vent

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Reduced form of Dutch de Vent.

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.

Clipping of ventriloquism.

From Spanish venta (“a poor inn, sale, market”).

Clipping.

From French vente, from Latin vendere (“to sell”).

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отвор (otvor) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Bulgarian: отдушник (otdušnik) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Czech: průduch — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Esperanto: aerumilo — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Finnish: venttiili — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Finnish: aukko — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• French: bouche d'aération — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Galician: bufarda — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Georgian: გასასვლელი (gasasvleli) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Georgian: სავენტილაციო გასასვლელი (savenṭilacio gasasvleli) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• German: Luftloch — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• German: Öffnung — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Hebrew: אַוְרָר — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Hungarian: szellőzőnyílás — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Hungarian: szellőzőlyuk — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Hungarian: szellőzőrostély — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Hungarian: szellőző — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Irish: gaothaire — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Irish: poll — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Italian: sfogo — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Italian: sfiatatoio — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Italian: bocchetta — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Latin: spīrāmen — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Latin: spīrāmentum — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Macedonian: о́твор (ótvor) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Manx: towl — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Māori: putanga — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Māori: aumanga — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Māori: koropihanga — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Portuguese: respiradouro — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Russian: вентиляцио́нное отве́рстие (ventiljaciónnoje otvérstije) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Russian: выходно́е отве́рстие (vyxodnóje otvérstije) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Russian: отду́шина (otdúšina) — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Tagalog: lilong — an opening through which gases, especially air, can pass
• Czech: jícen — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Faroese: goshálsur — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Finnish: purkautumisaukko — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• French: cheminée — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• German: Ausbruchkanal — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Hungarian: nyílás — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Italian: camino — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Māori: kōwhāwhā — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Russian: же́рло вулка́на (žérlo vulkána) — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Spanish: chimenea — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Spanish: fumarola — an opening in a volcano from which lava flows
• Bulgarian: отдушник (otdušnik) — a verbalized frustration
• Czech: výlev — a verbalized frustration
• Hungarian: szabad folyás — a verbalized frustration
• Italian: sfogo — a verbalized frustration
• Russian: излива́ние (izlivánije) — a verbalized frustration
• Russian: выраже́ние (vyražénije) — a verbalized frustration
• Russian: вы́ход (výxod) — a verbalized frustration
• Czech: kloaka — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Finnish: kloaakki — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Finnish: viemärisuoli — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• French: cloaque — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Italian: cloaca — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Russian: ана́льное отве́рстие (análʹnoje otvérstije) — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Scottish Gaelic: màs — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Spanish: cloaca — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Spanish: ano — the excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates
• Finnish: halkio — a slit in the seam of a garment
• Hungarian: slicc — a slit in the seam of a garment
• Hungarian: hasíték — a slit in the seam of a garment
• Turkish: yırtmaç — a slit in the seam of a garment
• Bulgarian: изпускам (izpuskam) — to allow gases to escape
• Czech: vypustit — to allow gases to escape
• Czech: vypouštět — to allow gases to escape
• Finnish: purkaa — to allow gases to escape
• French: évacuer — to allow gases to escape
• German: entlüften — to allow gases to escape
• Hungarian: szellőzik — to allow gases to escape
• Russian: выпуска́ть (vypuskátʹ) — to allow gases to escape
• Russian: вы́пустить (výpustitʹ) — to allow gases to escape
• Turkish: havalandırmak — to allow gases to escape
• Arabic: نَفَّسَ (naffasa) — to allow to escape through a vent
• Arabic: هَوَّى (hawwā) — to allow to escape through a vent
• Czech: vyvětrat — to allow to escape through a vent
• Czech: ventilovat — to allow to escape through a vent
• Czech: vyvětrávat — to allow to escape through a vent
• Finnish: poistua — to allow to escape through a vent
• Finnish: purkautua — to allow to escape through a vent
• French: ventiler — to allow to escape through a vent
• German: entlüften — to allow to escape through a vent
• German: abführen — to allow to escape through a vent
• Hungarian: szellőztet — to allow to escape through a vent
• Hungarian: kiszellőztet — to allow to escape through a vent
• Arabic: نَفَّسَ عَن (naffasa ʕan) — to express a strong emotion
• Bulgarian: давам израз (davam izraz) — to express a strong emotion
• Catalan: desfogar — to express a strong emotion
• Chinese Mandarin: 發洩 /發泄 /发泄 (fāxiè) — to express a strong emotion
• Czech: vypustit ("anger" - zlost, hněv) — to express a strong emotion
• Dutch: ventileren — to express a strong emotion
• Finnish: purkaa tunteitaan — to express a strong emotion
• French: donner libre cours — to express a strong emotion
• French: manifester — to express a strong emotion
• French: s'épancher — to express a strong emotion
• German: ablassen — to express a strong emotion
• German: äußern — to express a strong emotion
• German: ausdrücken — to express a strong emotion
• German: aussprechen — to express a strong emotion
• Hungarian: kiönt — to express a strong emotion
• Hungarian: zúdít — to express a strong emotion
• Hungarian: rázúdít — to express a strong emotion
• Hungarian: kitölt — to express a strong emotion
• Italian: sfogarsi — to express a strong emotion
• Māori: ruke — to express a strong emotion
• Occitan: far d'escampa — to express a strong emotion
• Occitan: se desfogar — to express a strong emotion
• Portuguese: desabafar — to express a strong emotion
• Portuguese: extravasar — to express a strong emotion
• Romanian: se descărca — to express a strong emotion
• Romanian: se elibera — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: излива́ть (izlivátʹ) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: изли́ть (izlítʹ) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: срыва́ть (sryvátʹ) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: сорва́ть (sorvátʹ) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: выража́ть (vyražátʹ) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: вы́разить (výrazitʹ) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: вы́говориться (výgovoritʹsja) — to express a strong emotion
• Russian: выгова́риваться (vygovárivatʹsja) — to express a strong emotion
• Spanish: desahogar — to express a strong emotion