different between venter vs gaster

English

Etymology 1

Cognate with Dutch venter.

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. (obsolete) A vendor.

Etymology 2

From Latin venter (“belly, womb, offspring”).

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. A woman with offspring
2. (anatomy) A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
   1. the belly
   2. an abdomen
3. A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone

Etymology 3

vent +? -er.

Noun

venter (plural venters)

1. One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
   • 2006, David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes (page 72)

     Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.

Anagrams

• Ventre, Vernet

Danish

Verb

venter

1. present of vente

Dutch

Etymology

From venten +? -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

venter m (plural venters, diminutive ventertje n)

1. A vendor, peddler, door-to-door salesman

Derived terms

Anagrams

• vreten

French

Etymology

From vent (“wind”) +? -er, from Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.te/
• Homophones: venté, ventée, ventées, ventés

Verb

venter (impersonal)

1. (impersonal, weather) To be windy, to blow.

Conjugation

This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “venter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rêvent, ventre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-, see also German Wanst (“belly, paunch”), Old High German wanast, Sanskrit ????? (vasti, “bladder”), Latin v?s?ca (“bladder”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?en.ter/, [?u??n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ven.ter/, [?v?n?t??r]

Noun

venter m (genitive ventris); third declension

1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen
2. (anatomy) body, trunk
3. (anatomy) stomach
4. (anatomy) womb
5. unborn offspring, especially son
6. sensual lust
7. gluttony

Declension

• Venter has a shaky history, and some sources list it as a consonant stem, but more commonly (e.g. Allen & Greenough) it is listed as an i-stem.

Third-declension noun (i-stem or parisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Related terms

• ventricul?ti?
• ventricul?sus

Descendants

References

• venter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• venter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

venter

1. present of vente

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gaster (“the belly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æ.st?/
• Rhymes: -æst?(?)

Noun

gaster (plural gasters)

1. (anatomy, rare) The stomach.
2. (entomology) The enlarged part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects (such as ants).

Related terms

• gastric (adjective)

References

• “gaster”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• 'Gaters, Greats, Stager, Strega, grates, greats, ragest, retags, stager, targes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (gast?r, “a paunch, belly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??as.ter/, [??äs?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??as.ter/, [???st??r]

Noun

gaster f (variously declined, genitive gasteris or gastr?); third declension, second declension

1. The belly.

   Synonym: venter

2. A big bellied vessel.

Inflection

Third-declension noun or second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

• digastricus

Descendants

? English: gaster

References

• gaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast?. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vast? or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

1. to waste (not make good use of)
2. to destroy

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Synonyms

• (to destroy): destruire

Descendants

• French: gâter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vast?re, present active infinitive of vast?. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vast? or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

1. to waste (not make good use of)
2. to destroy

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

• (to destroy): destruire

Descendants

• Middle French: gaster
  • French: gâter