vein

== English == === Alternative forms === wayn (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English veine, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder). === Pronunciation === enPR: vān, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /veɪn/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ven/ (Wales, without the pane–pain merger) IPA(key): /vein/ Homophones: vain; vane (pane–pain merger) Rhymes: -eɪn === Noun === vein (plural veins) (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. Hyponyms: deep vein, perforator vein, superficial vein (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp. (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks. Synonym: reef (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc. (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. ==== Synonyms ==== (anatomy): vena ==== Hyponyms ==== nervure ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== venation venous ==== Descendants ==== → Pohnpeian: pein ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vein (third-person singular simple present veins, present participle veining, simple past and past participle veined) To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern. === See also === artery blood vessel capillary circulatory system phlebitis vena cava === Further reading === vein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia vein (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “vein”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “vein”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “vein”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === nevi, veni-, Vien, vine, Vine == Estonian == === Etymology === From German Wein during the 19th century, ultimately from Latin vīnum. Doublet of viin (“vodka”). First attested in 1869. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvei̯n/, [ˈvei̯n] Rhymes: -ein Hyphenation: vein === Noun === vein (genitive veini, partitive veini) wine (alcoholic beverage obtained by fermentation of berry or fruit juice) kuiv vein ― dry wine magus vein ― sweet wine punane vein ― red wine valge vein ― white wine roosa vein ― rosé ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === vein in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “vein”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 “vein”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012– Jüri Viikberg (2024), “vein”, in [YSL] Ülemsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [High German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary) == Finnish == === Verb === vein first-person singular indicative past of viedä === Noun === vein instructive plural of vee === Anagrams === evin, vien == Gallo == === Etymology === From Old French vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom. === Noun === vein m (plural veins) wine == Icelandic == === Etymology === Deverbal from veina (“to wail”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈveiːn] Rhymes: -eiːn === Noun === vein n (genitive singular veins, nominative plural vein) wail, lament ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French vain, from Latin vānus (“empty”). The noun is derived from the adjective. ==== Adjective ==== vein vain (worthless, useless) vain (futile, ineffectual) unfounded, false, misleading (of a person, the heart, the mind, etc.) foolish, gullible ===== Alternative forms ===== veine, veigne, veiin, veiine, ven, vain, vaine, wein, wain, waine ===== Descendants ===== English: vain Scots: vane, vain, vaine ==== Noun ==== vein (uncountable) something that is worthless or futile idleness, triviality ===== Alternative forms ===== weine; wan, wane (Northern); feinne (Southwestern) ===== Descendants ===== English: vain ==== References ==== “vein, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “vein, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== vein (plural veines) alternative form of veine (“vein”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Adverb ==== vein alternative form of fain