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French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *findita, feminine of *finditus, as an alternate past participle of Latin findō (normally fissus).
Pronunciation
Noun
fente f (plural fentes)
- cleft, fissure, crack (in rock)
- split, crack (in wood)
- slit, slot
- slit (in skirt), vent (in jacket etc.)
- (anatomy) fissure
- Synonym: sillon
- (fencing) lunge
- (vulgar, slang) crack, slit (vulva)
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Hungarian
Etymology
fen + -te
Pronunciation
Verb
fente
- third-person singular indicative past definite of fen
- János már fente a késeket. ― János was already sharpening the knives.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fente f (definite singular fenta, indefinite plural fenter, definite plural fentene)
- female equivalent of fant