vent

Signification (English)

Noun

1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
2. A small aperture.
3. An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
4. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
6. A slit in the seam of a garment.
7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

Verb

1. To allow gases to escape.
2. To allow to escape through a vent.
3. To express a strong emotion.
4. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
5. To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.

Verb

To sell; to vend.

Verb

To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

Concepts

trou

🕳️

évent

orifice

ventiler

fente

décharger

exprimer

fuite

issue

libérer

lumière

ouverture

passerelle

purger

répandre

sortie

volcan

🌋

épancher

exprimer une sensation avec force

libération

trou d’évent

spiracle

aérer

bouche d'aération

air

aspirateur

chas

👁️

cheminée

cloaque

Synonyms

outlet

ventilate

vent-hole

aperture

air out

hole

🕳️

release

give vent

air

utter

blowhole

express

volcano

🌋

unleash

opening

exit

foramen

way out

air vent

puncture

ventilation opening

leak

emit

let out

say

🗣️

venthole

set forth

spiracle

orifice

air duct

port

draw out

drive out

duct

egress

embrasure

empty

eruption

exhaust

export

eye

👁️

fanning

fault

fenestra

fissure

flue

froth

gap

gateway

give off

gutter

interstice

issue

jet

knock down

lacuna

lavish

leak out

let loose

mouth

muzzle

offload

output

pore

propagate

pull down

ravel

recourse

repress

revoke

scatter

send out

slot

spit

split

squander

strike down

take down

take out

transmit

unknot

unlade

unload

unpick

unravel

unroll

unscramble

untangle

unwind

ventage

ventiduct

ventilating

ventilator

venting

void

vomit

wind off

air-hole

ejector nozzle

give vent to

rima

respiratory tract

ventilation duct

diatreme

draughtiness

perflation

ventilation

hit oneself with anger

air port

gas vent

ventilation slot

jet orifice

air end

conduto vulcânico

nozzle orifice

jet tip

gaping place

apertura

volcanic vent

blow vent

ventilating pit

ventilation orifice

ventilator scoop

ventillation hole

ventilating opening

aerate

draught hole

aeration

air draught

air hole

airiness

airing

alternative

anus

be on the air

breach

break

break off

broadcast

cauldron

cavity

chimney

clear

cleft

crater

decamp

decipher

decompress

decrypt

defuse

diffuse

disassemble

discharge

dismantle

draft

drain

draught

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/vɛnt/

Étymologie (English)

Cognate with français: vent

Cognate with espagnol: viento

In summary

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.