lent
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)
- Alternative letter-case form of Lent
Verb edit
lent
- simple past and past participle of lend
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From German Linte, likely via Russian ле́нта (lénta).
Noun edit
lent (definite accusative lenti, plural lentlər)
Derived terms edit
- lentə almaq (“to film”)
Further reading edit
- “lent” in Obastan.com.
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Valencian dialect llenta (“something that continues or does not stop”); compare also Spanish and Portuguese lento.
Adjective edit
lent (feminine lenta, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin lentem. First attested in 1803.[1]
Noun edit
lent f (plural lents)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References edit
- ^ “lent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French lent, from Latin lentus. Doublet of lento, taken from Italian.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
lent
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Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Lexicalization of len (“down”, an obsolete form of lenn) + -t (locative suffix), from le (“down”) + -n (case suffix). First attested in 1791.[1]
Adverb edit
lent (comparative lejjebb or lentebb, superlative leglejjebb or leglentebb)
Etymology 2 edit
len (“flax”) + -t (accusative suffix)
Noun edit
lent
References edit
- ^ lent in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- lent , redirecting to lenn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, from Latin lentus (“slow, sluggish”).
Adjective edit
lent m
Derived terms edit
- lentement (“slowly”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
lent
- past participle of lene
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lent f
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French lent, from Latin lentus.
Adjective edit
lent m or n (feminine singular lentă, masculine plural lenți, feminine and neuter plural lente)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
lent
Veps edit
Noun edit
lent