Venus
Translingual
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Veneroida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family
Hyponyms
- For the numerous species see
Venus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Venus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Venus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Venus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venus
- 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. [...]
- The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.
- A female given name
- (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.
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- (poetry) Love; sex.
Derived terms
- crocus of Venus
- mons Venus
- protoVenus
- salt of Venus
- venereal
- Venerial
- Venerian
- Venus' comb
- Venus flytrap
- Venusian
- Venuslike
- Venus mound
- venusquake
- Venus's basin
- Venus's basket
- Venus's bath
- Venus's comb
- Venus's flower basket
- Venus's girdle
- Venus's hair
- Venus's hair stone
- Venus's looking-glass
- Venus's pride
- Venus's purse
- Venus's shell
- Venus zone
Translations
planet
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goddess
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See also
- (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Solar System in in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Asturian
Catalan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biːn̪ʊs/
Proper noun
Venus
- the second planet in our solar system after Mercury
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity;
- a female given name.
Danish
Estonian
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of Venus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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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
Galician
German
Pronunciation
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛːnʏs/
- Rhymes: -ɛːnʏs
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
- Venus, Roman goddess of natural productivity.
- Venus, the second planet in our solar system.
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Venus | Venerēs |
Genitive | Veneris | Venerum |
Dative | Venerī | Veneribus |
Accusative | Venerem | Venerēs |
Ablative | Venere | Veneribus |
Vocative | Venus | Venerēs |
Derived terms
References
- Venus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Middle English
Proper noun
Venus
Synonyms
- (planet): Vesper, even sterne, even sterre, eventide sterre, morwe sterre, morwetide sterre
Related terms
Descendants
- English: Venus
See also
References
- “Venus (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
Northern Sami
Inflection
Odd, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | Venus | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Venusa | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | Venus | Venusat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | Venusa | Venusiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Venusa | Venusiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | Venusii | Venusiidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | Venusis | Venusiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | Venusiin | Venusiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | Venusin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːnɵs/
Tagalog
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