venomous

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnəməs/
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• CMU ARPABET: V EH1 N AH0 M AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English venymous, from Old French venimos, composed of venim (“venom”) + -os (adjective-forming suffix). Synchronically analysable as venom + -ous. Compare Modern French venimeux. Piecewise doublet of venenous.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: թունավոր (tʻunavor) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Asturian: venenosu — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Azerbaijani: zəhərli — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Belarusian: ядаві́ты (jadavíty) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Belarusian: атру́тны (atrútny) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Bulgarian: отро́вен (otróven) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Catalan: verinós — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Chinese Mandarin: 有毒的 (yǒudú de) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Czech: jedovatý — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Danish: giftig — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Dutch: venijnig — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Finnish: myrkyllinen — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• French: vénéneux — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• French: venimeux — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Friulian: velenôs — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Georgian: შხამიანი (šxamiani) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Georgian: გესლიანი (gesliani) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• German: giftig — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Greek: ιοβόλος (iovólos) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Greek: δηλητηριώδης (dilitiriódis) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Ancient Greek: ἰοβόλος (iobólos) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Hindi: विषैला (viṣailā) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Hindi: विषाक्त (viṣākt) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Italian: velenoso — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Japanese: 毒を含んだ (doku o fukunda) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Kazakh: улы (uly) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Macedonian: отровен (otroven) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Māori: paitini — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Eastern Mari: аяр (ajar) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Norwegian Bokmål: giftig — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: giftig — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Occitan: verinós — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Polish: jadowity — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Portuguese: peçonhento — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Portuguese: venenoso — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Punjabi: ਜ਼ਹਿਰੀਲਾ (zahirīlā) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Romanian: veninos — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Russian: ядови́тый (jadovítyj) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Scottish Gaelic: puinnseanta — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀тро̄ван — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Serbo-Croatian: òtrōvan — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Sicilian: vilinusu — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Slovak: jedovatý — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Slovene: strupen — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Spanish: venenoso — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Swedish: giftig — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Ottoman Turkish: مسموم (mesmum) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Ukrainian: отру́йний (otrújnyj) — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Venetan: vełenoxo — of an animal or parts of its body: producing venom which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; of a bite or sting: injecting venom
• Bulgarian: отро́вен (otróven) — of or pertaining to venom
• Catalan: verinós — of or pertaining to venom
• Chinese Mandarin: 有毒的 (yǒudú de) — of or pertaining to venom
• Czech: jedovatý — of or pertaining to venom
• Danish: giftig — of or pertaining to venom
• Finnish: myrkyllinen — of or pertaining to venom
• French: venimeux — of or pertaining to venom
• Galician: velenoso — of or pertaining to venom
• Galician: pezoñento — of or pertaining to venom
• Georgian: შხამიანი (šxamiani) — of or pertaining to venom
• Georgian: გესლიანი (gesliani) — of or pertaining to venom
• German: giftig — of or pertaining to venom
• Greek: δηλητηριώδης (dilitiriódis) — of or pertaining to venom
• Italian: velenoso — of or pertaining to venom
• Macedonian: отровен (otroven) — of or pertaining to venom
• Eastern Mari: аяр (ajar) — of or pertaining to venom
• Old English: ǣtriġ — of or pertaining to venom
• Polish: jadowity — of or pertaining to venom
• Polish: trujący — of or pertaining to venom
• Portuguese: peçonhento — of or pertaining to venom
• Russian: ядови́тый (jadovítyj) — of or pertaining to venom
• Scottish Gaelic: puinnseanta — of or pertaining to venom
• Slovene: zastrupljen — of or pertaining to venom
• Spanish: venenoso — of or pertaining to venom
• Swedish: giftig — of or pertaining to venom
• Ottoman Turkish: مسموم (mesmum) — of or pertaining to venom
• Finnish: myrkyllinen — consisting of, or containing or full of, venom or some other poison; harmful to health due to this
• Bulgarian: злъ́чен (zlǎ́čen) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Bulgarian: зло́бен (zlóben) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Catalan: verinós — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Danish: giftig — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Finnish: myrkyllinen — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Finnish: katkera — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Finnish: häijy — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• French: malveillant — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Georgian: გესლიანი (gesliani) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Greek: ιοβόλος (iovólos) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Irish: aiciseach — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Macedonian: отровен (otroven) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Norwegian Bokmål: giftig — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Norwegian Nynorsk: giftig — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Portuguese: peçonhento — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Russian: зло́бный (zlóbnyj) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Russian: злой (zloj) — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Slovene: strupeno — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful
• Spanish: maléfico — hateful; malignant; spiteful — see also hateful, malignant, spiteful