ent

See also ENT, ent-, and -ent

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-Germanic *antiz.

Noun

ent (plural ents) (feminine entwife)

1. (fantasy) A fictional large talking tree.
   • 2003, Walter Scheps, "The Fairy-tale Morality of The Lord of the Rings", in Jared Lobdell (ed.), A Tolkien Compass

     [...] and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).

   • 2003, Colin Duriez, Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship

     Tolkien's Treebeard, his Ent creation, was inspired by Lewis, especially his sometimes emphatic deep voice

   • 2003, Ralph C. Wood, The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth

     Tolkien perhaps speaks for himself when he has Treebeard confess that "nobody cares for the woods as I care for them," and when this same Ent also warns that "the withering of all woods may be drawing near"

Translations

a fictional large talking tree

• German: Ent (de) m
• Marathi: एन्ट (mr) (enṭa) m

• Russian: энт (ru) (ent) m
• Serbo-Croatian: ент (sh) (ent) m

Etymology 2

Possibly from empty, through assimilation of the "m" to the following "t"

Verb

ent (third-person singular simple present ents, present participle enting, simple past and past participle ented)

1. (dialect, UK, Devon) To empty or pour.
   • 1976, K. C. Phillips: Westcountry Words and Ways, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1976, p. 47

     A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a good ent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'.

     "Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard.

Anagrams

• net, Net, .NET
• ten

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• IPA: /ɛnt/

Noun

ent m (plural enten, diminutive entje)

1. graft particularly on a tree

Anagrams

• net, ten

Verb

ent

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of enten
2. imperative of enten

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *antiz (“giant”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Gothic  (ant-, “giant-”, prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ent/

Noun

ent m

1. giant

Declension

    Declension of ent (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ent	entas
accusative	ent	entas
genitive	entes	enta
dative	ente	entum

Synonyms

• eoten

Derived terms

• entisc

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *antiz (“giant”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Old English ent, Gothic  (ant-, “giant-”, prefix).

Noun

ent m

1. giant

Declension

Declension of ent

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ent	entos
accusative	ent	entos
genitive	entes	entō
dative	ente	entum