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lent

See also: Lent and -lent

English

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Noun

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lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lent

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lent

  1. simple past and past participle of lend

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From German Linte, likely via Russian ле́нта (lénta).

Noun

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lent (definite accusative lenti, plural lentlər)

  1. ribbon, fillet
  2. band
  3. tape

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Further reading

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  • “lent” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Valencian dialect llenta (“something that continues or does not stop”); compare also Spanish and Portuguese lento.

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lent (feminine lenta, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

  1. slow
    Antonym: ràpid
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin lentem. First attested in 1803.[1]

Noun

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lent f (plural lents)

  1. lens
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References

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  1. ^ “lent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French lent, from Latin lentus. Doublet of lento, taken from Italian.

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lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

  1. slow
    Antonym: rapide

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin lentus.

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lent

  1. slow, sluggish
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Hungarian

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Etymology 1

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Lexicalization of len (“down”, an obsolete form of lenn) +‎ -t (locative suffix), from le (“down”) +‎ -n (case suffix). First attested in 1791.[1]

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lent (comparative lejjebb or lentebb, superlative leglejjebb or leglentebb)

  1. Alternative form of lenn (“below, down; downstairs”)
    Antonyms: fent, fenn

Etymology 2

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len (“flax”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

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lent

  1. accusative singular of len

References

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  1. ^ 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.)

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Old French, from Latin lentus (“slow, sluggish”).

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lent m

  1. (Jersey) slow

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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lent

  1. past participle of lene

Old English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lēns.

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Noun

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lent f

  1. lentil

Declension

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Declension of lent (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative lent lenta, lente
accusative lente lenta, lente
genitive lente lenta
dative lente lentum

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  • Middle English: lent, lente

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lent, from Latin lentus.

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lent m or n (feminine singular lentă, masculine plural lenți, feminine and neuter plural lente)

  1. slow

Declension

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Declension of lent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite lent lentă lenți lente
definite lentul lenta lenții lentele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite lent lente lenți lente
definite lentului lentei lenților lentelor

Swedish

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Adjective

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lent

  1. indefinite neuter singular of len

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Noun

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lent

  1. partitive singular of lem'
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