vent
French
noun
Definitions
- Atmospheric wind.
- (euphemistic) A flatulence.
- (uncountable) Empty words, hot air.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vent inherited from Latin ventus (wind) inherited from Proto-Italic *wentos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
Gloss
blowing, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
風
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- subventaneous English
- thermovent English
- vent English
- ventable English
- ventage English
- venteth English
- venthole English
- ventless English
- *exvento, exventāre, *exventō Latin
- *exventō Latin
- *ventana Latin
- *ventāna Latin
- beneventus Latin
- exventāre, *exventō Latin
- ventosus Latin
- ventus Latin
- ventōsus Latin
- vento Italian
- abat-vent French
- vantail French
- venter French
- venteux French
- éventer French
- ventana Spanish, Castilian
- viento Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-European
- *windaz Proto-Germanic
- gewind Old English
- heafodwind Old English
- wind Old English
- windbære Old English
- windig Old English
- windscofl Old English
- winde Middle English
- vent Old French
- ventanima Esperanto
- ventego Esperanto
- venteto Esperanto
- ventmuelejo Esperanto
- vento Esperanto
- ventoturbino Esperanto
- ventumi Esperanto
- vânt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zvânta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vento Ido
- vent Norman
- vento Old Portuguese
- *wintos Proto-Celtic
- *HwáHatas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- vimtu Aromanian
- *wentos Proto-Italic
- vientu Asturian
- vint Friulian
- ven Old Occitan
- vent Old Occitan
- sbintari Sicilian
- ventu Sicilian
- ba Northern Kurdish
- vènt Venetian
- vénto Ligurian
- viant Dalmatian
- van Haitian, Haitian Creole
- vant Bourguignon
- bentana Sardinian
- bentu Sardinian
- vento Istriot
- bento Mirandese
- 𒄷𒌋𒉿𒀭𒍝 Hittite
- vint Picard
- van Antillean Creole
- *w'entë Proto-Tocharian