fent

See also: Fent

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fent (plural fents)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

fent (uncountable)

1. (slang) The drug fentanyl.

Anagrams

• TNEF

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfent]
• Rhymes: -ent

Verb

fent

1. gerund of fer

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnt]

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• Hyphenation: fent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• fönt, fenn, fönn

Adverb

fent (comparative feljebb or fentebb, superlative legfelül or legfentebb)

1. above, up

   Synonyms: fönt, fenn, fönn, felül, fölül

2. upstairs
3. up, awake

   Synonym: ébren

Usage notes

The form fentebb and the uncommon legfentebb are only used in formal style with említett (or a synonymous verb), in the sense “above-mentioned” or “aforesaid”. In the literal sense, feljebb (or its variant följebb) and legfelül (or its variant legfölül) are used as its comparative and superlative.

Derived terms

• fenti

 

Compound words

• odafent

 

Etymology 2

fen +‎ -t

Verb

fent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of fen

   János késeket és ollókat fent. ― János sharpened / was sharpening knives and pairs of scissors.

Participle

fent

1. past participle of fen

   Ez egy élesre fent kés. ― It is a knife whetted sharp.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fent	fentek
accusative	fentet	fenteket
dative	fentnek	fenteknek
instrumental	fenttel	fentekkel
causal-final	fentért	fentekért
translative	fentté	fentekké
terminative	fentig	fentekig
essive-formal	fentként	fentekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fentben	fentekben
superessive	fenten	fenteken
adessive	fentnél	fenteknél
illative	fentbe	fentekbe
sublative	fentre	fentekre
allative	fenthez	fentekhez
elative	fentből	fentekből
delative	fentről	fentekről
ablative	fenttől	fentektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	fenté	fenteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fentéi	fentekéi

Etymology 3

fen (“fen”, Chinese monetary subunit) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

fent

1. accusative singular of fen

Further reading

• fent in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN