lent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛnt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt
- Homophones: leant, Lent
Noun
lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)
- Alternative letter-case form of Lent
Verb
lent
- simple past tense and past participle of lend
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈlent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈlen/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Valencian dialect llenta (“something that continues or does not stop”); compare also Spanish and Portuguese lento.
Adjective
lent (feminine lenta, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)
- slow
- Antonym: ràpid
Derived terms
- alentir
- lentament
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin lēns, lēntis; first attested 1803[1].
Noun
lent f (plural lents)
- lens
Derived terms
- lent de contacte
Related terms
- lentigen
- llentilla
Further reading
- “lent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
- “lent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
French
Etymology
From Old French lent, from Latin lentus. Doublet of lento, taken from Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑ̃/
audio (file)
Adjective
lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)
- slow
- Antonym: rapide
Derived terms
- lentement
Further reading
- “lent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin lentus.
Adjective
lent
- slow, sluggish
Related terms
- lentece
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛnt]
- Hyphenation: lent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology 1
Lexicalization of len (“down”, an obsolete form of lenn) + -t (locative suffix), from le (“down”) + -n (case suffix). First attested in 1791.[1]
Adverb
lent (comparative lejjebb or lentebb, superlative leglejjebb or leglentebb)
- Alternative form of lenn (“below, down; downstairs”)
- Antonyms: fent, fenn
Etymology 2
len (“flax”) + -t (accusative suffix)
Noun
lent
- accusative singular of len
References
- lent in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- lent , redirecting to lenn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norman
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin lentus (“slow, sluggish”).
Adjective
lent m
- (Jersey) slow
Derived terms
- lentement (“slowly”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- lenet
Verb
lent
- past participle of lene
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lent/
Noun
lent f
- lentil
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lent | lenta, lente |
| accusative | lente | lenta, lente |
| genitive | lente | lenta |
| dative | lente | lentum |
Romanian
Etymology
From French lent, from Latin lentus.
Adjective
lent m or n (feminine singular lentă, masculine plural lenți, feminine and neuter plural lente)
- slow
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | lent | lentă | lenți | lente | ||
| definite | lentul | lenta | lenții | lentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | lent | lente | lenți | lente | ||
| definite | lentului | lentei | lenților | lentelor | |||
Swedish
Adjective
lent
- absolute indefinite neuter singular of len.
Veps
Noun
lent
- partitive singular of lem'