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vent

Pronunciation: [ˈbe̞n]

“vent” is a Catalan word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wind (movement of air)
  2. a casteller in the pinya standing between the laterals, and bracing the right leg of one segon and the left leg of another (primer vent), or a casteller placed behind one of the primers vents (segon (tercer, etc.) vent)

In Catalan

  1. Moviment de l'aire en relació amb la superfície terrestre.
  2. Casteller de la pinya que es col·loca entre els laterals, sostenint la cama dreta d'un segon i la cama esquerra d'un altre (primer vent) o darrere del primer vent (segon, etc. vent).

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts < *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

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