kent

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

Verb

kent

1. simple past and past participle of ken

Derived terms

• eath-kent

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff.
2. (Scotland) A pole or pike.
3. (euphemistic, slang) cunt.

Verb

kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)

1. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Anagrams

• tekn-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

kent

1. inflection of kennen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

• nekt

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛnt]

Verb

kent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken

   Vajat kent a pirítósra. ― S/he spread butter on the toast.

Participle

kent

1. past participle of ken

Declension

Middle Dutch

Verb

kent

1. inflection of kennen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   3. plural imperative

Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnt], [kent]

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

1. known

Derived terms

• ert-kent

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnt]

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. shepherd's staff

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كنت (kent, “village, town, city”), from older كند (kend), from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kand, “city”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kend, “city, settlement”). Possibly cognate with Northern Kurdish gund (“village”). Most likely not related to Finnish kenttä (“field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cænt/

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

1. (countable) city

   Bu kentten bıktım. ― I am sick of this city.

Declension

Synonyms

• şehir

Derived terms

See also

• köy
• kasaba

References

Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛnt/

Noun

kent

1. wind

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2