lento
See also: Lento
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lento.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛntəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛntoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Adjective
lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)
- (music) Slow (45–60 bpm). [since 1724]
Translations
(music) lento
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Noun
lento (plural lentos)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
See also
Tempo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “lento”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- Elton, Nolte, Olten, Tolen, let on, olent
Asturian
Adjective
lento
- neuter of lentu
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlento]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: len‧to
Noun
lento (accusative singular lenton, plural lentoj, accusative plural lentojn)
- lentil (plant, seed)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈle̞n̪t̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification(key): len‧to
Etymology 1
From lentää (“to fly”) + -o.
Noun
lento
- flying, flight (act of flying or being in the air)
- flight (of an aircraft, other flying vehicle or spacecraft)
- (figuratively) flight (fast and/or smooth movement)
Declension
| Inflection of lento (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lento | lennot | |
| genitive | lennon | lentojen | |
| partitive | lentoa | lentoja | |
| illative | lentoon | lentoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lento | lennot | |
| accusative | nom. | lento | lennot |
| gen. | lennon | ||
| genitive | lennon | lentojen | |
| partitive | lentoa | lentoja | |
| inessive | lennossa | lennoissa | |
| elative | lennosta | lennoista | |
| illative | lentoon | lentoihin | |
| adessive | lennolla | lennoilla | |
| ablative | lennolta | lennoilta | |
| allative | lennolle | lennoille | |
| essive | lentona | lentoina | |
| translative | lennoksi | lennoiksi | |
| instructive | — | lennoin | |
| abessive | lennotta | lennoitta | |
| comitative | — | lentoineen | |
| Possessive forms of lento (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | lentoni | lentomme |
| 2nd person | lentosi | lentonne |
| 3rd person | lentonsa | |
Derived terms
- lennosto
Compounds
- avaruuslento
- charterlento
- häälento
- ilmalento
- koululento
- kuulento
- lennonjohto
- lennonopettaja
- lennonvalvonta
- lennonvarmistus
- lentoaika
- lentoambulanssi
- lentoase
- lentoasema
- lentobensiini
- lentoemo
- lentoemäntä
- lentohavainto
- lentohenkilöstö
- lentohiekka
- lentohyökkäys
- lentokala
- lentokalusto
- lentokansi
- lentokapteeni
- lentokeli
- lentokenttä
- lentokirje
- lentokone
- lentokorkeus
- lentokoulu
- lentokoulutus
- lentokuljetus
- lentokurssi
- lentokuva
- lentokuvio
- lentokyky
- lentolaivue
- lentolannoitus
- lentolaskenta
- lentolaukku
- lentolehti
- lentolevitys
- lentolihas
- lentoliike
- lentoliikenne
- lentolinja
- lentolippu
- lentolisko
- lentolyönti
- lentomajakka
- lentomatka
- lentomatkustaja
- lentomekaanikko
- lentomelu
- lentomerkki
- lentomuodostelma
- lentomuurahainen
- lentomyrkytys
- lentomäki
- lentonahka
- lentoneuvo
- lentonoki
- lentonopeus
- lentonäytös
- lento-ominaisuus
- lentoonammunta
- lentoonlähtö
- lento-onnettomuus
- lento-osasto
- lentopaikka
- lentopallo
- lentopelastus
- lentopelko
- lentopetroli
- lentopinta
- lentopommi
- lentopommitus
- lentoponnahdus
- lentoposti
- lentorahti
- lentorata
- lentoreitti
- lentoruiskutus
- lentosammakko
- lentosatama
- lentosimulaattori
- lentosuukko
- lentosuunnitelma
- lentosuunta
- lentosää
- lentotaito
- lentotaksi
- lentotekniikka
- lentoterminaali
- lentotiedustelu
- lentotoiminta
- lentotoimisto
- lentotukikohta
- lentotunti
- lentoturma
- lentourheilu
- lentovakuutus
- lentovalokuva
- lentovaneri
- lentovene
- lentovuoro
- lentoväline
- lentoväylä
- lentoyhteys
- lentoyhtiö
- liitolento
- liukulento
- matalalento
- matkalento
- mittarilento
- moottorilento
- muodostelmalento
- paluulento
- pariutumislento
- parveilulento
- pommituslento
- postilento
- purjelento
- reittilento
- sairaankuljetuslento
- selkälento
- soidinlento
- sokkolento
- sukkulalento
- taitolento
- taksilento
- tiedustelulento
- tilauslento
- tähdenlento
- vaakalento
- yksinlento
- ylilento
- yölento
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Italian lento.
Adverb
lento
- (music) lento (slowly)
Anagrams
- leton, telon
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lento. Doublet of lent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛn.to/
Audio (file)
Adverb
lento
- (music) slowly; lento
Further reading
- “lento”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin lentus. The main sense of "slow" may be a learned one, as opposed to the original inherited meaning of "wet, humid", "moistened, soft", also found in the Old Spanish equivalent. Compare also Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlento̝/
Adjective
lento m (feminine singular lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas)
- slow
- Synonyms: tardo, vagaroso
- Antonym: rápido
- soft, not firm
- wet, humid, moist, damp, covered in mold
Derived terms
- Agrolento
- lentamente
- lentura
References
- “lento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “lento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “lento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “lento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ingrian
Noun
lento
- flight (the act of flying)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛn.to/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: lèn‧to
Adjective
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lenti, feminine plural lente, superlative lentissimo)
- slow
- Antonyms: svelto, veloce
Related terms
- allentare
- lentamente
- lentezza
- rallentare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.toː/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.to/, [ˈlɛn̪t̪o]
Noun
lento
- ablative/dative neuter/masculine singular of lentus
Verb
lentō (present infinitive lentāre, perfect active lentāvī, supine lentātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I bend under strain, I flex
Conjugation
| Conjugation of lentō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lentō | lentās | lentat | lentāmus | lentātis | lentant |
| imperfect | lentābam | lentābās | lentābat | lentābāmus | lentābātis | lentābant | |
| future | lentābō | lentābis | lentābit | lentābimus | lentābitis | lentābunt | |
| perfect | lentāvī | lentāvistī | lentāvit | lentāvimus | lentāvistis | lentāvērunt, lentāvēre | |
| pluperfect | lentāveram | lentāverās | lentāverat | lentāverāmus | lentāverātis | lentāverant | |
| future perfect | lentāverō | lentāveris | lentāverit | lentāverimus | lentāveritis | lentāverint | |
| passive | present | lentor | lentāris, lentāre | lentātur | lentāmur | lentāminī | lentantur |
| imperfect | lentābar | lentābāris, lentābāre | lentābātur | lentābāmur | lentābāminī | lentābantur | |
| future | lentābor | lentāberis, lentābere | lentābitur | lentābimur | lentābiminī | lentābuntur | |
| perfect | lentātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | lentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | lentātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lentem | lentēs | lentet | lentēmus | lentētis | lentent |
| imperfect | lentārem | lentārēs | lentāret | lentārēmus | lentārētis | lentārent | |
| perfect | lentāverim | lentāverīs | lentāverit | lentāverīmus | lentāverītis | lentāverint | |
| pluperfect | lentāvissem | lentāvissēs | lentāvisset | lentāvissēmus | lentāvissētis | lentāvissent | |
| passive | present | lenter | lentēris, lentēre | lentētur | lentēmur | lentēminī | lententur |
| imperfect | lentārer | lentārēris, lentārēre | lentārētur | lentārēmur | lentārēminī | lentārentur | |
| perfect | lentātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | lentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | lentā | — | — | lentāte | — |
| future | — | lentātō | lentātō | — | lentātōte | lentantō | |
| passive | present | — | lentāre | — | — | lentāminī | — |
| future | — | lentātor | lentātor | — | — | lentantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | lentāre | lentāvisse | lentātūrum esse | lentārī | lentātum esse | lentātum īrī | |
| participles | lentāns | — | lentātūrus | — | lentātus | lentandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| lentandī | lentandō | lentandum | lentandō | lentātum | lentātū | ||
References
- “lento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, from Latin lentus. The main sense of "slow" may be a learned one, as opposed to the original inherited meaning of "wet, humid", "moistened, soft", also found in the Old Spanish equivalent. Compare also Galician lento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: len‧to
Adjective
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, comparable, comparative maislento, superlative o maislento or lentíssimo, diminutive lentinho)
- slow (not quick in motion)
- soft; not firm
- wet, humid, moistened, viscous, slimy
Related terms
- lentidão
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento.
Adverb
lento
- lento
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish form liento (“humid, wet”), which has a meaning also found in some senses of Galician and Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu; cf. also Valencian Catalan llenta[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlento/ [ˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: len‧to
Adjective
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)
- slow
- Synonym: tardo
- Antonym: rápido
Derived terms
- a fuego lento
- cámara lenta
- enlentecer
- lentamente
- manjar lento
- más lento que el caballo del malo
- más lento que un desfile de cojos
Related terms
- lentitud (“slowness”)
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “lento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014