ventrebleu! int. zounds!
ventrée, n.f., litter (of animals).
ventricule, n.m., ventricle.
ventrière, n.f., girth (of a horse), belly-band, abdominal belt; sling; (carp.) purlin; (machinery) brace.
ventriloque, n.m. and adj., ventriloquist; ventriloquous, ventriloquial.
ventriloquie, n.f., ventriloquy, ventriloquism.
*se ventrouiller, v.r., to wallow in the mire, or in the mud.
ventru, -e, adj., big-bellied, corpulent; bulging (out).
venu, -e, part., come. Bien —; welcome, well-grown (of trees, etc.). Mal —; ill-received; not welcome; ill-grown, stunted (of trees, etc.); not justified, wrong. Le premier —, la première —e; the first-comer, the first that comes, the first person one meets, any one, no matter which or who. Le dernier —; the last comer. Nouveau —; new-comer (m.s.). Des nouveaux —s; new-comers (m.pl.). Une nouvelle —e; a new-comer (f.s.). Des nouvelles —es; new-comers (f.pl.).
venue, n.f., coming, arrival, advent, growth. Allées et —s; goings and comings. Tout d’une —; at a stretch, all at once. À la bonne —; come what may, at all hazards.