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lente

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

lente (uncountable)

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lente.

Pronunciation

Noun

lente (plural lentes)

  1. spring, the season between winter and summer

See also

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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 lentes ― twenty-one years old

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: lente
  • → Papiamentu: lènte, lente

See also

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

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lente f (plural lentes)

  1. (zoology) nit

See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

lente

  1. feminine singular of lent

References

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

lente f (plural lentes)

  1. lens

Ido

Etymology

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

Adverb

lente

  1. slowly
    Synonym: quik

Interlingua

Etymology 1

Noun

lente

  1. lens

Etymology 2

Adjective

lente

  1. slow

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inflected form of lento.

Adjective

lente f pl

  1. feminine plural of lento

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lente f (plural lenti)

  1. lens
Derived terms
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Latin

Etymology

From lentus (“slow”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

Adverb

lentē (comparative lentius, superlative lentissimē)

  1. slowly
    Synonym: tardē
    Marcus ad arborem lentē ambulat.
    Marcus walks slowly to the tree.

References

  • “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.
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Latvian

Noun

lente f (5th declension)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

Noun

lente f pl

  1. glasses, lenses

Norman

Adjective

lente

  1. feminine singular of lent

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

lente

  1. simple past of lene

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lente.

Derived terms

Noun

lente m or f by sense (plural lentes)

  1. teacher, professor
    Synonyms: professor, docente

Spanish

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  • Lente can be either masculine or feminine in its singular form, but is usually masculine when used in the plural to refer to eyeglasses.

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lente (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

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

Derived terms

  • lentehan
  • lentehin

Further reading

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

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