venire
ve·ni·re/vɛˈni.ɹeɪ/noun
venire is a noun meaning “A writ of venire facias” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-N-I-R-E and has 3 syllables (ve·ni·re), and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of venire is venires.
What does venire mean?
noun
- 1
A writ of venire facias.
- 2
USA group of persons summoned by a writ of venire facias to appear in court for jury selection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce venire?
- UK /vɪˈnʌɪ.ə.ɹiː/
- US /vɛˈni.ɹeɪ/
Venire has 3 syllables, split ve·ni·re in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-venire.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of venire
- venires plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is venire?
Venire appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does venire come from?
Shortening of Latin venīre faciās, the opening words of a writ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).