Meanings
nounvenison (countable and uncountable, plural venisons)
plural venisons
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinvēnātiō, vēnātiōnem“hunt; meat from a hunt”
- Anglo-Normanveneisun
- Middle Englishvenisoun
- Englishvenison
From Middle English venisoun, venesoun, from Anglo-Norman veneisun, venesoun, venesun (“meat of large game, particularly deer or boar; hunt”), from Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōnem (“hunt; meat from a hunt”), formed on vēnātus, perfect participle of vēnor (“to hunt”). Doublet of venatio and venation.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَحْم الْأَيِّل
- لَحْم الْأَيِّل (laḥm al-ʔayyil)the meat of a deer
Basque oreinki
- oreinkithe meat of a deer
Bulgarian еленово месо
- еленово месо (elenovo meso)the meat of a deer
Catalan carn de cérvol
- carn de cérvolthe meat of a deer
Chinese Cantonese 鹿肉
- 鹿肉the meat of a deer
Chinese Mandarin 鹿肉
- 鹿肉 (lùròu)the meat of a deer
Czech zvěřina
- zvěřinathe meat of a deer
Danish hjortekød
- hjortekødthe meat of a deer
Esperanto cervaĵo
- cervaĵothe meat of a deer
Estonian hirveliha
- hirvelihathe meat of a deer
Finnish hirvi, hirvenliha
- hirvithe meat of a deer
- hirvenlihathe meat of a deer
- peurathe meat of a deer
- peuranlihathe meat of a deer
- kauristhe meat of a deer
- kauriinlihathe meat of a deer
French viande de biche, venaison
- viande de bichethe meat of a deer
- venaisonthe meat of a deer
- gibierthe meat of a deer
German Rehfleisch, Wildbret
- Rehfleischthe meat of a deer
- Wildbretthe meat of a deer
- Wildfleischthe meat of a deer
Greek ελάφι
- ελάφι (eláfi)the meat of a deer
Hebrew בְּשַׂר צְבִי
- בְּשַׂר צְבִי (b'sar ts'vi)the meat of a deer
Hungarian szarvashús
- szarvashústhe meat of a deer
Indonesian daging rusa
- daging rusathe meat of a deer
Irish fiafheoil, oiseoil
- fiafheoilthe meat of a deer
- oiseoilthe meat of a deer
Italian carne di cervo, cacciagione
- carne di cervothe meat of a deer
- cacciagionethe meat of a deer
Japanese 鹿肉
- 鹿肉 (shikaniku)the meat of a deer
Korean 사슴 고기, 녹육
- 사슴 고기 (saseum gogi)the meat of a deer
- 녹육 (nogyuk)the meat of a deer
Latin ferīna
- ferīnathe meat of a deer
Lithuanian elniena
- elnienathe meat of a deer
Malay daging rusa
- daging rusathe meat of a deer
Māori mīti tia
- mīti tiathe meat of a deer
Norwegian rådyrkjøtt
- rådyrkjøttthe meat of a deer
Polish sarnina
- sarninathe meat of a deer
Portuguese carne de cervo
- carne de cervothe meat of a deer
Romanian carne de căprioară, carne de vânat
- carne de căprioarăthe meat of a deer
- carne de vânatthe meat of a deer
- vânatthe meat of a deer
Russian олени́на
- олени́на (olenína)the meat of a deer
Scottish Gaelic sitheann
- sitheannthe meat of a deer
Spanish carne de venado, carne de ciervo
- carne de venadothe meat of a deer
- carne de ciervothe meat of a deer
Swahili nyama ya kulungu
- nyama ya kulunguthe meat of a deer
Swedish hjortkött
- hjortköttthe meat of a deer
Tagalog karning-usa
- karning-usathe meat of a deer
Thai เนื้อกวาง
- เนื้อกวาง (gwaang)the meat of a deer
Turkish geyik eti
- geyik etithe meat of a deer
Vietnamese thịt nai
- thịt naithe meat of a deer
Welsh cig carw
- cig carwthe meat of a deer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with venison
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“venison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venison. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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