-ent

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See also: ent, Ent, ENT, ént, ënt, ent-, and ent.

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English -ent, also -ant, -aunt, etc., from Old French -ent and its source Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem), suffix of present participles of verbs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th conjugations.[1]

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-ent

  1. Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action.
  2. One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action.

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Dutch

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-ent

  1. -ent (Latinate suffix forming nouns and adjectives)

French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin -entem. Mostly confined to learned formations; inherited words tend to use the spelling -ant.

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-ent (feminine -ente, masculine plural -ents, feminine plural -entes)

  1. adjectival and nominal suffix

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin -ant, -ent, -iunt.

Pronunciation

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  • Generally silent. Before a vowel optionally IPA(key): /t‿/.

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-ent

  1. forms the third-person plural present indicative form of a verb
    Elles marchent.They walk.
  2. forms the third-person plural present subjunctive form of a verb

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -n (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -t (causative suffix).[1]

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-ent

  1. (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.
    tüsszent (to sneeze)

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  • (instantaneous suffix) Variants:
    -ant is added to back-vowel words
    -ent is added to front-vowel words

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References

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  1. ^ -ent 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.)

Latin

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-ent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of (first conjugation)

Welsh

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-ent

  1. (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperfect/conditional
  2. (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperative

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