vena

From Latin vēna.

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

From Old Occitan vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvə.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈve.na/

vena f (plural venes)

1. vein

• venal
• venós

• “vena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

vena

1. fire
2. firewood

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

vena

1. (anatomy) vein (blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart)

The term vena is only used by experts in scientific or medical context.

• laskimo

• neva

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

vena f (plural vene)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
2. grain (of wood)
3. talent, aptitude, gift, bent
4. inspiration
5. inclination, desire
6. lode, seam (of a mineral)

In vena di... In the mood for...

• venare
• venato
• venatura
• venoso

vena

1. third-person singular present indicative of venare
2. second-person singular imperative of venare

• nave, vane

Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:

• From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-, the same root of via (“road”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *weyp-, the same root of vibex (“weal, welt”)
• From a root common to Lithuanian gýsla (“vein”) and Russian жи́ла (žíla, “vein”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.na/

vēna f (genitive vēnae); first declension

1. (anatomy) A vein, blood vessel
2. An artery
3. Of things that resemble a vein—vein of metal, a water course
4. natural quality of something
5. disposition

First declension.

• vēnātilis
• vēnōsus

• Aromanian: vinã
• → Bulgarian: вена (vena)
• Dalmatian: vaina
• → Finnish: vena
• Friulian: vene
• → German: Vene
• → Hungarian: véna
• Italian: vena
• → Macedonian: вена (vena)
• Old French: veine, vaine, veyne
  • Middle French: vene
    • French: veine
      • → Romanian: venă
      • → Vietnamese: ven
  • → Middle English: veyne
    • English: vein
  • Norman: veine
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: vena
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: vena
  • Occitan: vena
• Old Portuguese: vẽa
  • Galician: vea
  • Portuguese: veia
• Romanian: vână
• → Russian: вена (vena)
• Romansch: avaina, avagna
• Sardinian: bena, vena
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: вена
  • Latin: vena
• Sicilian: vina
• Spanish: vena
• → Swedish: ven
• → Ukrainian: вена (vena)
• Venetian: véna, (vena)

• vena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• venen

vena f or m

1. definite feminine singular of vene

From Old Norse veina, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną.

vēna

1. to wail, to lament

Borrowed from Latin vēna.

• IPA^(key): /ʋěːna/
• Hyphenation: ve‧na

véna f (Cyrillic spelling ве́на)

1. (anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)

• aorta

• “vena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Old Spanish vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbena/

vena f (plural venas)

1. vein

• vena