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Venter
Vent′er
,Noun.
One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.
[R.]
Barrow.
Vent′er
,Noun.
[L.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The belly; the abdomen; – sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
(b)
The uterus, or womb.
(c)
A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface;
as, the
venter
of a muscle; the venter
, or anterior surface, of the scapula.2.
(Zool.)
The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
3.
(Rom. & O. E. Law)
A pregnant woman; a mother;
as, A has a son B by one
venter
, and a daughter C by another venter
; children by different venters
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venter
venter
English
Noun
venter (plural venters)
- (obsolete) A vendor.
Etymology 2
From Latin venter (“belly, womb, offspring”).
Noun
venter (plural venters)
- A woman with offspring
- (anatomy) A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
- A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone
Etymology 3
Noun
venter (plural venters)
- One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
- 2006, David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes (page 72)
- Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.
- 2006, David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes (page 72)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
Noun
venter m (plural venters, diminutive ventertje n)
Derived terms
- (vendor types, mainly by product) bloemenventer m, dagbladventer m, fruitventer m, gelegenheidsventer m, groenteventer m, marktventer m, melkventer m, petroleumventer m, straatventer m, visventer m (obsolete spelling vischventer m)
- ideeënventer m
- venterigge
- ventster f
- potloodventer m
- ventersbond m
- ventersgeroep n
- ventersgroep
- venterskar
- venterskreet
- venterskroeg
Anagrams
French
Etymology
vent (“wind”) + -er, from Latin ventus
Pronunciation
Verb
venter (impersonal)
- (impersonal, weather) To be windy.
Conjugation
This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of venter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | venter | avoir venté | |||||
| gerund | en ventant | en ayant venté | |||||
| present participle | ventant /vɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | venté /vɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | vente /vɑ̃t/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | ventait /vɑ̃.tɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — |
venta /vɑ̃.ta/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | ventera /vɑ̃.tʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | venterait /vɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | vente /vɑ̃t/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — |
ventât /vɑ̃.ta/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-, see also German Wanst (“belly, paunch”), Old High German wanast, Sanskrit वस्ति (vasti, “bladder”), Latin vesica (“bladder”)[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwen.ter/, [ˈwɛn.tɛr]
Noun
venter m (genitive ventris); third declension
- (anatomy) belly, abdomen
- (anatomy) body, trunk
- (anatomy) stomach
- (anatomy) womb
- unborn offspring, especially son
- sensual lust
- gluttony
Inflection
Venter has a shaky history, and some sources list it as a consonant stem. Allen & Greenough refers to it as an i-stem.
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | venter | ventrēs |
| genitive | ventris | ventrium |
| dative | ventrī | ventribus |
| accusative | ventrem | ventrēs |
| ablative | ventre | ventribus |
| vocative | venter | ventrēs |
More often: Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | venter | ventrēs |
| genitive | ventris | ventrium |
| dative | ventrī | ventribus |
| accusative | ventrem ventrim |
ventrēs ventrīs |
| ablative | ventre ventrī |
ventribus |
| vocative | venter | ventrēs |
Derived terms
Terms derived from venter
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Related terms
- ventriculātiō
- ventriculōsus
Descendants
References
- venter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- venter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “venter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be the slave of one's appetite: ventri deditum esse
- to be the slave of one's appetite: ventri deditum esse
- ↑ “ventre” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2