vente

From Old Norse vænta, vætta.

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

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

1. (intransitive) wait

   Vent på mig!

   Wait for me!

2. (transitive) expect

   Han ventede mig tydeligvis.

   He clearly expected me.

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

• “vente” in Den Danske Ordbog

vente

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

From vendita, the feminine of Latin vēnditus (“sold”), past participle of vēndō (“to sell”).

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃t/

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vente f (plural ventes)

1. sale

   une vente de gâteaux ― bake sale

   mettre en vente ― to put up for sale

• mévente
• vendre

vente

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

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

• évent

vente

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

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

vente (Hebrew spelling ב׳ינטי)^[1]

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.

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

vente

1. vocative singular of ventus

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vente f (plural ventes)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) sale

From Old Norse vænta, derived from von.

vente (indeclinable)

1. that which is to come

Only used in the expression i vente, see there.

• påvente

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

• “vente” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

vente

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

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

1. alternative form of venta

• avvente
• venterom
• ventetid

• “vente” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

vente

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of ventar

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

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

vente

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