-ente
See also: ente, Ente, enté, and énte
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛntɛ]
- Rhymes: -tɛ
Suffix
-ente
- (distributive-temporal suffix) Added to a temporal noun to form an adverb.
- Synonym: -enként
- év (“year”) → évente (“yearly”)
Usage notes
- (distributive-temporal suffix) It is used only with temporal expressions. Variants:
- -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- nap (“day”) → naponta (“daily”)
- -anta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- nyár (“summer”) → nyaranta (“every summer”)
- -ente is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- év (“year”) → évente (“yearly”)
- -önte is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- ősz (“autumn”) → őszönte (“every autumn”)
- -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
Derived terms
Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -ente
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Italian
Etymology
From Latin -entem.
Suffix
-ente
- used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -ere and -ire verbs
- used to form many adjectives whose form is the same in masculine and feminine
Related terms
- -ante
- -enza
Latin
Suffix
-ente
- vocative masculine singular of -entus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.
Suffix
-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- -ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir
- temer (“to fear”) + -ente → temente (“fearful”)
- resplandecer (“to shine”) + -ente → resplandecente (“shining, resplendent”)
Suffix
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- -er, -ent; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -er and -ir
- Synonyms: -eiro, -dor
- verter (“to gush, to spring (water)”) + -ente → vertente (“spring”)
- encher (“to fill”) + -ente → enchente (“flood”)
Derived terms
Portuguese terms suffixed with -ente
See also
- -ante
- -inte
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin -ēns, -entem.
Suffix
-ente (plural -entes) (adjective)
-ente m or f by sense (plural -entes) (noun)
- Alternative form of -ante
Further reading
- “-ente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014