lent

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See also: Lent and -lent

English

Pronunciation

Noun

lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lent

Verb

lent

  1. simple past and past participle of lend

Azerbaijani

Etymology

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

Noun

lent (definite accusative lenti, plural lentlər)

  1. ribbon, fillet
  2. band
  3. tape

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “lent” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. slow
    Antonym: ràpid
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lentem. First attested in 1803.

Noun

lent f (plural lents)

  1. lens
Derived terms
Related terms

Further reading

References

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. slow
    Antonym: rapide

Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lentus.

Adjective

lent

  1. slow, sluggish

Related terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lent

  1. accusative singular of len

References

  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.)

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

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

Adjective

lent m

  1. (Jersey) slow

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

lent

  1. past participle of lene

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēns.

Pronunciation

Noun

lent f

  1. lentil

Declension

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

Descendants

  • Middle English: lent, lente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lent, from Latin lentus.

Adjective

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

  1. slow

Declension

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

Adjective

lent

  1. indefinite neuter singular of len

Veps

Noun

lent

  1. partitive singular of lem'
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