venter

venter
noun Etymology: Anglo-French ventre belly, womb, mother, from Latin, belly, womb; perhaps akin to Old High German wanast paunch, Latin vesica bladder, Sanskrit vasti Date: 1544 1. a wife or mother that is a source of offspring 2. [New Latin, from Latin] a protuberant and often hollow anatomical structure: as a. the undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod b. the swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops

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  • venter — [ vɑ̃te ] v. impers. <conjug. : 1> • 1150; de vent ♦ Il vente : il fait du vent. Loc. Qu il pleuve ou qu il vente : par tous les temps. « Sans s inquiéter s il pleut ou s il vente » (Flaubert). ⊗ HOM. Vanter. ● venter verbe impersonnel (de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Venter — is a surname, and may refer to:* Brendan Venter (1969 ) Rugby union footballer * Christoffel Venter (1892 1977) South African military commander * Craig Venter (1946 ) American biologist and businessman * Dora Venter (1976 ) Hungarian… …   Wikipedia

  • Venter — ist der Fanmilienname folgender Personen: Craig Venter (* 1946), US amerikanischer Biochemiker Jaco Venter (* 1987), südafrikanischer Radrennfahrer Venter bezeichnet: Venter Tal, ein Quelltal des Ötztals Venter (Anatomie), eine medizinische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • VENTER — a Graec. εντερον, quia intestinorum locus est: pessimum corporum vas, instat ut creditor et saepius die appellat, Huius gratiâ praecipue avaritia expetrtur: huic luxuria conditur: huic navigatur ad Phasini: huic profundi vada exquiruntur. Et nemo …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Venter — Vent er, n. [L.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The belly; the abdomen; sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera. (b) The uterus, or womb. (c) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Venter@67 — (Нелспрёйт,Южно Африканская Республика) Категория отеля: Адрес: 67 Boekenhout Street, 120 …   Каталог отелей

  • venter — [ven′tər] n. [Anglo Fr < L venter: see VENTRAL] 1. Anat. Zool. a) the belly, or abdomen b) a protuberance like a belly, as on a muscle c) a cavity or hollowed surface 2. Law the womb: used in designating maternal parentage, as in children of… …   English World dictionary

  • Venter — Venter, lat., Bauch, Mutterleib, Leibesfrucht; ventris cura, Rechtsvorsorge für das noch ungeborne Kind. Plenus venter non studet libenter, bei vollem Bauch kann man nicht studieren …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Venter — Porté dans la Meuse et en Belgique, devrait correspondre au néerlandais venter (= colporteur) …   Noms de famille

  • venter — Venter. v. n. imperson. Faire vent. Il a venté toute la nuit, qu il pleuve, qu il gresle, ou qu il vente. Il se construit quelquefois avec le mot de Vent, & alors il n est plus impersonnel, & veut dire, proprement, Souffler; comme dans ces… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Venter — Vent er, n. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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