venison
pronunciation
How to pronounce venison in British English:
UK [ˈvenɪsn]
How to pronounce venison in American English:
US [ˈvɛnɪsən, -zən]
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- Noun:
- meat from a deer used as food
Word Origin
- venison
- venison: [13] Latin vēnātiō meant ‘hunting’, hence ‘hunted animals, game’ (it was derived from vēnārī ‘hunt’, which may be distantly related to English win). English acquired it via Old French venison in the sense ‘flesh of hunted animals used for food’, and the modern specialization to ‘deer-meat’ did not begin to emerge until the 18th century.
- venison (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French venesoun "meat of large game," especially deer or boar, also "a hunt," from Latin venationem (nominative venatio) "a hunt, hunting, the chase," also "game as the product of the hunt," from venatus, past participle of venari "to hunt, pursue," probably from PIE *wen-a-, from root *wen- (1) "to strive for, desire" (see Venus).
Example
- 1. We often had venison for dinner .
- 2. Inside the tent . A stove and 2 tables for guests . Slices of frozen muksun , sterlet and venison .
- 3. According to gazprom 's information directorate , the company is planning to build housing , kindergartens , hospitals and fish and venison processing factories .
- 4. Under frosted glass lies an assortment of sausages , beef cutlets , frozen chickens and game meat - musk deer venison , bear dumplings , wild boar .
- 5. The menu offers what at first glance seem to be the classics of french cuisine : foie gras , scallops , lobster , venison .