-ente

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃t/ Homophone: -entes Hyphenation: -ente === Suffix === -ente feminine singular of -ent == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛntɛ] Rhymes: -tɛ Hyphenation: -en‧te === Suffix === -ente (distributive-temporal suffix) added to a temporal noun to form an adverb Synonym: -enként ==== Usage notes ==== (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 to some 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”) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian suffixes == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -entem. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “borrowed inflection?” === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛn.te/ Rhymes: -ɛnte Hyphenation: -èn‧te === Suffix === -ente m or f by sense (present participle-forming suffix, plural -enti) used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -ere and -ire verbs Coordinate term: -ante === Suffix === -ente m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -enti) or -ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enti) added to -are verbs to form agentive adjectives and agent nouns == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛn.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [en.te] Hyphenation: -en‧te === Suffix === -ente vocative masculine singular of -entus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ Hyphenation: -en‧te === Suffix === -ente m or f (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”) === Suffix === -ente m or f (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”) === Derived terms === === See also === -ante -inte === Further reading === “-ente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -entem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈente/ [ˈẽn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ente Syllabification: -en‧te === Suffix === -ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -entes) -ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes) alternative form of -ante ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025