lent

See also: Lent and -lent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛnt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Homophones: leant, Lent

Noun

lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Lent

Verb

lent

1. simple past and past participle of lend

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From German Linte, likely via Russian ле́нта (lénta).

Noun

lent (definite accusative lenti, plural lentlər)

1. ribbon, fillet
2. band
3. tape

Derived terms

• lentə almaq (“to film”)

Further reading

• “lent” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈlen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlent]

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)

1. slow

   Antonym: ràpid

Derived terms

• alentir
• lentament

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lentem. First attested in 1803.

Noun

lent f (plural lents)

1. 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.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lent, from Latin lentus. Doublet of lento, taken from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

1. slow

   Antonym: rapide

Derived terms

• lentement
• lenteur

Further reading

• “lent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lentus.

Adjective

lent

1. 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.

Adverb

lent (comparative lejjebb or lentebb, superlative leglejjebb or leglentebb)

1. Alternative form of lenn (“below, down; downstairs”)

   Antonyms: fent, fenn

Etymology 2

len (“flax”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

lent

1. accusative singular of len

Further reading

• lent , redirecting to lenn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin lentus (“slow, sluggish”).

Adjective

lent m

1. (Jersey) slow

Derived terms

• lentement (“slowly”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lenet

Verb

lent

1. past participle of lene

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lent/

Noun

lent f

1. lentil

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	lent	lenta, lente
accusative	lente	lenta, lente
genitive	lente	lenta
dative	lente	lentum

Descendants

• Middle English: lent, lente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lent, from Latin lentus.

Adjective

lent m or n (feminine singular lentă, masculine plural lenți, feminine and neuter plural lente)

1. 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

1. indefinite neuter singular of len

Veps

Noun

lent

1. partitive singular of lem'