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Venus.

Venus; the second planet from the Sun, a terrestrial planet similar in size to Earth and with no natural satellites

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/¹ʋeː.nʉs/[ˈʋèː.nʉs]
  1. Venus; the second planet from the Sun, a terrestrial planet similar in size to Earth and with no natural satellites

    Venus kan ses som både morgenstjerne og aftenstjerne.
  2. Venus; an Italic-Roman goddess associated especially with love, female beauty and vegetative growth, later identified with the Greek goddess Aphrodite

    Roman
    Venus ble identifisert med den greske gudinnen Afrodite.
  3. a female given name from Latin

Where this word comes from

Internationalism, based on Latin Venus (“Venus, the Roman goddess; the planet Venus”), from the common noun Latin venus (“loveliness, beauty, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-os (“loveliness”), from the root *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). The astronomical sense is transferred from the name of the Roman goddess. The use as a female given name is likewise ultimately based on the mythological name. The underlying Latin noun is cognate with Sanskrit वनस् (vanas, “loveliness; desire”). Compare also Old Norse vinr (“friend; loved one”) and Norwegian Bokmål venn (“friend”), which derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Parallel international forms include Danish Venus, Swedish Venus, German Venus, Dutch Venus, Icelandic Venus, French Vénus and English Venus.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.