fente

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *findita, feminine of *finditus, as an alternate past participle of Latin findō (normally fissus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃t/

• Audio:

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Noun

fente f (plural fentes)

1. cleft, fissure, crack (in rock)
2. split, crack (in wood)
3. slit, slot
4. slit (in skirt), vent (in jacket etc.)
5. (anatomy) fissure

   Synonym: sillon

6. (fencing) lunge
7. (vulgar, slang) crack, slit (vagina)

Synonyms

• fissure

Related terms

• fendre

See also

• ouverture

Further reading

• “fente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

fen +‎ -te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛntɛ]
• Hyphenation: fen‧te

Verb

fente

1. 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)

1. female equivalent of fant