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Venus¹
- /ˈviːnəs/ UK
- /ˈvinəs/ US
- [ˈvinɪ̈s] US
- [ˈvɛ.nɐs]
Sounds like venus, venous · Rhymes with -iːnəs
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.
proper noun Venuses · Veneres
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The second planet in the Solar system.
Near-synonyms: morning star, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer; evening star, Vesper, Hesperus
Similar: morning star, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, evening star, Vesper, Hesperus
- The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality, or a depiction thereof. Of all the classic Venuses known to us in modern times, this Venus of Milo is certainly the most popular.
- A female given name. A mirrored [Venus] Williams, shown from behind and in profile, wears a tennis skirt made of raffia and the Wimbledon trophy dish refashioned as a collared chestplate apropos for a warrior superhero. […] Pruitt sees “a fertile space of reflection” between his two Venuses. “My hope,” he said, “is that
noun Venuses · Veneres
- Sexual activity or intercourse; sex; lust, love. Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause, or in defect; so, moderately used, to some parties an only help, a present remedy.
- Any depiction of an idealized or erotic figure of a nude woman, especially one in a mythological setting. Their figures are universally models for brunette Venuses, and their feet arched like rainbows, and Cinderellan in size.
- Any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round. While the goddess statues obviously did function in a very public, domestic context, there is no evidence that they were androgynyous or that they were the primary cult of importance. There are probably just as many phalli in the Paleolithic as there are Venuses.
- Copper (a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element). CRYSTALS of Venus or of copper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol by spirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufact
venus²
- /ˈviːnəs/
Sounds like Venus, venous · Rhymes with -iːnəs
Where it comes from
From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.
noun venuses
- Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: urania, genus venus, saturn, jupiter, outing, coming, entrant, plant, flower, aphrodite, venice, zahra, vince, kim, plante, medici
Translations
Every language
name planet
| Español | Venus |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 금성 Geumseong, 샛별 Saetbyeol, 개밥바라기 Gaebapbaragi |
| 日本語 | 金星 Kinsei, ビーナス Bīnasu, ヴィーナス Vīnasu |
| 中文 | 金星 Jīnxīng |
| हिन्दी | शुक्र śukra, काव्य kāvya |
| Kiswahili | Zuhura |
| Português | Vênus, Vénus |
| Français | Vénus |
| Deutsch | Venus |
| Italiano | Venere |
| Ελληνικά | Αφροδίτη Afrodíti, Αυγερινός Avgerinós, αποσπερίτης aposperítis |
| Română | Venus |
| Русский | Вене́ра Venéra |
| Tiếng Việt | Sao Kim, sao Kim, Kim Tinh, sao Mai, sao Hôm |
| العربية | الزُّهَرَة az-zuhara |
| עברית | נֹגַהּ, נוגה nógah |
name goddess
| Español | Venus |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 베누스 Benuseu |
| 日本語 | ウェヌス Wenusu, ビーナス Bīnasu, ヴィーナス Vīnasu |
| 中文 | 維納斯 /维纳斯 Wéinàsī |
| हिन्दी | राधा rādhā, वीनस vīnas |
| Kiswahili | Venusi |
| Português | Vênus, Vénus |
| Français | Vénus |
| Deutsch | Venus |
| Italiano | Venere |
| Ελληνικά | Αφροδίτη Afrodíti |
| Русский | Вене́ра Venéra, Афроди́та Afrodíta |
| Tiếng Việt | thần vệ nữ, thần ái tình |
| العربية | فِينُوس fīnūs |
| עברית | וֶנוּס vénus |
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