-ente

See also: ente, Ente, enté, and énte

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛntɛ]
  • Rhymes: -tɛ

Suffix

-ente

  1. (distributive-temporal suffix) Added to a temporal noun to form an adverb.
    Synonym: -enként

Usage notes

  • (distributive-temporal suffix) It is used only with temporal expressions. Variants:
    -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    nap (day) + -ontanaponta (daily)
    -anta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    nyár (summer) + -antanyaranta (every summer)
    -ente is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    év (year) + -enteévente (yearly)
    -önte is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    ősz (autumn) + -önteőszönte (every autumn)

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -ente

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -entem.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɛn.te/

Suffix

-ente

  1. used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -ere and -ire verbs
  2. used to form many adjectives whose form is the same in masculine and feminine

Latin

Suffix

-ente

  1. vocative masculine singular of -entus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.

Suffix

-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)

  1. -ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir
    temer (to fear) + -entetemente (fearful)
    resplandecer (to shine) + -enteresplandecente (shining, resplendent)

Suffix

-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)

  1. -er, -ent; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -er and -ir
    Synonyms: -eiro, -dor
    verter (to gush, to spring (water)) + -entevertente (spring)
    encher (to fill) + -enteenchente (flood)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ente

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -entem.

Suffix

-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -entes)
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)

  1. Alternative form of -ante

Further reading

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