venter

See also: Venter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”).

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. A woman with offspring.
2. (biology) A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
   1. (zootomy) The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
   2. (botany) The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
3. A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.

Related terms

• ventricle

Etymology 2

From 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, →ISBN, page 72:

     Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.

Etymology 3

Cognate with Dutch venter (“vendor, peddler”).

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. (obsolete) A vendor.

Anagrams

• Ventre, Vernet

Danish

Verb

venter

1. present of vente

Dutch

Etymology

From venten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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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
• potloodventer m
• venterigge
• ventersbond m
• ventersgeroep n
• ventersgroep
• venterskar
• venterskreet
• venterskroeg
• ventster f

Anagrams

• vreten

French

Etymology

From vent (“wind”) +‎ -er, from Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.te/
• Homophones: venté, ventée, ventées, ventés

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Verb

venter (impersonal)

1. (impersonal, weather) to be windy, to blow

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of venter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	venter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ventant /vɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		venté /vɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	—	—	vente /vɑ̃t/	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	ventait /vɑ̃.tɛ/	—	—	—
	past historic2	—	—	venta /vɑ̃.ta/	—	—	—
	future	—	—	ventera /vɑ̃.tʁa/	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	venterait /vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	—	—	—
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	—	—	vente /vɑ̃t/	—	—	—
	imperfect2	—	—	ventât /vɑ̃.ta/	—	—	—
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	—	—	—	—	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• venter à décorner les bœufs
• venter à écorner les bœufs

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rêvent, ventre