lente

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English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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lente (uncountable)

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

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch lente.

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Noun

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lente (plural lentes)

  1. spring, the season between winter and summer

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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 lentestwenty-one years old

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: lente
  • Papiamentu: lènte, lente

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

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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lente f (plural lentes)

  1. (zoology) nit

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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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lente

  1. feminine singular of lent

References

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin lēns, lentem (lentil), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

Noun

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lente f (plural lentes)

  1. lens
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Ido

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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lente

  1. slowly
    Synonym: quik

Interlingua

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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lente

  1. lens

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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lente

  1. slow

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inflected form of lento.

Adjective

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lente f pl

  1. feminine plural of lento

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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lente f (plural lenti)

  1. lens
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Latin

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Etymology

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From lentus (slow) +‎ .

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Adverb

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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

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  • 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

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Noun

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lente f (5th declension)

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

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Neapolitan

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Noun

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lente f pl

  1. glasses, lenses

Norman

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Adjective

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lente

  1. feminine singular of lent

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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lente

  1. simple past of lene

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:lente.

Derived terms

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Noun

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lente m or f by sense (plural lentes)

  1. teacher, professor
    Synonyms: professor, docente

Spanish

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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lente (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

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

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Further reading

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