Trent
See also: trent and Trënt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹɛnt/
Audio (Berkshire, England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology 1
- From Welsh tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser"
- Another possibility: a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.
Proper noun
Trent (countable and uncountable, plural Trents)
- A placename
- A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to join the Ouse and form the Humber estuary.
- A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
- A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
- A topographic surname An English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms
- Barrow upon Trent
- Burton upon Trent, Burton-on-Trent
- Carlton-on-Trent
- Newark-on-Trent
- Radcliffe on Trent
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Trent Lakes
- Trent Vale
- Walton-on-Trent
Etymology 2
From Italian Trento
Proper noun
Trent
- (less common form) Trento, A city in Italy
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as op de Trent in 1727. Derived from Middle Dutch trent (“round object, disc, circle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɛnt/
- Hyphenation: Trent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Proper noun
Trent n
- A hamlet in Maashorst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN