lento
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian lento.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛntəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛntoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Adjective edit
lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)
Translations edit
Noun edit
lento (plural lentos)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
lento
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin lēns. Doublet of lenso.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lento (accusative singular lenton, plural lentoj, accusative plural lentojn)
- lentil (plant, seed)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *lento. Equivalent to lentää (“to fly”) + -o.
Noun edit
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 edit
Inflection of lento (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | lennotta | lennoitta | ||
instructive | — | lennoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- avaruuslento
- charterlento
- halpalento
- häälento
- ilmalento
- jatkolento
- kaukolento
- koelento
- kotimaanlento
- koululento
- kuulento
- laululento
- lennonjohtaja
- lennonjohto
- lennonopettaja
- lennonselvittäjä
- lennonselvitys
- lennonvalvonta
- lennonvarmentaja
- lennonvarmistus
- lentoaika
- lentoambulanssi
- lentoase
- lentoasema
- lentoaukko
- lentoauto
- lentobensiini
- lentoemo
- lentoemäntä
- lentohavainto
- lentohenkilöstö
- lentohiekka
- lentohietikko
- lentohyökkäys
- lentohäpeä
- lentojarru
- lentojojo
- lentokala
- lentokalusto
- lentokansi
- lentokapteeni
- lentokeli
- lentokelpoinen
- lentokelvoton
- lentokenttä
- lentokielto
- lentokirjanen
- lentokirje
- lentokoira
- lentokone
- lentokorkeus
- lentokoulu
- lentokoulutus
- lentokuljetus
- lentokurssi
- lentokuva
- lentokuvio
- lentokyky
- lentokäytävä
- lentolaite
- lentolaivasto
- lentolaivue
- lentolannoitus
- lentolaskenta
- lentolaukku
- lentolehti
- lentolehtinen
- lentolevitys
- lentolihas
- lentoliike
- lentoliikenne
- lentolinja
- lentolippu
- lentolisko
- lentolupakirja
- lentolyönti
- lentomajakka
- lentomatka
- lentomatkailu
- lentomatkustaja
- lentomekaanikko
- lentomelu
- lentomerkki
- lentomestari
- lentomuodostelma
- lentomuurahainen
- lentomyrkytys
- lentomäki
- lentonahka
- lentoneuvo
- lentonoki
- lentonopeus
- lentonumero
- lentonäytös
- lento-ominaisuus
- lentoonammunta
- lentoonlähtö
- lento-onnettomuus
- lento-osasto
- lentopaikka
- lentopallo
- lentopelastus
- lentopeli
- lentopelko
- lentoperämies
- lentopetroli
- lentopinta
- lentopoikanen
- lentopommi
- lentopommitus
- lentoponnahdus
- lentoposti
- lentopotku
- lentopusu
- lentopäiväkirja
- lentorahti
- lentorahtikirja
- lentorata
- lentoreitti
- lentoruiskutus
- lentosammakko
- lentosatama
- lentosimulaattori
- lentosotamies
- lentosukka
- lentosulka
- lentosuudelma
- lentosuukko
- lentosuunnistaja
- lentosuunnistus
- lentosuunnitelma
- lentosuunta
- lentosää
- lentotaito
- lentotaksi
- lentotekniikka
- lentotekninen
- lentoterminaali
- lentotiedot
- lentotiedotusalue
- lentotiedustelu
- lentotila
- lentotoiminta
- lentotoimisto
- lentotuhka
- lentotukialus
- lentotukikohta
- lentotunti
- lentoturma
- lentoturvallisuus
- lentotähti
- lentourheilu
- lentovakuutus
- lentovalo
- lentovalokuva
- lentovaneri
- lentovaruste
- lentovene
- lentovuoro
- lentoväline
- lentoväylä
- lentoyhteys
- lentoyhtiö
- liikennelento
- liitolento
- liukulento
- lomalento
- lähilento
- matalalento
- matkalento
- menolento
- mittarilento
- moottorilento
- muodostelmalento
- näkölento
- ohilento
- paluulento
- pariutumislento
- parveilulento
- pelastuslento
- pimeälento
- pommituslento
- postilento
- purjelento
- reittilento
- sairaankuljetuslento
- selkälento
- soidinlento
- sokkolento
- sukkulalento
- taitolento
- taksilento
- tiedustelulento
- tilauslento
- tähdenlento
- ulkomaanlento
- ultrakevytlento
- vaakalento
- yksinlento
- yksityislento
- ylilento
- yölento
Further reading edit
- “1. lento”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
lento
Further reading edit
- “2. lento”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian lento. Doublet of lent.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
lento
Further reading edit
- “lento”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-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 edit
Adjective edit
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *lento, equivalent to lentää (“to fly”) + -o. Cognates include Finnish lento and Estonian lend.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈlʲe̞ntŏ̞̥]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈle̞nd̥o̞]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: len‧to
Noun edit
lento
- flight
- lähtiä lentoo ― to start flying (literally, “to leave into a flight”)
Declension edit
Declension of lento (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lento | lennot |
genitive | lennon | lentoin, lentoloin |
partitive | lentoa | lentoja, lentoloja |
illative | lentoo | lentoi, lentoloihe |
inessive | lennoos | lennois, lentolois |
elative | lennost | lennoist, lentoloist |
allative | lennolle | lennoille, lentoloille |
adessive | lennool | lennoil, lentoloil |
ablative | lennolt | lennoilt, lentoloilt |
translative | lennoks | lennoiks, lentoloiks |
essive | lentonna, lentoon | lentoinna, lentoloinna, lentoin, lentoloin |
exessive1) | lentont | lentoint, lentoloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 260
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lenti, feminine plural lente, superlative lentissimo)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.toː/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.to/, [ˈlɛn̪t̪o]
Noun edit
lento
Verb edit
lentō (present infinitive lentāre, perfect active lentāvī, supine lentātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to bend under strain, to flex
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lentō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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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 edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-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 and Asturian equivalent. Compare also Galician lento and Asturian llentu.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ẽtu
- Hyphenation: len‧to
Adjective edit
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, comparable, comparative mais lento, superlative o mais lento or lentíssimo, diminutive lentinho)
- slow (not quick in motion)
- soft; not firm
- Synonym: mole
- wet, humid, moistened
- viscous, slimy
- Synonym: viscoso
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento.
Adverb edit
lento
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- lentitud (“slowness”)
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “lento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014