Dante

See also: dante and daňte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dante, a reduced form of Durante.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdænti/, /ˈdænteɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑnteɪ/
• Rhymes: -ænti, -ænteɪ, -ɑːnteɪ

Proper noun

Dante

1. A male given name from Italian, presumably in honor of the poet Dante Alighieri.
   • 2001 July 29, R. W. B. Lewis, “'Dante'”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 April 2022:

     Scattered around the contemporary city are thirty other plaques with passages from the Comedy , evoking a range of places Dante had known and moments and persons he had known or heard about in his thirty-five years of Florentine life:

Derived terms

• Dantean
• Dantesque

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: دانتي m
• Armenian: Դանթե (Dantʻe), Դանտե (Dante)
• Bulgarian: Да́нте m (Dánte)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丹蒂 (Dāndì)

• French: Dante (fr) m
• Georgian: დანტე (danṭe)
• Greek: Δάντης (el) m (Dántis)
• Hebrew: דנטה m
• Hindi: दांते m (dānte)
• Hungarian: Dante (hu)
• Italian: Dante (it) m
• Japanese: ダンテ (Dante)
• Korean: 단테 (Dante)
• Lithuanian: Dantė m
• Polish: Dante (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dante m
• Russian: Да́нте (ru) m (Dánte)
• Spanish: Dante (es) m
• Thai: ดันเต

Anagrams

• Tenda, anted, atend, denat, denat., entad

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Dante and Op-de-Dante in 1936. Etymology unknown. Not derived from Middle Dutch dan (“woodland vale, animal lair”) or Middle Dutch dante (“floozie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑn.tə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Dan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɑntə

Proper noun

Dante n

1. a neighbourhood of Ommen, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Dante”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒntɛ]
• Hyphenation: Dan‧te
• Rhymes: -tɛ

Proper noun

Dante

1. a male given name
2. Dante Alighieri, Italian writer.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Dante	Danték
accusative	Dantét	Dantékat
dative	Danténak	Dantéknak
instrumental	Dantéval	Dantékkal
causal-final	Dantéért	Dantékért
translative	Dantévá	Dantékká
terminative	Dantéig	Dantékig
essive-formal	Danteként	Dantékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Dantéban	Dantékban
superessive	Dantén	Dantékon
adessive	Danténál	Dantéknál
illative	Dantéba	Dantékba
sublative	Dantéra	Dantékra
allative	Dantéhoz	Dantékhoz
elative	Dantéból	Dantékból
delative	Dantéról	Dantékról
ablative	Dantétól	Dantéktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Dantéé	Dantéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Dantééi	Dantékéi

Possessive forms of Dante

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Dantém	Dantéim
2nd person sing.	Dantéd	Dantéid
3rd person sing.	Dantéja	Dantéi
1st person plural	Danténk	Dantéink
2nd person plural	Dantétok	Dantéitok
3rd person plural	Dantéjuk	Dantéik

or

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Dante	Danték
accusative	Dantét	Dantéket
dative	Dantének	Dantéknek
instrumental	Dantével	Dantékkel
causal-final	Dantéért	Dantékért
translative	Dantévé	Dantékké
terminative	Dantéig	Dantékig
essive-formal	Danteként	Dantékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Dantében	Dantékben
superessive	Dantén	Dantéken
adessive	Danténél	Dantéknél
illative	Dantébe	Dantékbe
sublative	Dantére	Dantékre
allative	Dantéhez	Dantékhez
elative	Dantéből	Dantékből
delative	Dantéről	Dantékről
ablative	Dantétől	Dantéktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Dantéé	Dantéké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Dantééi	Dantékéi

Possessive forms of Dante

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Dantém	Dantéim
2nd person sing.	Dantéd	Dantéid
3rd person sing.	Dantéje	Dantéi
1st person plural	Danténk	Dantéink
2nd person plural	Dantétek	Dantéitek
3rd person plural	Dantéjük	Dantéik

Derived terms

• dantei

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan.te/
• Homophone: dante
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: Dàn‧te

Etymology 1

Syncopic form of Durante.

Proper noun

Dante m

1. a male given name

   particularly Dante Alighieri, Italian writer

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dante m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026

Anagrams

• tenda

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ̃.te/

Proper noun

Dante m

1. a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Dante

Derived terms

• dantesco

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Dante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdante/ [ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: Dan‧te

Proper noun

Dante m

1. a male given name from Italian