-ent

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: ənt, IPA(key): /ənt/ (India) enPR: ĕnt, IPA(key): /enʈ/, [ë̞ɳʈ] Homophone: -ant === Suffix === -ent Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action. One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action. ==== Usage notes ==== Adjectives terminating in -ent are usually accompanied by derived nouns having -ence or -ency, as cadence and ardency. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -ant, -ance, -ancy === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “-ent”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1944, column 3. === Anagrams === .NET, NET, Net, TEN, net, ten == Catalan == === Etymology === Derived from Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈe̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈent] IPA(key): (Central, Northwestern) [ˈen] === Adjective === -ent (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enta, masculine plural -ents, feminine plural -entes) indicating a quality or state calent — hot absent — absent intel·ligent — intelligent === Noun === -ent m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ents) referring to people doing something president — president dependent — clerk == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnt/ === Suffix === -ent -ent (Latinate suffix forming nouns and adjectives) == French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin -entem. Mostly confined to learned formations; inherited words tend to use the spelling -ant. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɑ̃/ Homophone: -ant ==== Suffix ==== -ent (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ente, masculine plural -ents, feminine plural -entes) adjectival and nominal suffix === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin -ant, -ent, -iunt. ==== Pronunciation ==== Generally silent. Before a vowel optionally IPA(key): /t‿/. Homophones: -e, -es ==== Suffix ==== -ent forms the third-person plural present indicative form of a verb Elles marchent. ― They walk. forms the third-person plural present subjunctive form of a verb == Hungarian == === Etymology === From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -n (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -t (causative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛnt] Rhymes: -ɛnt === Suffix === -ent (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action. tüsszent (“to sneeze”) ==== Usage notes ==== (instantaneous suffix) Variants: -ant is added to back-vowel words -ent is added to front-vowel words ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -int Appendix:Hungarian suffixes === References === == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛnt] === Suffix === -ent third-person plural present active subjunctive of -ō (first conjugation) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnt/ === Suffix === -ent (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperfect/conditional (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperative ==== Derived terms ====