venin

See also: vénîn

English

Noun

venin (plural venins)

  1. (biochemistry) A toxic substance found in the venom of poisonous snakes.
  2. (biochemistry) A (supposedly identical) toxic substance obtained by the cleavage of an albumose.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for venin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French venin, from Old French venin, venim, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *venīmen, from Latin venēnum, from a Proto-Italic *weneznom (“lust, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, love”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /və.nɛ̃/
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Noun

venin m (plural venins)

  1. venom (poison)
  2. venom (feeling of malign or contempt)

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French venim.

Noun

venin m (plural venins)

  1. venom

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin venēnum, from a Proto-Italic *weneznom (“lust, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, love”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [veˈnin]

Noun

venin n (plural veninuri)

  1. venom
  2. (figuratively) malice

Declension

The plural form of this word is rare.

declension of venin
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) venin veninul (niște) veninuri veninurile
genitive/dative (unui) venin veninului (unor) veninuri veninurilor
vocative veninule veninurilor

Synonyms
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