kent

See also: Kent, -ként, and кент

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

Verb

kent

1. simple past and past participle of ken

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff.
2. (Scotland) A pole or pike.

Verb

kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)

1. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Anagrams

• tekn-

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

kent

1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of kennen
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of kennen

Anagrams

• nekt

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Hungarian

Etymology

ken +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛnt]

Verb

kent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken

   Vajat kent a pirítósra. ― S/he spread butter on the toast.

2. (deprecated template usage) past participle of ken

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Middle Dutch

Verb

kent

1. inflection of kennen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   3. plural imperative

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Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnt], [kent]

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

1. known

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnt]

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. shepherd's staff

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kend (“city, settlement”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sogdian [script needed] (kand, “city”), possibly cognate with Kurdish.

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

1. (countable) city

   Bu kentten bıktım. ― I am sick of this city.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kent
Definite accusative	kenti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kent	kentler
Definite accusative	kenti	kentleri
Dative	kente	kentlere
Locative	kentte	kentlerde
Ablative	kentten	kentlerden
Genitive	kentin	kentlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kentim kentlerim 2nd singular kentin kentlerin 3rd singular kenti kentleri 1st plural kentimiz kentlerimiz 2nd plural kentiniz kentleriniz 3rd plural kentleri kentleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kentimi kentlerimi 2nd singular kentini kentlerini 3rd singular kentini kentlerini 1st plural kentimizi kentlerimizi 2nd plural kentinizi kentlerinizi 3rd plural kentlerini kentlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kentime kentlerime 2nd singular kentine kentlerine 3rd singular kentine kentlerine 1st plural kentimize kentlerimize 2nd plural kentinize kentlerinize 3rd plural kentlerine kentlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kentimde kentlerimde 2nd singular kentinde kentlerinde 3rd singular kentinde kentlerinde 1st plural kentimizde kentlerimizde 2nd plural kentinizde kentlerinizde 3rd plural kentlerinde kentlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kentimden kentlerimden 2nd singular kentinden kentlerinden 3rd singular kentinden kentlerinden 1st plural kentimizden kentlerimizden 2nd plural kentinizden kentlerinizden 3rd plural kentlerinden kentlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kentimin kentlerimin 2nd singular kentinin kentlerinin 3rd singular kentinin kentlerinin 1st plural kentimizin kentlerimizin 2nd plural kentinizin kentlerinizin 3rd plural kentlerinin kentlerinin

Synonyms

• şehir

Derived terms

• başkent
• kentleşmek
• kentli
• kentsel
• kentsiz

 

See also

• köy
• kasaba

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Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/

Noun

kent

1. wind

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2