Vein

//veɪn//

Synonyms for "vein" (209 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (42)

Related words (104)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

10 entries

blood vessel expressive style fibrovascular bundle formation geological formation rib stain style vascular bundle vascular strand

More specific

1 entries

nervure

Antonyms

1 entries

artery

Related terms

8 entries

artery blood vessel capillary circulatory system phlebitis vena cava venation venous

derived

63 entries

Giacomini vein Sylvian vein Thebesian vein anal vein antenodal vein axillary vein azygos vein azygous vein ball vein basilic vein blue vein blue-veined cheese brachiocephalic vein cardinal vein collateral vein common iliac vein

Showing 16 of 63 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

edder

has context

3 entries

anatomy botany zoology

is a

9 entries

anatomical structure blood vessel blood vessel carries oxygenated blood to heart directed route expressive style geological formation rib vascular bundle vein or artery

manner of

1 entries

stain

part of

1 entries

circulatory system

related to

54 entries

artery artery partner blood blood conduit blood flow blood flows blood pipes blood thing blood vessel bloody bloody road blue blue blood blue veined cheese capillary carries

Showing 16 of 54 words.

Translations

267 translations across 131 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

лъынтфэ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Afrikaans

1 entries

aar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Aklanon

1 entries

ugat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Albanian

2 entries

damar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
venë noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φλέψ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Arabic

4 entries

عرق noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
عِرْق noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
عِرْق noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
وريد noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Armenian

1 entries

երակ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Aromanian

1 entries

vinã noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Assamese

1 entries

সিৰ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Asturian

1 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

damar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Bangi

1 entries

moncisa noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Basque

1 entries

zain noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Belarusian

2 entries

ве́на noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жы́ла noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Bengali

1 entries

শিরা noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

नस noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Breton

1 entries

gwazhienn noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Bulgarian

3 entries

вена noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жи́ла noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
жи́лка noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Burmese

1 entries

သွေးကြော noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Buryat

1 entries

һудаһан noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Catalan

4 entries

bei noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
filó noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
nervadura noun (nervure of insect's wing)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Chechen

2 entries

орам noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
пха noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

叶脉 noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
纹理 noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
翅脉 noun (nervure of insect's wing)
靜脈 /静脉 noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Coptic

1 entries

ϧⲣⲱϯ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Cornish

1 entries

gwythien noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Corsican

1 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Czech

2 entries

žíla noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
žíla noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Dalmatian

1 entries

vaina noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Danish

1 entries

vene noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Dutch

2 entries

ader noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
nerf noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Egyptian

1 entries

D52:X1-T14-T14-X1:F51 noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Erzya

1 entries

верь сан noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Esperanto

3 entries

gango noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
vejno noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vejno noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Estonian

1 entries

veen noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Faroese

1 entries

æðr noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Finnish

4 entries

juonne noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
laskimo noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
lehtisuoni noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
siipisuoni noun (nervure of insect's wing)

French

1 entries

veine noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Friulian

1 entries

vene noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Galician

3 entries

vea noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vea noun (nervure of insect's wing)
vea noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Georgian

4 entries

ვენა noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
კართი noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
სისხლძარღვი noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
ძარღვი noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

German

4 entries

Ader noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
Ader noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
Geäder noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
Goldader noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Greek

2 entries

νεύρο noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
φλέβα noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

venn noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Hawaiian

1 entries

aʻa noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Hebrew

2 entries

וְרִיד noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
עוֹרֵק noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Hindi

1 entries

शिरा noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Hungarian

4 entries

erezet noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
erezet noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
hangnem noun (a style, tendency, or quality)
jelleg noun (a style, tendency, or quality)

Icelandic

1 entries

æð noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Ido

2 entries

veino noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
veino noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Indonesian

4 entries

pembuluh balik noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
pembuluh darah noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
urat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Ingush

1 entries

пха noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Iranun

1 entries

ugat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Irish

3 entries

cuisle noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
féith noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
síog noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Isnag

1 entries

uxat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Italian

2 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
venatura noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Japanese

3 entries

葉脈 noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
鉱脈 noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
静脈 noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Kabardian

1 entries

лъынтхуэ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Kazakh

2 entries

вена noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
көк тамыр noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Khmer

2 entries

ធមនី noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
សរសៃឈាមខ្មៅ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Kikuyu

1 entries

mũkiha noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Korean

1 entries

정맥 noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

вена noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
көк кан тамыры noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Lao

2 entries

ສາຍເລືອດດຳ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
ເສັ້ນເລືອດດຳ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Latin

2 entries

vēna noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vēna noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Latvian

1 entries

vēna noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Lingala

1 entries

mosisa noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Lombard

1 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Macedonian

4 entries

вена noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жила noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жила noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
жиличка noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Madurese

1 entries

ꦲꦺꦴꦫꦃ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Malay

4 entries

tulang noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
tulang daun noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
urat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Maltese

1 entries

vina noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Mansaka

1 entries

ogat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Marathi

2 entries

नस noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
शीर noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Mongolian

4 entries

вен noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
венийн судас noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
хураагуур судас noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
хураах судал noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Māori

2 entries

ia-auraki noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
iarau noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Navajo

1 entries

atsʼoos dootłʼizhígíí noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Nepali

1 entries

नसा noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Norman

1 entries

veine noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

demar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
xwînhêner noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

blodåre noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vene noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
åre noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

blodår noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
blodåre noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vene noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
år noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Occitan

1 entries

sefena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

жила noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Old English

1 entries

ǣdre noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

سڭیر noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
طمر noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
طمر noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
عرق noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Persian

3 entries

رگه noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
سیاهرگ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
ورید noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Piedmontese

1 entries

ven-a noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Oda noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Polish

3 entries

żyła noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
żyłka noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
żyłka noun (nervure of insect's wing)

Portuguese

3 entries

nervura noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
veia noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
veio noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Quechua

1 entries

mama noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Romagnol

1 entries

véna noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Romanian

2 entries

venă noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vână noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Romansch

2 entries

avagna noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
avaina noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Russian

4 entries

ве́на noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
дух noun (a style, tendency, or quality)
жи́ла noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жи́лка noun (thickened portion of a leaf)

Sardinian

3 entries

bena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
benu noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cuisle noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
žila noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
вена noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жила noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Slovak

1 entries

žila noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Slovene

1 entries

vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Spanish

4 entries

filón noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
vena noun (nervure of insect's wing)

Sudovian

1 entries

gīsla noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Swahili

2 entries

mshipa noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Swedish

4 entries

bladnerv noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
nerv noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
ven noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
åder noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Tagalog

4 entries

balidaluyan noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
bena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
malaugat noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
ugat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tahitian

1 entries

uaua noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tajik

2 entries

варид noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
вена noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tamil

1 entries

சிரை noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tarifit

1 entries

aẓwar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tausug

1 entries

ugat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Telugu

2 entries

ఈనె noun (thickened portion of a leaf)
సిర noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tetum

1 entries

uat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Thai

3 entries

หลอดเลือดดำ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
เส้นเลือด noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
เส้นเลือดดำ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཁྲག་རྩ noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

mambu bilong blut noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Turkish

1 entries

damar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Turkmen

2 entries

damar noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
wena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ве́на noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
жи́ла noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Urdu

1 entries

ورید noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Uzbek

3 entries

tomir noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
vena tomiri noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tĩnh mạch noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Volapük

4 entries

filun noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
filunül noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
goldinafilun noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)
largentinafilun noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Võro

1 entries

verisuun noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Walloon

2 entries

voenne noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
voenne noun (stripe or streak in stone or other material)

Welsh

1 entries

gwythïen noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Western Apache

1 entries

bitsʼǫǫs noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

uɣat noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

White Hmong

1 entries

leeg noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Yiddish

1 entries

אָדער noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Zhuang

1 entries

meg noun (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Blood poured from the cut vein.

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A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men.

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A day without a vein of humour is an extremely sad day.

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A dye was injected into a vein of the patient's arm.

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Vein

Synonyms for "vein" (209 found)

Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (63)

Related words (104)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Translations

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Aklanon

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bangi

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Buryat

Catalan

Chechen

Chinese Mandarin

Coptic

Cornish

Corsican

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dutch

Egyptian

Erzya

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingush

Iranun

Irish

Isnag

Italian

Japanese

Kabardian

Kazakh

Khmer

Kikuyu

Korean

Kyrgyz