attent

English

Etymology

From Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈtɛnt/

Adjective

attent (comparative more attent, superlative most attent)

(archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 6:40:
  Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, section XIV:
  All patiently awaited the event
  Without a stir or sound, as if no less
  Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent.

Derived terms

attently

Noun

attent (uncountable)

(obsolete) Attention.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  So being clad unto the fields he went
  With the faire Pastorella every day,
  And kept her sheepe with diligent attent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈtɛnt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: at‧tent
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

attent (comparative attenter, superlative attentst)

Inflection

Declension of attent
uninflected	attent
inflected	attente
comparative	attenter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		attent	attenter	het attentst het attentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	attente	attentere	attentste
	n. sing.	attent	attenter	attentste
	plural	attente	attentere	attentste
definite		attente	attentere	attentste
partitive		attents	attenters	—

Related terms

attentie

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian attento.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /atˈtɛnt/

Adjective

attent (feminine singular attenta, plural attenti)

attentive
Antonym: diżattent

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