Venus

See also: venus, Venüs, Vénus, and Vênus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin, after Venus (goddess of beauty, love, sexual intercourse). See images.

Proper noun

Venus f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – the true venus clams.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

The Birth of Venus

English

Venus astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Latin Venus

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈviːnəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvinəs/, [ˈvinɪ̈s]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnəs
  • Homophones: venus, venous
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧nus

Proper noun

Venus

  1. The second planet in our solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by .
    • The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:
      Venus rises on the 1st day 1/4 to 5 a.m., and 4h. 25m. a.m. on the last day. [...] She is now beginning to move northward. [...]
  2. (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.
  3. A female given name
  4. (obsolete) Sexual activity or intercourse; sex, lust, venery.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , II.ii.2:
      Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause, or in defect; so, moderately used, to some parties an only help, a present remedy.
  5. (poetry) Love; sex.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Solar System in in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
Planets and dwarf planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris
Notable moons Moon Phobos
Deimos
Ganymede
Callisto
Io
Europa
Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas
Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda
Triton Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx
Hiʻiaka
Namaka
Dysnomia

Anagrams


Asturian

Proper noun

Venus f

  1. Venus (planet)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Venus f

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also


Cebuano

Etymology

From English Venus, from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːn̪ʊs/

Proper noun

Venus

  1. the second planet in our solar system after Mercury
  2. (Roman mythology) the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity;
  3. a female given name.

Danish

Proper noun

Venus

  1. Venus (planet)

See also

(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur, Venus, Jorden/jorden, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun [edit]


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Venus f

  1. Venus (planet)

Estonian

Proper noun

Venus

  1. Venus (Roman goddess)

Finnish

Proper noun

Venus

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

Declension

Inflection of Venus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Venus
genitive Venuksen
partitive Venusta
illative Venukseen
singular plural
nominative Venus
accusative nom. Venus
gen. Venuksen
genitive Venuksen
partitive Venusta
inessive Venuksessa
elative Venuksesta
illative Venukseen
adessive Venuksella
ablative Venukselta
allative Venukselle
essive Venuksena
translative Venukseksi
instructive
abessive Venuksetta
comitative

Compounds

  • venuksenkenkä
  • venuskukkula

Anagrams


Galician

Proper noun

Venus f

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Venus f (genitive Venus)

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also


Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛːnʏs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːnʏs

Proper noun

Venus f

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)
  3. A female given name

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wenos (love), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to wish, love). See also Latin veneror, venia, Sanskrit वनस् (vánas, loveliness, desire), English wish.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwe.nus/, [ˈwɛ.nʊs]

Proper noun

Venus f (genitive Veneris); third declension

  1. Venus, Roman goddess of natural productivity.
  2. Venus, the second planet in our solar system.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Venus Venerēs
Genitive Veneris Venerum
Dative Venerī Veneribus
Accusative Venerem Venerēs
Ablative Venere Veneribus
Vocative Venus Venerēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References


Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Venus.

Proper noun

Venus

  1. (mythology) The Roman goddess governing love and sexuality; Venus.
  2. (astronomy) The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus.

Synonyms

  • (planet): Vesper, even sterne, even sterre, eventide sterre, morwe sterre, morwetide sterre

Descendants

See also

References


Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Venus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Venus

  1. Venus (planet)

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative Venus
Genitive Venusa
Singular Plural
Nominative Venus Venusat
Accusative Venusa Venusiid
Genitive Venusa Venusiid
Illative Venusii Venusiidda
Locative Venusis Venusiin
Comitative Venusiin Venusiiguin
Essive Venusin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Venusan Venuseamẹ Venuseamẹt
2nd person Venusat Venuseattẹ Venuseattẹt
3rd person Venusis Venuseaskkạ Venuseasẹt

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Further reading


Norwegian

Proper noun

Venus

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

See also


Spanish

Proper noun

Venus ?

  1. Venus (planet)

See also


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːnɵs/

Proper noun

Venus c (genitive Venus)

  1. Venus (planet)
  2. Venus (Roman goddess)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Venus, from Latin Venus.

Proper noun

Venus

  1. A female given name
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