lente

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛn.teɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

lente (uncountable)

  1. An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente.

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch lente.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lente (plural lentes)

  1. spring, the season between winter and summer

See also[edit]

Seasons in Afrikaans · seisoene (layout · text) · category
lente, voorjaar (“spring”) somer (“summer”) herfs, najaar (“autumn”) winter (“winter”)

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch lentin, lenten, from Old Dutch lentin, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lente f (plural lentes, diminutive lentetje n)

  1. spring: the season between winter and summer
    Synonym: voorjaar
  2. (literary) year of age
    Synonym: jaar
    eenentwintig lentes ― twenty-one years old

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: lente
  • → Papiamentu: lènte, lente

See also[edit]

Seasons in Dutch · seizoenen (layout · text) · category
voorjaar (“spring”), lente (“spring”) zomer (“summer”) herfst (“autumn”), najaar (“autumn”) winter (“winter”)

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lenditem, alteration of Late Latin lendinem, itself an alteration of Classical Latin lendem.

Noun[edit]

lente f (plural lentes)

  1. (zoology) nit

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lente

  1. feminine singular of lent

References[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin lēns, lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

Noun[edit]

lente f (plural lentes)

  1. lens

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Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lenta (“slow”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

Adverb[edit]

lente

  1. slowly
    Synonym: quik

Interlingua[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

lente

  1. lens

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lente

  1. slow

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inflected form of lento.

Adjective[edit]

lente f pl

  1. feminine plural of lento

Etymology 2[edit]

First attested 17th century. Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

Noun[edit]

lente f (plural lenti)

  1. lens
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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lentus (“slow”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

lentē (comparative lentius, superlative lentissimē)

  1. slowly
    Synonym: tardē
    Marcus ad arborem lente ambulat.
    Marcus walks slowly to the tree.

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References[edit]

  • “lente”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lente”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lente in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

lente f (5th declension)

  1. riband
  2. band
  3. fillet
  4. ribbon
  5. sweatband
  6. tape

Declension[edit]

Declension of lente (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lente lentes
accusative (akuzatīvs) lenti lentes
genitive (ģenitīvs) lentes lenšu
dative (datīvs) lentei lentēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) lenti lentēm
locative (lokatīvs) lentē lentēs
vocative (vokatīvs) lente lentes

Neapolitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lente f pl

  1. glasses, lenses

Norman[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lente

  1. feminine singular of lent

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

lente

  1. simple past of lene

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

lente f (plural lentes)

  1. (optics) lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
  2. (anatomy) lens (transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
    Synonym: cristalino
  3. lens (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
  4. (figuratively) lens (a way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something)
  5. (geology) a fossil or deposit between two strata
  6. Clipping of lente de conta(c)to.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lente.

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Noun[edit]

lente m or f by sense (plural lentes)

  1. teacher, professor
    Synonyms: professor, docente

Spanish[edit]

The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background (#1)
Folded spectacles with bicolour frame (#2)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens". Cognate with English lens.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlente/ [ˈlẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: len‧te

Noun[edit]

lente m or f same meaning (plural lentes)

  1. lens
  2. (chiefly in the plural, Latin America) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
    Synonyms: (Latin America) anteojos, (Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) lentillas, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos

Usage notes[edit]

  • Lente can be either masculine or feminine in its singular form, but is always masculine when used in the plural to refer to eyeglasses.

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Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish lente, from Latin lentem (“lentil”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlente/, [ˈlɛn.tɛ]
  • Hyphenation: len‧te

Noun[edit]

lente (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. lens
  2. magnifying glass
    Synonyms: magnipikador, magnipayer
  3. flashlight
    Synonym: plaslayt

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Further reading[edit]

  • “lente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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