rident
English
Etymology
From Latin ridens, present participle of ridere (“to laugh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪdənt/
Adjective
rident (comparative more rident, superlative most rident)
- laughing
- 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:
- a smile so wide and steady , so exceedingly rident
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Tinder, dirten, tinder, trined
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁid/
Verb
rident
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of rider
Anagrams
- dirent
- rendit, rendît
Latin
Verb
rīdent
- third-person plural present active indicative of rīdeō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ridente.
Adjective
rident m or n (feminine singular ridentă, masculine plural ridenți, feminine and neuter plural ridente)
- (dated) laughing
Declension
Declension of rident
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | rident | ridentă | ridenți | ridente | ||
| definite | ridentul | ridenta | ridenții | ridentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | rident | ridente | ridenți | ridente | ||
| definite | ridentului | ridentei | ridenților | ridentelor | |||
References
- rident in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN