(medicine)vein, a blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
Further reading
“vena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈve.na/
Rhymes: -ena
Hyphenation: vé‧na
Etymology 1
From Latinvēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.
Noun
venaf (pluralvene)
(anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
grain (of wood)
talent, aptitude, gift, bent
inspiration
inclination, desire
in vena di ― in the mood for
lode, seam (of a mineral)
Derived terms
svenare
Related terms
venare
venato
venatura
venoso
Etymology 2
Verb
vena
inflection of venare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Neva, nave, vane
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:
From Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-, the same root of via(“road”).
From Proto-Indo-European*wenh₁-, the same root of venēnum (“juice; venom”).
From Proto-Indo-European*weyp-, the same root of vibex(“weal, welt”).
From a root common to Lithuaniangýsla(“vein”) and Russianжи́ла(žíla, “vein”).
(transferred sense, of things that resemble a vein)
a watercourse
a vein of metals
(anatomy) the urinary passage
a vein or streak of wood or stone
a row of trees in a garden
(anatomy) the penis
(figurative)
strength
the interior, the innate or natural quality or nature of something; the innermost feelings, spring, pulse
one's natural bent, genius, disposition, vein
Inflection
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
vēnātilis
vēnōsus
vēnula
Descendants
References
“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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
venen
Noun
venaf or m
definite feminine singular of vene
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norseveina, from Proto-Germanic*wainōną.
Verb
vēna
to wail, to lament
Conjugation
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinvēna.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʋěːna/
Hyphenation: ve‧na
Noun
vénaf (Cyrillic spellingве́на)
(anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)
Antonym:aorta
Declension
References
“vena” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanishvena, from Latinvēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbena/[ˈbe.na]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: ve‧na
Noun
venaf (pluralvenas)
vein
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“vena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014