fent

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English

Etymology

Old French fente, from Latin findēre (“to cleave”).

Noun

fent (plural fents)

  1. (UK, dialect) A slit or crack.
  2. (UK, dialect) A remnant; an odd piece left over.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

fent

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛnt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fent

Etymology 1

From the fen variant of fenn (“above”) +‎ -t (“locative suffix”). First attested in 1525.[1]

Alternative forms

Adverb

fent (comparative fentebb, superlative legfentebb)

  1. above
    Synonyms: fönt, fenn, fönn, felül, fölül
  2. upstairs
Derived terms

Etymology 2

fen +‎ -t

Verb

fent

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of fen
    János késeket és ollókat fent. ― János sharpened / was sharpening knives and pairs of scissors.
  2. (deprecated template usage) past participle of fen
    Ez egy élesre fent kés. ― It is a knife whetted sharp.

References

  1. ^ fent in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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