vente
French, noun
vente is spelled V-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written French, the 982nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vente is a French feminine noun meaning “sale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of venter. With an accent, venté is a different word: “windy”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contrat par lequel une chose est aliénée moyennant un prix donné”.
What does vente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesale
une vente de gâteaux
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of venter
adjective
- 1
windy
verb
- 1
past participle of venter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contrat par lequel une chose est aliénée moyennant un prix donné. 2. Commerce de celui qui vend 3. Fonction de ceux qui sont chargés d’écouler, dans une entreprise, les marchandises produites ou achetées. 4. Coupe qui se fait dans un bois, dans une forêt, en des temps réglés.
adjective: 1. Où il y a beaucoup de vent.
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 vente
- ventes plural
- ventée feminine
- ventés masculine plural
- ventées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vente in French?
vente appears 85 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).