venin
French, noun/və.nɛ̃/
venin is spelled V-E-N-I-N (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Venin is a French masculine noun meaning “venom (poison)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poison produit, chez certains animaux, par sécrétion, et qui, introduit dans le sang d’un autre animal ou…”.
What does venin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevenom (poison)
- 2
masculinevenom, vitriol (feeling of malign or contempt)
cracher son venin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poison produit, chez certains animaux, par sécrétion, et qui, introduit dans le sang d’un autre animal ou d’un homme par une morsure ou une piqûre, amène de graves désordres et même la mort. 2. Malignité, rancune, haine cachée. 3. Se dit aussi figurément, en langage de dévotion, d’une doctrine dangereuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of venin
- venins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce venin?
- /və.nɛ̃/
- \və.nɛ̃\
- [lə və.nɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to venin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is venin in French?
venin appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).