veine

See also: veiné

French

Etymology

From Middle French vene, from Old French veine, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛn/
Audio (une veine) (file)

Noun

veine f (plural veines)

(anatomy) vein
(geology) vein, seam
(informal) luck

Derived terms

Anagrams

envie, en vie, envié

Descendants

→ Romanian: venă
→ Vietnamese: ven

Further reading

“veine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French veine, from Latin vēna.

Noun

veine f (plural veines)

(Jersey, anatomy) vein

Derived terms

veine varice (“varicose vein”)

Old French

Alternative forms

vaine, veyne

Etymology

From Latin vēna.

Noun

veine f (oblique plural veines, nominative singular veine, nominative plural veines)

(anatomy) vein

Descendants

Middle French: vene
- French: veine
  - → Romanian: venă
  - → Vietnamese: ven
→ Middle English: veyne
- English: vein
Norman: veine

Wogeo

Noun

veine

woman

References

Stephen Adolphe Wurm,New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976): PAN *binay, *babinay woman: the longer forms coming into PN as wahine, is present in Manus as *pihin, "bihin, and in Wogeo as veine, [...]
Herbert Ian Hogbin, The Leaders and the Led: Social Control in Wogeo, New Guinea (1978)

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