deferent

See also: déférent and défèrent

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfəɹənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From defer and deference; see -ent.

Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

1. Showing deference; deferential.

Derived terms

• deferently

Related terms

• deferential

Translations

showing deference

• Bulgarian: почти́телен (bg) (počtítelen)
• Persian: باادب (fa) (bâadab)
• Russian: почти́тельный (ru) (počtítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: deferente (es)
• Tagalog: masunurin

Etymology 2

From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

1. (anatomy) A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
3. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

   Coordinate term: epicycle

4. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

Adjective

deferent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Bodies deferent.

Latin

Verb

dēferent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dēferēnslbor.

Polish deferent

Learned borrowing from Latin dēferēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈfɛ.rɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
• Syllabification: de‧fe‧rent

Noun

deferent m inan

1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) deferent (imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round)

   Synonym: deferens

   Coordinate term: epicykl

Declension

Declension of deferent

	singular	plural
nominative	deferent	deferenty
genitive	deferenta	deferentów
dative	deferentowi	deferentom
accusative	deferent	deferenty
instrumental	deferentem	deferentami
locative	deferencie	deferentach
vocative	deferencie	deferenty

Related terms

adjectives

• deferencyjny

nouns

• deferencja
• deferens

Further reading

• “deferent”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• deferent in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déférent, from Latin deferens.

Adjective

deferent m or n (feminine singular deferentă, masculine plural deferenți, feminine/neuter plural deferente)

1. deferential

Declension

Declension of deferent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	deferent		deferentă	deferenți	deferente
	definite	deferentul		deferenta	deferenții	deferentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	deferent		deferente	deferenți	deferente
	definite	deferentului		deferentei	deferenților	deferentelor