FromLatin vēna ( “ vein ” ) +-al
venal (comparative morevenal ,superlative mostvenal )
( rare , archaic ) Venous ; pertaining toveins .Borrowed fromFrench vénal Old French venel Latin vēnālis ( “ for sale ” ) , fromvēnum ( “ something for sale ” ) ; compareEnglish vend
venal (comparative morevenal ,superlative mostvenal )
( archaic ) For sale ; available for purchase.Synonym: purchasable 1886 Gustave Flaubert , chapter XII, inEleanor Marx-Aveling , transl.,Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners [ … ] Vizetelly & Co. , [ … ] →OCLC page210 :Because lips libertine and andvenal had murmured such words to him, he believed but little in the candour of hers;[ …]
Of a position, privilege etc.: available forpurchase rather than assigned on merit.2002 Colin Jones ,The Great Nation , Penguin, published2003 , page140 :Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy –venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.
Capable of beingbought (of a person); willing to takebribes .Synonym: crooked Antonyms: straight honest uncorrupt ( of behaviour etc. ) Corrupt ,mercenary .1785 ,The Times , 9 Feb 1785, page 1, column C:Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being morevenal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, [ …] as those who have lately figured on the political stage. Venal behavior (bribery/corruption) is not to be confused withvenial
for sale, available for a price
willing to take bribes
Bulgarian:подкупен (bg) ( podkupen ) Czech:prodejný úplatný Dutch:omkoopbaar (nl) Finnish:lahjottavissa oleva korruptoitunut (fi) French:vénal (fr) Georgian:ანგარებიანი ( angarebiani ) ,მოსყიდული ( mosq̇iduli ) ,მექრთამე ( mekrtame ) ,დაქრთამული ( dakrtamuli ) German:käuflich (de) Greek:αργυρώνητος (el) ( argyrónitos ) ,δωροδοκούμενος ( dorodokoúmenos ) Latin:venalis venale Polish:przekupny (pl) ,sprzedajny (pl) Russian:прода́жный (ru) ( prodážnyj ) Spanish:venal (es) Swedish:mutbar (sv) ,besticklig (sv) Welsh:prynadwy ( literary ) hybryn
Fromvena -al
venal m or f masculine and feminine plural venals
venal venous Borrowed fromLatin vēnālis ( “ for sale ” ) , fromvēnum ( “ something for sale ” ) .
venal m or f masculine and feminine plural venals
for sale ,sellable venal ( willing to take bribes ) Synonym: subornable “venal ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “venal ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2026 “venal” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“venal” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Learned borrowing fromLatin vēnālis [ 1] [ 2]
Rhymes:( Portugal ) -al ( Brazil ) -aw Hyphenation:ven‧nal venal m or f plural venais notcomparable )
( anatomy ) venal venous ( pertaining to veins ) Synonym: venoso related tosales ,commercial Synonym: comercial ( figurative ) bribable , capable of selling oneself;corrupt Synonym: corrupto Borrowed fromFrench vénal Latin venalis surface analysis ,venă -al
venal m or n feminine singular venală masculine plural venali feminine/neuter plural venale
venal venous IPA (key ) : /beˈnal/ [beˈnal] Rhymes:-al Syllabification:ve‧nal Fromvena -al
venal m or f masculine and feminine plural venales
venous Synonym: venoso Borrowed fromLatin vēnālis ( “ for sale ” ) , fromvēnum ( “ something for sale ” ) .
venal m or f masculine and feminine plural venales
venal corruptible for sale ,sellable Synonym: vendible 
