tent

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tĕnt, IPA(key): /tɛnt/ (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /tɪnt/ Homophone: tint Rhymes: -ɛnt Homophone: tint (pin–pen merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”). ==== Noun ==== tent (plural tents) A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented) (intransitive) To go camping. (cooking) To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape. Synonym of fumigate. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== camp lean-to lodge pavilion, pavillion pitch tarp === Etymology 2 === From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend ==== Verb ==== tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented) (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed 14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle,To tent hur, and that was skylle,And brought hur to bede (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect) to guard; to hinder. ==== Noun ==== tent (plural tents) (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect) Attention; regard, care. (archaic) Intention; design. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”). ==== Noun ==== tent (plural tents) (medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound. ==== Verb ==== tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented) (medicine, sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent. to tent a wound === Etymology 4 === From Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge. Doublet of tint and tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color. ==== Noun ==== tent (plural tents) (archaic) A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain. Synonyms: tent wine, tinta Coordinate terms: claret, hock, sack === References === “tent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Nett, nett == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch tente, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta or *tenda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛnt/ Hyphenation: tent Rhymes: -ɛnt === Noun === tent f (plural tenten, diminutive tentje n) tent (for camping, special occasions, etc.) pavillion Synonym: paviljoen (informal, Dutch, often in compounds) a building, especially one used for commercial purposes; a joint Synonym: keet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: tente → Sranan Tongo: tenti → Caribbean Javanese: thenthi → Lokono: tenti == Middle English == === Adjective === tent alternative form of tenthe === Noun === tent alternative form of tenthe == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === tent past participle of tenne == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English tenth, tenthe. === Adjective === tent tenth === References === “tend, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “tent, adj.1, n.1.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. == Southern Kam == === Adjective === tent short == Swedish == === Etymology === Clipping of tentamen. Compare Finnish tentti. === Noun === tent c (Finland, colloquial) exam, examination (test) Synonyms: tentamen, tenta ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tentlitteratur