ente

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See also: Ente, enté, énte, and -ente

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin inter.

Preposition[edit]

ente

  1. between
  2. among

Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

ente

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of enten

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

ente

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

Noun[edit]

ente f (plural entes)

  1. verbal noun of enter

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Betawi ente (you), from Arabic أَنْتَ (ʔanta, you).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛntɛ/
  • Hyphenation: én‧té

Pronoun[edit]

énté

  1. (informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

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Synonyms[edit]

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin entem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ente m (plural enti)

  1. corporation, body
  2. being
  3. entity

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

ente

  1. ablative singular of ens

Luganda[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an Eastern Sudanic language.

Noun[edit]

ente class 9

  1. cow, cattle

References[edit]

  • Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31

Norman[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French entre, from Latin inter.

Alternative forms[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ente

  1. (Guernsey) between

Etymology 2[edit]

Of Germanic origin (compare Dutch ent).

Noun[edit]

ente f (plural entes)

  1. (Jersey) graft
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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ente

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of enta, which is present active participle of eti (to come)
  2. masculine accusative plural of enta, which is present active participle of eti (to come)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin entem.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

ente m (plural entes)

  1. an existing being or thing
    entes queridosloved ones

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin entem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈente/ [ˈẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: en‧te

Noun[edit]

ente m (plural entes)

  1. (philosophy) being
  2. entity
    Synonym: entidad
    • 2021 April 5, Guillermo Abril, “Puigdemont, la república virtual sobre la Cataluña real”, in El País[1]:
      Fuentes del organismo aseguran que se trata de un ente político tangible, con seis técnicos que trabajan a diario y unos 200 consejos locales desplegados en Cataluña.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading[edit]

Tocharian B[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tocharian *ente (whence also Tocharian A äntannene (where) and äntāne (when)), from *enä + a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *tód, a form of *só (this, that).

Pronoun[edit]

ente

  1. where, when (interrogative pronoun)
  2. where, when (relative pronoun)
  3. if, whenever

Further reading[edit]

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ente”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 90-91

Tooro[edit]

ente

Etymology[edit]

From en- (class 9 noun prefix) + Proto-Sog Eastern Sudanic *-te. Cognate with Luganda ente.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ente class 9 (plural ente class 10, augmentless nte, plural augmentless nte)

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle, domestic bovine, member of the species Bos taurus
    Hyponyms: enyana (cow (female)), enimi (bull), endaawa (ox)

References[edit]

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 26-27
  2. Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31