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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ingentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: in‧gèn‧te
Adjective
ingente (plural ingenti, superlative ingentissimo)
- great, considerable, enormous
- Synonyms: considerevole, grosso, consistente, cospicuo
Derived terms
Further reading
- ingente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
ingente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of ingēns
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ingentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈxente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: in‧gen‧te
Adjective
ingente m or f (masculine and feminine plural ingentes)
- great, considerable, enormous
2019 December 11, “Una década de descubrimientos musicales”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Anticipándose a las tendencias y rastreando entre la ingente cantidad de nuevos artistas que intentan abrirse paso, a lo largo de esta década los escenarios de todo el país se han poblado de los nombres más novedosos y personales del momento, que más tarde se han confirmado como algunos de los nombres más relevantes de la actualidad.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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