Abbreviation ofFrenchpartieentière,Spanishpartaentera, etc.
ent
- (mathematics, rare) A symbol for thefloor function.
Mentioned in ISO 80000-2:2019 as an alternative to the ⌊x⌋ bracket notation.
Learned borrowing fromOld Englishent(“giant”), fromProto-West Germanic*anti; introduced byJ. R. R. Tolkien inThe Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, asEnt.
CompareMiddle English*ent,eont(“giant”), inherited from the Old English word, but which apparently did not survive through the Middle English period into Modern times.Apparently survived in some German dialects asEnz(“giant”), also in composite forms. Compareettin.
ent (pluralents)
- (fantasy) Alarge,fictional,humanoid,walkingtree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.
2003, Walter Scheps, “The Fairy-tale Morality ofThe Lord of the Rings”, in Jared Lobdell, editor,A Tolkien Compass:[…]and that fine youngent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).
2003, Allen Paterson,Trees for Your Garden,page180:But this should not lead to complete avoidance, as if it is like some dire incursion of triffids orents.
2003, Robert Dunn,Horse Latitudes,page98:Somewhere,ents and manitous laugh grimly For, despite all this, the trees lasted much longer Than most of the presents, and all of the holiday spirit.
2006, John Allran,Men of Their Word,page37:Hello, my good friend, myself I present. Not human, nor tree, for I am anent.
2017, Inga Simpson,Understory[1], Hachette UK,→ISBN:InThe Lords of the Rings there are dark forces in the forest—the Huorn. Huorn areents who have become more treeish, gone rogue. They can still move and speak, but only with theents.
a fictional large talking tree
Possibly fromempty, throughassimilation of/m/ to the following/t/.
ent (third-person singular simple presentents,present participleenting,simple past and past participleented)
- (Cornwall) To pour, especially ofrain.
1880, Cornish tales,Cornish tales, in prose and verse, in the Cornish dialect[ed. by J.T. Tregellas]., page26:"[…]ent me out some beer, / Fill up my glass to quinch my thust, Weth bitter like thee'st gove me fust."
1976, K. C. Phillips,Westcountry Words and Ways, Newton Abbot: David & Charles, page47:A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a goodent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'.
"Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard.
2015 April 28, Beth Hersant,Good Neighbours, Troubador Publishing Ltd,→ISBN, page285:"And look at itenting down. I'm glad I'm not out in it."
2019 October 22, Winston Graham,The Twisted Sword: A Novel of Cornwall, 1815, St. Martin's Griffin,→ISBN:'Stay a space longer,' urged Music. 'Look at'n. 'Tisenting down.' 'Put yer clothes on, then,' said Katie. You'll catch yer death.' He dragged off into the scullery and presently emerged in his Sunday best.
FromMiddle Dutchente, fromenten(“to graft”) (modern Dutchenten), fromOld Frenchenter, fromLatinimputāre.
ent m (pluralenten,diminutiveentje n)
- graft(particularly on a tree)
- → Indonesian:enten(from the plural)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
ent
- inflection ofenten:
- first/second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
- imperative
Borrowed fromProto-Norse[Term?], fromProto-Germanic*anþi. CompareFinnishentä(“what about; what if”).
ent
- but
ent m (pluralenc)
- entity
- corporation,body
FromProto-West Germanic*anti, from unknown origin.
ent m
- giant (mythical creature)
10th century,The Wanderer:Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
ealdenta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.- Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
until worksof oldgiants, lacking of
citizens' noises, stood empty.
Strongi-stem:
FromProto-West Germanic*anti(“giant”). Cognate withOld Englishent.
ent m
- giant
ent (notcomparable)
- (Internetslang, text messaging)abbreviation ofentão
ent
- (Internetslang, text messaging)abbreviation ofentão
ent
- (Internetslang, text messaging)abbreviation ofentão
ent (third-person singular simple presentents,present participleentin,simple past and past participleented)
- Shetland form ofaint
FromMiddle High Germanende, fromOld High Germanenti, fromProto-West Germanic*andī, fromProto-Germanic*andijaz(“end”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ent-(“face; forehead; front”).
ent n
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