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Webster 1913 Edition


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
.

Definition 2024


venter

venter

English

Noun

venter (plural venters)

  1. (obsolete) A vendor.

Etymology 2

From Latin venter (belly, womb, offspring).

Noun

venter (plural venters)

  1. A woman with offspring
  2. (anatomy) A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
    1. the belly
    2. an abdomen
  3. A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone

Etymology 3

vent + -er.

Noun

venter (plural venters)

  1. 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.

Danish

Verb

venter

  1. present tense of vente

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From venten + -er.

Noun

venter m (plural venters, diminutive ventertje n)

  1. A vendor, peddler, door-to-door salesman

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)

  1. (impersonal, weather) To be windy.

Conjugation

This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.

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

  1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen
  2. (anatomy) body, trunk
  3. (anatomy) stomach
  4. (anatomy) womb
  5. unborn offspring, especially son
  6. sensual lust
  7. 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 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

Related terms

  • ventriculātiō
  • ventriculōsus

Descendants

References

  1. “ventre” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

venter

  1. present tense of vente