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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ente
- (distributive-temporal suffix) Added to a temporal noun to form an adverb.
- Synonym: -enként
Usage notes
- (distributive-temporal suffix) It is used only with temporal expressions. Variants:
- -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- nap (“day”) + -onta → naponta (“daily”)
- -anta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- nyár (“summer”) + -anta → nyaranta (“every summer”)
- -ente is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- év (“year”) + -ente → évente (“yearly”)
- -önte is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- ősz (“autumn”) + -önte → őszönte (“every autumn”)
Derived terms
See also
Italian
Etymology
From Latin -entem.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛn.te/
Suffix
-ente
- used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -ere and -ire verbs
- used to form many adjectives whose form is the same in masculine and feminine
Latin
Suffix
-ente
- vocative masculine singular of -entus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.
Suffix
-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- -ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir
- temer (“to fear”) + -ente → temente (“fearful”)
- resplandecer (“to shine”) + -ente → resplandecente (“shining, resplendent”)
Suffix
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- -er, -ent; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -er and -ir
- Synonyms: -eiro, -dor
- verter (“to gush, to spring (water)”) + -ente → vertente (“spring”)
- encher (“to fill”) + -ente → enchente (“flood”)
Derived terms
See also
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin -entem.
Suffix
-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -entes)
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)
- Alternative form of -ante
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