name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈviːnəs/
US:/ˈvinəs/
US:[ˈvinɪ̈s]
[ˈvɛ.nɐs]Ghana
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rhymes with -iːnəs
homophone: venus
homophone: venous
/ˈviːnəs/
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homophone: Venus
CMU ARPABET:V IY1 N AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
The second planet in the Solar system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
Any depiction of an idealized or erotic figure of a nude woman, especially one in a mythological setting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: art, arts
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
Any Upper Palaeolithic statuette portraying a woman, usually carved in the round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Venus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mollusk genus
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noun
Meaning 10
the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer