-ente
- (distributive-temporal suffix)Added to atemporalnoun to form anadverb.
- Synonym:-enként
- (distributive-temporal suffix) It is used only with temporal expressions. Variants:
- -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- nap(“day”) + -onta → naponta(“daily”)
- -anta is added tosome back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- nyár(“summer”) + -anta → nyaranta(“every summer”)
- -ente is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- év(“year”) + -ente → évente(“yearly”)
- -önte is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- ősz(“autumn”) + -önte → őszönte(“every autumn”)
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “borrowed inflection?”)Borrowed fromLatin-entem.
-ente
- used with a stem to form thepresent participle of regular-ere and-ire verbs
- used to form manyadjectives whose form is the same in masculine and feminine
-ente
- vocativemasculinesingular of-entus
Borrowed fromLatin-entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.
-ente m orf (adjective-forming suffix,plural-entes)
- -ing,-ent;forms adjectives from verbs ending in-er and-ir
- temer(“to fear”) + -ente → temente(“fearful”)
- resplandecer(“to shine”) + -ente → resplandecente(“shining, resplendent”)
-ente m orf (noun-forming suffix,plural-entes)
- -er,-ent;forms agent nouns from verbs ending in-er and-ir
- Synonyms:-eiro,-dor
- verter(“to gush, to spring (water)”) + -ente → vertente(“spring”)
- encher(“to fill”) + -ente → enchente(“flood”)
Borrowed fromLatin-entem.
- IPA(key): /ˈente/[ˈẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes:-ente
- Syllabification:-en‧te
-ente m orf (adjective-forming suffix,masculine and feminine plural-entes)
-ente m orfby sense (noun-forming suffix,plural-entes)
- alternative form of-ante