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venti¹

  • /ˈvɛnti/

Rhymes with -ɛnti

Where it comes from

PIE word

*dwóh₁

From the Italian venti (“twenty [ounces]”).

adjective

  1. US, not comparable, of a cup of coffee Larger than grande, usually 20 ounces (~ 0.6 l).

noun ventis

  1. US A cup of coffee larger than grande, usually 20 ounces. "They always order ventis," a cashier said brightly, "and are great tippers."

Venti²

Where it comes from

From the Latin.

proper noun

  1. Roman The four Roman gods of the winds (Aquilo, Favonius, Auster, and Eurus, who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came), considered collectively. 1858, John Brougham, Neptune’s Defeat, New York: Sameuel French, Act I, Scene 3, p. 15, Boreas, old buster, go unlock the cave of Æolus, and let the Venti rave.

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@misc{venti_2026,
  title = {venti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/venti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}