# ven
## Translingual
### Symbol

ven
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Venda.

## English
### Adjective

ven (not comparable)
* Abbreviation of venerable.

### Anagrams

* NEV, NVE, Nev, Nev., VNE, neV

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛn]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈven]

### Verb

ven
* inflection of vendre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ven, from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛn]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

ven
* out, outwards
    Antonym: dovnitř

#### Related terms

* venek m
* venkov m

### Further reading

* “ven”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ven”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “ven”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* vain

### Etymology

From Latin vīnum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βeŋ/

### Noun

ven m
* wine

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *winiz, cognate with Swedish vän. rom Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛn/, [ˈʋɛn]
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Noun

ven c (singular definite vennen, plural indefinite venner)
* friend
* (dated) boyfriend (a male lover)

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch venne, from Old Dutch *feni, from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare English fen). Doublet of veen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ven
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Homophone: Ven

### Noun

ven n (plural vennen, diminutive vennetje n)
* mere, a small shallow lake or pond

#### Derived terms

* bosven
* heideven

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

#### Verb

ven
* third-person plural present indicative of ver

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of venir (“to come”).

#### Verb

ven
* second-person singular imperative of vir

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛ̃/

### Numeral

ven
* twenty

## Middle English
### Noun

ven
* (Southern) Alternative form of fen

## 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, definite superlative veneste)
* 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 the Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”). Related to Latin venus (“beauty”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋeːn/

#### Noun

ven m (definite singular venen, indefinite plural vener or venar, definite plural venene or venane)
* friend
    Han er venen min.He’s my friend.

##### Alternative forms

* venn

##### Derived terms

* besteven
* veninne

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋeːn/

#### Adjective

ven (neuter vent, definite singular and plural vene, comparative venare, indefinite superlative venast, definite superlative venaste)
* beautiful
    Synonym: vakker

##### Alternative forms

* væn (non-standard since 1917)

##### Derived terms

* venleik

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

ven
* present tense of venja
* imperative of venja

### References

* “ven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* evn, nev

## Old Norse
### Verb

ven
* first-person singular present indicative active of venja
* second-person singular present imperative active of venja

## Old Occitan
### 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)
* wind (movement of air)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ventus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 255

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /væn/

### Adverb

ven (Cyrillic spelling вен)
* (Kajkavian) that one
    Synonym: onaj

#### Related terms

* vende

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈben/ [ˈbẽn]
* Rhymes: -en
* Syllabification: ven

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ven
* second-person singular imperative of venir

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ven
* third-person plural present indicative of ver

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Latin vena; cognate to English vein.

#### Noun

ven c
* a vein

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | ven | vens |
| singular | definite | venen | venens |
| plural | indefinite | vener | veners |
| plural | definite | venerna | venernas |

##### Antonyms

* artär
* pulsåder

### Etymology 2

Germanic; see English whin.

#### Alternative forms

* hven (obsolete)

#### Noun

ven c
* bentgrass, grass of the genus Agrostis

#### References

* Fredrik Tamm, Etymologisk svensk ordbok, volume 1

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ven
* past indicative of vina

### Further reading

* ven in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Svensk MeSH
* ven in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vëëno. Cognates include Finnish vieno.

### Adjective

ven
* quiet, calm, still
* slow, sluggish
* mild, moderate, temperate

#### Declension
## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [vɛn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [vɛŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [vɛŋ˧˧] ~ [jɛŋ˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 邊 (“edge; border; side”, SV: biên). Doublet of biên. Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 多边 (多邊 (MC ta pen)) (modern SV: đa biên).

#### Noun

ven • (𫑊)
* shore; bank; side
    vùng ven biển ― coastal area

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French veine.

#### Noun

ven
* (anatomy, colloquial) vein
    Synonym: tĩnh mạch
    bắt vento find a vein (for injection)

## Volapük
### Conjunction

ven
* when
** 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:Ven älabom lifayelis lul äprimom ad golön lü jul.When he was five years old, he started going to school.
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:Ven nu Yesus pimotom, tö ‚Bethlehem’ in Yudän timü hireg: ‚Herodes’, ekö! sapans anik se lofüdän äkömoms ini ‚Hierusalem’.After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east.

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English fen, from Old English fenn, from Proto-West Germanic *fani.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛn/

### Noun

ven
* dirt

#### Derived terms

* venie

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vən˧/

### Noun

ven
* thing

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41