Trent

See also: trent and Trënt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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)

1. A placename
   1. 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.
   2. A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
   3. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
2. A topographic surname An English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Derived terms

• Aston-on-Trent
• 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

1. (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

1. A hamlet in Maashorst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN