vento

See also: Vento, vénto, and ventó

Catalan

Verb

vento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ventar

Esperanto

Etymology

From French vent and Italian vento, both from Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvento]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Noun

vento (accusative singular venton, plural ventoj, accusative plural ventojn)

1. (weather) wind

   La vento forte blovis tra la arbaro hieraŭ.

   The wind blew strongly through the forest yesterday.

Derived terms

• suna vento
• sunvento
• ventanima
• ventego
• ventmuelejo
• ventoturbino
• ventumi

 

Galician

Vento ("wind")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbento/ [ˈben̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ento
• IPA^(key): (dialectal) /ˈbɛnto/ [ˈbɛn̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (movement of air)

Derived terms

• ventar
• ventear
• vento solar
• vento tolo
• Ventosa
• Ventosela
• ventoselo
• ventoso

 

Related terms

• vendaval

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

vento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ventar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto vento, from Latin ventus.

Noun

vento (plural venti)

1. (weather) wind

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vento m

1. wind

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ventus (“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: vèn‧to

Noun

vento m (plural venti)

1. wind (movement of air caused by differences in atmospheric pressure)

Related terms

• mulino a vento
• rosa dei venti
• sventare
• ventaglio
• ventata
• venticello
• ventilare
• vento solare
• vento stellare
• ventola
• ventosa
• ventoso

 

See also

• meteorologia

Latin

Etymology 1

Frequentative of veniō (“I come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯en.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈven.to/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

ventō (present infinitive ventāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive) to be wont to come, come often, keep coming, resort

Conjugation

Conjugation of ventō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ventō	ventās	ventat	ventāmus	ventātis	ventant
	imperfect	ventābam	ventābās	ventābat	ventābāmus	ventābātis	ventābant
	future	ventābō	ventābis	ventābit	ventābimus	ventābitis	ventābunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ventem	ventēs	ventet	ventēmus	ventētis	ventent
	imperfect	ventārem	ventārēs	ventāret	ventārēmus	ventārētis	ventārent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ventā	—	—	ventāte	—
	future	—	ventātō	ventātō	—	ventātōte	ventantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ventāre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		ventāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ventandī	ventandō	ventandum	ventandō	—	—

Synonyms

• (I am wont to come): ventitō

Related terms

• adveniō
• adventō
• antēveniō
• circumveniō
• contraveniō
• conveniō
• conventō
• dēveniō
• ēveniō
• interveniō
• inveniō
• obveniō
• perveniō
• praeveniō
• prōveniō
• reveniō
• subveniō
• subventō
• superveniō
• transveniō
• veniō
• ventiō
• ventitō

 

Etymology 2

See ventus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯en.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈven.to/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪o]

Noun

ventō m

1. dative/ablative singular of ventus (“wind”)

References

• “vento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
    

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβẽ.to/

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind

Descendants

• Fala: ventu
• Galician: vento
• Portuguese: vento (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “vento”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ven‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

vento m (plural ventos)

1. wind (moving air)
2. (less common) air (gases of the atmosphere)

   Synonym: ar

3. (Brazil, figurative) nothingness; nothing (the lack of something)

   Synonym: nada

   Coloquei a mão no bolso para pegar a carteira, mas só encontrei vento.

   I put my hand in my pocket to get my wallet, but I found nothing.

Derived terms

• cata-vento
• para-vento
• ventinho

 

Related terms

• vendaval
• ventã
• ventar
• ventilar

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: bentu
• Kabuverdianu: bentu
• Papiamentu: bientu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vento

1. first-person singular present indicative of ventar

Further reading

• “vento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.to/

Noun

vento m (plural venti)

1. wind

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 399: “il vento; i venti” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “vento”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 786