# vente
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse vænta, vætta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛntə/, [ˈʋɛnd̥ə]
* Rhymes: -ɛntə

### Verb

vente (imperative vent, infinitive at vente, present tense venter, past tense ventede, perfect tense er/har ventet)
* (intransitive) wait
    Vent på mig!
       Wait for me!
* (transitive) expect
    Han ventede mig tydeligvis.
       He clearly expected me.

#### Conjugation

activepassive
present
venter
ventes
past
ventede
ventedes
infinitive
vente
ventes
imperative
vent
participle
present
ventende
past
ventet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
venten :

#### Derived terms

* afvente
* ventelig
* venten ("the act of waiting")
* ventetid

### Further reading

* “vente” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Verb

vente
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of venten

## French
### Etymology

From vendita, the feminine of Latin vēnditus (“sold”), past participle of vēndō (“to sell”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑ̃t/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vente f (plural ventes)
* sale
    une vente de gâteaux ― bake sale
    mettre en vente ― to put up for sale

#### Derived terms

* point de vente
* taxe de vente
* taxe sur la vente
* vente aux enchères
* vente de garage
* vente pyramidale

#### Related terms

* mévente
* vendre

### Verb

vente
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of venter

### Further reading

* “vente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* évent

## Galician
### Verb

vente
* inflection of ventar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish veynte (with a shift in stress), from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

### Numeral

vente (Hebrew spelling ב׳ינטי)
* twenty (20)
** 2006, Matilda Koén‐Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, page 129:La repuesta le agradó muncho a Aharon, ke me kontó ke tuvo una amiga de la edá de katorze anyos asta la edá de vente anyos.Aharon liked the response so much that he told me that he had a fourteen‐ to twenty‐year‐old friend.

#### Derived terms

* ventena
* ventén

#### Related terms

* ventezimo

### References

* ↑ “vente”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯en.te/, [ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈven.te/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪e]

### Noun

vente
* vocative singular of ventus

## Norman
### Etymology

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### Noun

vente f (plural ventes)
* (Jersey, Guernsey) sale

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse vænta, derived from von.

### Noun

vente (indeclinable)
* that which is to come

#### Usage notes

Only used in the expression i vente, see there.

#### Derived terms

* påvente

### Verb

vente (imperative vent, present tense venter, passive ventes, simple past and past participle venta or ventet, present participle ventende)
* to stay put, to wait, to delay
    stå og vente ― stand and wait
    vent og se! ― wait and see!
    vent litt! ― [just] wait a little [longer]!
* to be ready
    middagen venter ― the dinner is ready
* expect (as likely)
    vi venter gjester ― we are expecting guests
    Du kan vente meg klokka sju ― You can expect me at seven o'clock
    Det var ikke annet å vente ― Nothing else could have been expected
    vente seg mye av oppholdet ― [to] expect much from the stay
    såpass må en kunne vente av et voksent menneske ― thus much must one expect from an adult person
    han hadde ikke ventet det svaret ― he hadn't expected that answer

#### Derived terms

* avvente
* forvente
* uventet
* venteliste
* venterom
* ventetid

#### References

* “vente” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

vente
* that which is to come; only used in the expression i vente, see there.

### Verb

vente (present tense ventar, past tense venta, past participle venta, passive infinitive ventast, present participle ventande, imperative vente/vent)
* Alternative form of venta

#### Derived terms

* avvente
* venterom
* ventetid

### References

* “vente” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Verb

vente
* third-person singular present subjunctive of ventar

## Spanish
### Etymology

From venir (“come”) + te (“to you, yourself”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbente/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: ven‧te

### Verb

vente
* second-person singular imperative of venir combined with te