-ente
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ente
Usage notes edit
- (distributive-temporal suffix) It is used only with temporal expressions. Variants:
- -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -anta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ente is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -önte is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
Derived terms edit
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ente
- used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -ere and -ire verbs
- used to form many adjectives whose form is the same in masculine and feminine
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Latin edit
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-ente
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.
Suffix edit
-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- -ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir
- temer (“to fear”) + -ente → temente (“fearful”)
- resplandecer (“to shine”) + -ente → resplandecente (“shining, resplendent”)
Suffix edit
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)
Derived terms edit
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -entes)
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- Alternative form of -ante
Further reading edit
- “-ente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014