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English

Etymology

From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?n?s/
• Rhymes: -i?n?s
• Homophones: Venus, venous

Noun

venus (plural venuses)

1. Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.

Derived terms

• sunray venus (Macrocallista nimbosa)
• cross-barred venus (Chione cancellata)
• lady-in-waiting venus (Chione intapurpurea)
• imperial venus (Lirophora latilirata)
• grey pygmy venus (Chione grus)
• striped venus clam (Chamelea gallina)
• elegant venus clam (Pitar dione)
• warty venus (Venus verrucosa)

Anagrams

• nevus

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

venus

1. conditional of veni

French

Verb

venus

1. masculine plural of the past participle of venir

Ido

Verb

venus

1. conditional of venar

Latin

Noun

v?nus ?

1. Theoretical form of v?num used as lemma by some dictionaries.

Further reading

• venus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• venus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• venus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)?^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

From Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus. So named because of its astrological association with the planet.

Noun

venus (uncountable)

1. (rare) The reddish-brown metal; copper.
   • 1475, The Book of Quintessence.

     This water forsoþe is so strong, þat if a litil drope þerof falle vpon ?oure hond, anoon it wole perce it þoru?-out; and in þe same maner it wole do, if it falle vpon a plate of venus.

Synonyms

• coper

See also

• Venus

References

• “Venus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin v?n?sus.

Adjective

venus

1. venous