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noun, masculine

venin

/və.nɛ̃/

noun, masculine/və.nɛ̃/plural: venins

venom (poison); venom, vitriol (feeling of malign or contempt)

cracher son veninto spit venom

Synonyms: poison

Inherited from Middle French venin, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum.