ent

English Online Dictionary. What means ent‎? What does ent mean?

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of French partie entière, Spanish parta entera, etc.

Symbol

ent

1. (mathematics, rare) A symbol for the floor function.

Usage notes

Mentioned in ISO 80000-2:2019 as an alternative to the ⌊x⌋ bracket notation.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-West Germanic *anti; introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, as Ent.

Compare Middle English *ent, eont (“giant”), inherited from the Old English word, but which apparently did not survive through the Middle English period into Modern times. Apparently survived in some German dialects as Enz (“giant”), also in composite forms. Compare ettin.

Noun

ent (plural ents)

1. (fantasy) A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Alternative forms

• Ent

Derived terms

• treant

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from empty, through assimilation of /m/ to the following /t/.

Verb

ent (third-person singular simple present ents, present participle enting, simple past and past participle ented)

1. (Cornwall) To empty or pour.

Anagrams

• .NET, NET, Net, TEN, net, ten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnt/
• Hyphenation: ent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.

Noun

ent m (plural enten, diminutive entje n)

1. graft (particularly on a tree)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: enten (from the plural)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ent

1. inflection of enten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• net, ten

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *anþi. Compare Finnish entä (“what about; what if”).

Conjunction

ent

1. but

Ladin

Alternative forms

• ënt

Noun

ent m (plural enc)

1. entity
2. corporation, body

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anti, from unknown origin. Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐍄- (ant-, “giant-”, prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ent/

Noun

ent m

1. giant

Declension

Strong i-stem:

Synonyms

• eoten
• þyrs

Derived terms

• entisċ

Descendants

• Middle English: eont
• → English: ent

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anti (“giant”). Cognate with Old English ent, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐍄- (ant-, “giant-”, prefix).

Noun

ent m

1. giant

Declension

Derived terms

• entisk

Portuguese

Adverb

ent (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of então.

Conjunction

ent

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of então.

Interjection

ent

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of então.

Scots

Verb

ent (third-person singular simple present ents, present participle entin, simple past ented, past participle ented)

1. Shetland form of aint

References

• “ent, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.