fent

English

Etymology

Old French fente, from Latin findēre (“to cleave”).

Noun

fent (plural fents)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A slit or crack.
  2. (Britain, dialectal) A remnant; an odd piece left over.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈfen/
  • Rhymes: -ent

Verb

fent

  1. present participle of fer

Hungarian

Etymology

From the fen variant of fenn (“above”) +‎ -t (“locative suffix”). First attested in 1525.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛnt]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fent

Adverb

fent (comparative fentebb, superlative legfentebb)

  1. above
  2. upstairs

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References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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