ente
التعريفات والمعاني
== Asturian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin inter.
=== Preposition ===
ente
between
among
== Dutch ==
=== Verb ===
ente
(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of enten
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
ente
inflection of enter:
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
=== Noun ===
ente f (plural entes)
verbal noun of enter
=== Further reading ===
“ente”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Betawi ente (“you”), from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta, “you”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛntɛ/
Hyphenation: én‧té
=== Pronoun ===
énté
(informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
==== Alternative forms ====
==== Synonyms ====
Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:
anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
coen (slang, East Java)
ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
kamu (intimate)
ko, kowe (informal, Java)
kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin entem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛn.te/
Rhymes: -ɛnte
Hyphenation: èn‧te
=== Noun ===
ente m (plural enti)
corporation, body
being
entity
==== Related terms ====
entelecheia
entelechia
=== See also ===
-ente
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
ente
ablative singular of ens
== Luganda ==
=== Etymology ===
From an Eastern Sudanic language.
=== Noun ===
ente (class III, plural ente, base state nte, plural base state nte)
domestic cow, bull, ox
(in the plural) cattle
=== References ===
Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259
Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 451
Schoenbrun, David (1993), “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
== Norman ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old French entre, from Latin inter.
==== Alternative forms ====
entre (Jersey)
==== Preposition ====
ente
(Guernsey) between
=== Etymology 2 ===
Of Germanic origin (compare Dutch ent).
==== Noun ====
ente f (plural entes)
(Jersey) graft
===== Synonyms =====
greffe
== Old English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈen.te/
=== Noun ===
ente
dative singular of ent
== Pali ==
=== Alternative forms ===
=== Adjective ===
ente
masculine/neuter locative singular of enta, which is present active participle of eti (“to come”)
masculine accusative plural of enta, which is present active participle of eti (“to come”)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Medieval Latin entem.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
Hyphenation: en‧te
=== Noun ===
ente m (plural entes)
an existing being or thing
entes queridos ― loved ones
==== Related terms ====
entidade
=== 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 ===
From Latin entem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈente/ [ˈẽn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: en‧te
=== Noun ===
ente m (plural entes)
(philosophy) being
entity
Synonym: entidad
==== Related 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
== Tocharian B ==
=== Alternative forms ===
inte
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Tocharian *ente (whence also Tocharian A äntannene (“where”) and äntāne (“when”)), from *enä + a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *tód, a form of *só (“this, that”).
=== Pronoun ===
ente
where, when (interrogative pronoun)
where, when (relative pronoun)
if, whenever
=== Further reading ===
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ente”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 90-91
== Tooro ==
=== Etymology ===
From en- (class 9 noun prefix) + Proto-Sog Eastern Sudanic *-te. Cognate with Luganda ente.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /éːnte/
Rhymes: -éːnte
Hyphenation: e‧nte
=== Noun ===
ente class 9 (plural ente class 10, augmentless nte, plural augmentless nte)
cow, bull, ox, cattle, domestic bovine, member of the species Bos taurus
Hyponyms: enyana (“cow (female)”), enimi (“bull”), endaawa (“ox”)
=== References ===
Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 26-27
Schoenbrun, David (1993), “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31