habens

== German == === Alternative forms === haben's === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːbəns/ Hyphenation: ha‧bens === Contraction === habens contraction of haben +‎ es == Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of habeō (“have, hold”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈha.bẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.bens] === Participle === habēns (genitive habentis); third-declension one-termination participle having, holding owning possessing retaining, maintaining accepting, bearing, enduring ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: havent French: ayant Galician: habenza Italian: avente Occitan: avent === References === “habens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers