pent

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === Etymology 1 === From pen + -t. ==== Noun ==== pent (plural pents) Confinement; concealment. ==== Adjective ==== pent Confined in, or as if in, a pen; imprisoned. ===== Usage notes ===== Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== pent-up ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== pent (archaic) simple past and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of pentatonic. ==== Noun ==== pent (plural pents) (informal, music) A pentatonic scale. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of pentacle or pentagram. ==== Noun ==== pent (plural pents) (informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram. === See also === pent roof (probably etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === ENTP, PETN == Danish == === Adjective === pent neuter singular of pen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === pent neuter singular of pen == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === pent neuter singular of pen == Old French == === Verb === pent third-person singular present indicative of pendre == Romanian == === Noun === pent m (plural penți) obsolete form of pinten ==== Declension ==== === References === pent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Scots == === Verb === pent (third-person singular simple present pents, present participle pentin, simple past and past participle pentit) to paint