vente

See also: venté

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish wæntæ, from Old Norse vænta, vætta, from Proto-Germanic *wēnatjaną, related to *winiz (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛntə/, [ˈʋɛnd̥ə]
• Rhymes: -ɛntə

Verb

vente (imperative vent, infinitive at vente, present tense venter, past tense ventede, perfect tense ventet)

1. (intransitive) wait

   Vent på mig!

   Wait for me!

2. (transitive) expect

   Han ventede mig tydeligvis.

   He clearly expected me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vente

active passive infinitive vente ventes present venter ventes past ventede ventedes imperative vent — participle present ventende past (have / havde / er / var) ventet gerund venten

Derived terms

• afvente
• ventelig
• venten ("the act of waiting")
• ventetid
• uventet

References

• “vente” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “vente” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Verb

vente

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of venten

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃t/

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Etymology 1

From Latin vēndita, feminine past participle of vēndō (“to sell”).

Noun

vente f (plural ventes)

1. sale

   une vente de gâteaux ― bake sale

   mettre en vente ― to put up for sale

Derived terms

• point de vente
• taxe de vente
• taxe sur la vente
• vente aux enchères
• vente de garage
• vente pyramidale

Related terms

• mévente
• vendre

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: vant

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vente

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of venter

Further reading

• “vente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• évent

Galician

Verb

vente

1. inflection of ventar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish veynte (with a shift in stress), from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Numeral

vente (Hebrew spelling ב׳ינטי)

1. twenty (20)
   • 2006, Matilda Koén‐Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 129:

     La repuesta le agradó muncho a Aharon, ke me kontó ke tuvo una amiga de la edá de katorze anyos asta la edá de vente anyos.

     Aharon liked the response so much that he told me that he had a fourteen‐ to twenty‐year‐old friend.

Derived terms

• ventena
• ventén

Related terms

• ventezimo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn.te]

Noun

vente

1. vocative singular of ventus

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vente f (plural ventes)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) sale

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vænta, derived from von.

Noun

vente (indeclinable)

1. that which is to come

Usage notes

Only used in the expression i vente, see there.

Derived terms

• påvente

Verb

vente (imperative vent, present tense venter, passive ventes, simple past and past participle venta or ventet, present participle ventende)

1. to stay put, to wait, to delay

   stå og vente ― stand and wait

   vent og se! ― wait and see!

   vent litt! ― [just] wait a little [longer]!

2. to be ready

   middagen venter ― the dinner is ready

3. expect (as likely)

   vi venter gjester ― we are expecting guests

   Du kan vente meg klokka sju ― You can expect me at seven o'clock

   Det var ikke annet å vente ― Nothing else could have been expected

   vente seg mye av oppholdet ― [to] expect much from the stay

   såpass må en kunne vente av et voksent menneske ― thus much must one expect from an adult person

   han hadde ikke ventet det svaret ― he hadn't expected that answer

Derived terms

• avvente
• forvente
• uventet
• venteliste
• venterom
• ventetid

References

• “vente” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vente

1. that which is to come; only used in the expression i vente, see there.

Verb

vente (present tense ventar, past tense venta, past participle venta, passive infinitive ventast, present participle ventande, imperative vente/vent)

1. alternative form of venta

Derived terms

• avvente
• venterom
• ventetid

References

• “vente” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.tɨ/

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

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: ven‧te

Verb

vente

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of ventar

Spanish

Etymology

From venir (“come”) + te (“to you, yourself”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbente/ [ˈbẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ven‧te

Verb

vente

1. second-person singular imperative of venir combined with te