-ent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English -ent, also -ant, -aunt, etc., from Old French -ent and its source Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem), suffix of present participles of verbs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th conjugations.[1]
Suffix edit
-ent
- Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action.
- One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action.
Usage notes edit
- Adjectives terminating in -ent are usually accompanied by derived nouns having -ence or -ency, as cadence and ardency.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “-ent”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1944, column 3.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ent
- -ent (Latinate suffix forming nouns and adjectives)
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin -entem. Mostly confined to learned formations; inherited words tend to use the spelling -ant.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ent (feminine -ente, masculine plural -ents, feminine plural -entes)
- adjectival and nominal suffix
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin -ant, -ent, -iunt.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ent
- forms the third-person plural present indicative form of a verb
- Elles marchent. ― They walk.
- forms the third-person plural present subjunctive form of a verb
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -e- (linking vowel) + -n (instantaneous suffix) + -t (causative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ent
- (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.
- tüsszent (“to sneeze”)
Usage notes edit
- (instantaneous suffix) Variants:
- -ant is added to back-vowel words
- -ent is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ -ent 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.)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of -ō (first conjugation)
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ent
- (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperfect/conditional
- (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperative