lente

Etymology

From Dutch lente.

Noun

lente (plural lentes)

1. spring, the season between winter and summer

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lentin, lenten, from Old Dutch lentin, from Proto-Germanic *langatīnaz, compound of *langaz (“long”) + *tīnaz (“day”). Cognate with English Lent, German Lenz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntə/

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Noun

lente f (plural lentes, diminutive lentetje n)

1. spring: the season between winter and summer

See also

• (seasons) seizoen, jaargetijde; lente/voorjaar, zomer, herfst/najaar, winter

Anagrams

• leent, netel, telen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃t/

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *lenditem, from Latin lēns, lendem.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Further reading

• “lente” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

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

Noun

lente f (plural lentes)

1. lens

Etymology

lenta (“slow”) +‎ -e (“adverb”)

Adverb

lente

1. slowly

Noun

lente

1. lens

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnte

Etymology 1

Inflected form of lento.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology

From lentus (“slow”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlen.teː/, [ˈɫɛn.teː]

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Adverb

lentē (comparative lentius, superlative lentissimē)

1. slowly

   Marcus ambulat lente ad arborem.

   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

Noun

lente f (5th declension)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntə/

Noun

lente f pl

1. glasses, lenses

Adjective

lente

1. feminine singular of lent

Alternative forms

• lenet

Verb

lente

1. simple past of lene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/

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 contato.

Etymology

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

Noun

lente m (plural lentes)

1. lens