lente
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
lente (uncountable)
- An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente.
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
lente (plural lentes)
- 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”) |
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lentin, lenten, from Old Dutch lentin, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn.
Pronunciation
Noun
lente f (plural lentes, diminutive lentetje n)
- spring: the season between winter and summer
- Synonym: voorjaar
- (literary) year of age
- Synonym: jaar
- eenentwintig lentes ― twenty-one years old
Derived terms
- lenteavond
- lentedag
- lentefeest
- lentekind
- lenteklokje
- lentekriebel
- lentemaand
Descendants
See also
| Seasons in Dutch · seizoenen (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| voorjaar (“spring”), lente (“spring”) | zomer (“summer”) | herfst (“autumn”), najaar (“autumn”) | winter (“winter”) |
Anagrams
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)
See also
- pou m
Etymology 2
Adjective
lente
References
- “lente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lēns, lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".
Noun
lente f (plural lentes)
Related terms
Etymology
Adverb
lente
Etymology 1
Noun
lente
Etymology 2
Adjective
lente
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inflected form of lento.
Adjective
lente f pl
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlen.teː/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.te/, [ˈlɛn̪t̪e]
Adverb
lentē (comparative lentius, superlative lentissimē)
Related terms
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.
Noun
lente f (5th declension)
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | lente | lentes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | lenti | lentes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | lentes | lenšu |
| dative (datīvs) | lentei | lentēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | lenti | lentēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | lentē | lentēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | lente | lentes |
Declension of lente (5th declension)
Pronunciation
Noun
lente f pl
Adjective
lente
Alternative forms
Verb
lente
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".
Pronunciation
Noun
lente f (plural lentes)
- (optics) lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
- (anatomy) lens (transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
- Synonym: cristalino
- lens (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
- (figuratively) lens (a way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something)
- (geology) a fossil or deposit between two strata
- Clipping of lente de conta(c)to.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lente.
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
lente m or f by sense (plural lentes)
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The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background (#1)
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
Noun
lente m or f same meaning (plural lentes)
- lens
- (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 always masculine when used in the plural to refer to eyeglasses.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “lente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlente/ [ˈlɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: len‧te
Noun
lente (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- lens
- magnifying glass
- Synonyms: magnipikador, magnipayer
- flashlight
- Synonym: plaslayt
Derived terms
- lentehan
- lentehin
Related terms
- lentehas
- lentehuwela
- lentikular
- lentiporme
Further reading
- “lente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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