See also: Arent and aren't

English edit

Noun edit

arent (plural arents)

  1. A kind of anthropogenic soil, with deep mixing due to ploughing, digging, etc.
    • 2019, Luther Hammond, James E Box Jr, Rhizosphere Dynamics, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 196:
      [] to neutral than that of the arent soil (Edwards and Lofty 1977).

Verb edit

arent

  1. Misspelling of aren't.

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch arent (harvest). Related to obsolete arnen (to harvest), ongearend (unharvested). Cognate with German Ernte (harvest).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

arent f (uncountable, diminutive arentje n)

  1. (obsolete) harvest
    Synonym: oogst

Usage notes edit

Plural has not been attested. Not to be confused with arend (eagle).

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Latin edit

Verb edit

arent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of arō

Yola edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English around.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

arent

  1. around
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:
      Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.
      Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23