kent

See also: Kent, ként, -ként, and кент

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

kent

  1. simple past and past participle of ken
Derived terms

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.

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

kent

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

Anagrams

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

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

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).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cænt/
  • (file)

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

  1. (countable) city
    Bu kentten bıktım.I am sick of this city.

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), kent1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Weri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛnt/

Noun

kent

  1. wind

References

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