French

Noun

ventre m ‎(plural ventres)

1. (anatomy) belly; stomach
2. (physics) antinode

Related terms

See also

• panse

Anagrams

• rêvent, venter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Noun

ventre m ‎(plural ventri)

1. abdomen, tummy, belly, stomach
2. womb

Latin

Noun

ventre

1. ablative singular of venter

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Descendants

• French: ventre

Norman

Alternative forms

• vãtr (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m ‎(plural ventres)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) belly, stomach

Synonyms

• dare (continental Normandy)
• (belly): bielle f (Jersey)

Derived terms

• ventrée ‎(“bellyful”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• vantre

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m ‎(oblique plural ventres, nominative singular ventres, nominative plural ventre)

1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Descendants

• Middle French: ventre
  • French: ventre
• Norman: ventre, vãtr
• Walloon: vinte

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβen.tɾe/

Noun

ventre m

1. (anatomy) The belly, abdomen, stomach
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 368 (facsimile):

     [C]omo […] ſ(ant)a M(aria) do porto guariu ũa moller dũa coobra que tragia eno uentre‎

     (H)ow Holy Mary of Porto cured a woman of a snake she had in her belly

2. The womb
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 184 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou de morte ũu Menynno que iazia no uentre da madre‎

     This is how Holy Mary saved from death a little boy who laid in his mother's womb

Descendants

• Galician: ventre
• Portuguese: ventre

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin venter, ventrem.

Noun

ventre m ‎(oblique plural ventres, nominative singular ventres, nominative plural ventre)

1. belly; stomach (ventral area)

Descendants

• Catalan: ventre
• Occitan: ventre, vente

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ventre, from Latin ventris, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɾɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɾi/
• Hyphenation: ven‧tre

Noun

ventre m (plural ventres)

1. The belly, abdomen, stomach
2. The womb

Synonyms

• (belly): barriga, pança
• (abdomen): abdómen
• (stomach): estômago
• (womb): madre, seio, útero

Derived terms

• alto-ventre
• baixo-ventre