ente

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See also: Ente, enté, énte, and -ente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Preposition

ente

  1. between
  2. among

Dutch

Verb

ente

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of enten

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

ente

  1. inflection of enter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Noun

ente f (plural entes)

  1. verbal noun of enter

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi ente (“you”), from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta, “you”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛntɛ/
  • Hyphenation: én‧té

Pronoun

énté

  1. (informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin entem.

Pronunciation

Noun

ente m (plural enti)

  1. corporation, body
  2. being
  3. entity

Related terms

See also

Latin

Noun

ente

  1. ablative singular of ens

Luganda

Etymology

From an Eastern Sudanic language.

Noun

ente class 9

  1. cow, cattle

References

  • Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French entre, from Latin inter.

Alternative forms

Preposition

ente

  1. (Guernsey) between

Etymology 2

Of Germanic origin (compare Dutch ent).

Noun

ente f (plural entes)

  1. (Jersey) graft
Synonyms

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Adjective

ente

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of enta, which is present active participle of eti (“to come”)
  2. masculine accusative plural of enta, which is present active participle of eti (“to come”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin entem.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ente m (plural entes)

  1. an existing being or thing
    entes queridos ― loved ones

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin entem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: en‧te

Noun

ente m (plural entes)

  1. (philosophy) being
  2. entity
    Synonym: entidad
    • 2021 April 5, Guillermo Abril, “Puigdemont, la república virtual sobre la Cataluña real”, in El País‎:
      Fuentes del organismo aseguran que se trata de un ente político tangible, con seis técnicos que trabajan a diario y unos 200 consejos locales desplegados en Cataluña.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ente (whence also Tocharian A äntannene (“where”) and äntāne (“when”)), from *enä + a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *tód, a form of *só (“this, that”).

Pronoun

ente

  1. where, when (interrogative pronoun)
  2. where, when (relative pronoun)
  3. if, whenever

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ente”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 90-91

Tooro

ente

Etymology

From en- (class 9 noun prefix) + Proto-Sog Eastern Sudanic *-te. Cognate with Luganda ente.

Pronunciation

Noun

ente class 9 (plural ente class 10, augmentless nte, plural augmentless nte)

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle, domestic bovine, member of the species Bos taurus
    Hyponyms: enyana (“cow (female)”), enimi (“bull”), endaawa (“ox”)

References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 26-27
  2. Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
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