• artär
• pulsåder

Etymology 2

Germanic; see whin.

Alternative forms

• hven (obsolete)

Noun

ven

1. bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

References

• Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowing from French veine

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲɛŋ˧˥]

Noun

ven

1. (anatomy, colloquial) vein

Synonyms

• tĩnh mạch

Volapük

Conjunction

ven

1. when