venus
see also: Venus
Pronunciation
Venus
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Venus
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈviːnəs/
venus (plural venuses)
Venus
Pronunciation Proper noun
(astronomy) The second planet in our solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♀. - The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:
- Venus rises on the 1st day 1/4 to 5 a.m., and 4h. 25m. a.m. on the last day. [...] She is now beginning to move northward. [...]
- The Illustrated London Almanack 1867, London, page 45:
(Roman god) The goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite. - A female given name
- (obsolete) Sexual activity or intercourse; sex, lust, venery.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:, II.ii.2:
- Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause, or in defect; so, moderately used, to some parties an only help, a present remedy.
- (poetry) Love; sex.
- French: Vénus
- German: Venus
- Italian: Venere
- Portuguese: Vénus (Portugal), Vênus (Brazil)
- Russian: Вене́ра
- Spanish: Venus
- French: Vénus
- German: Venus
- Italian: Venere
- Portuguese: Vénus (Portugal), Vênus (Brazil)
- Russian: Вене́ра
- Spanish: Venus
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