venal
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈviːnəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːnəl
Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al.
Adjective
[edit]venal (comparative more venal, superlative most venal)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from French vénal, from Old French venel, from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”); compare English vend.
Adjective
[edit]venal (comparative more venal, superlative most venal)
- (archaic) For sale; available for purchase.
- Synonym: purchasable
- Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140:
- Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.
- Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
- (of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.
- 1785, The Times, 9 Feb 1785, page 1, column C:
- Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, […] as those who have lately figured on the political stage.
- 1785, The Times, 9 Feb 1785, page 1, column C:
Usage notes
[edit]Venal behavior (bribery/corruption) is not to be confused with venial behavior (mildly wrong behavior).
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]venal m or f (masculine and feminine plural venals)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”).
Adjective
[edit]venal m or f (masculine and feminine plural venals)
- for sale, sellable
- venal (willing to take bribes)
- Synonym: subornable
Further reading
[edit]- “venal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “venal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “venal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “venal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin vēnālis.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]venal m or f (plural venais, not comparable)
- (anatomy) venal, venous (pertaining to veins)
- Synonym: venoso
- related to sales, commercial
- Synonym: comercial
- (figurative) easily bribable, capable of selling oneself; corrupt
- Synonym: corrupto
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “venal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “venal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French vénal, from Latin venalis.
Adjective
[edit]venal m or n (feminine singular venală, masculine plural venali, feminine and neuter plural venale)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | venal | venală | venali | venale | |||
definite | venalul | venala | venalii | venalele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | venal | venale | venali | venale | |||
definite | venalului | venalei | venalilor | venalelor |
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]venal m or f (masculine and feminine plural venales)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”).
Adjective
[edit]venal m or f (masculine and feminine plural venales)
- venal, corruptible
- for sale, sellable
- Synonym: vendible
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “venal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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