different between igloo vs tent

English

Etymology

From Inuktitut ??? (iglu, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *??lu, from Proto-Eskimo *??lu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lu?/

Noun

igloo (plural igloos)

1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
2. (zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
3. (military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.
   • 1978, Made in Mexico

     Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]

Translations

See also

• other traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)
• quinzhee
• snow fort

Anagrams

• logoi, oglio, oligo, oligo-

French

Alternative forms

• iglou

Etymology

From English, from Inuktitut ??? (iglu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?lu/

Noun

igloo m (plural igloos)

1. igloo

Derived terms

• igloo mobile

Further reading

• “igloo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Alternative forms

• iglu

Etymology

From English igloo, from Inuktitut ??? (iglu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.lu/, /?i?.l?/

Noun

igloo n (indeclinable)

1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

Further reading

• igloo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• igloo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?nt, IPA^(key): /t?nt/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /t?nt/
    • Homophone: tint
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: tint (with pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”). Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

2. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
3. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:

     A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled.

4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (intransitive) To go camping.

   We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.

2. (cooking) To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
3. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.

   The sheet tented over his midsection.

Translations

See also

• camp
• lean-to
• lodge
• pavilion, pavillion
• pitch
• tarp

Etymology 2

From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”).

Verb

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed
2. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) to guard; to hinder.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) Attention; regard, care.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Lydgate to this entry?)

2. (archaic) Intention; design.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 3

From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tent?re (“to probe, test”), alteration of tempt?re (“to test, probe, tempt”).

Noun

tent (plural tents)

2. (medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
3. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound.

Verb

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (medicine, sometimes figuratively) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

   to tent a wound

Etymology 4

From Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tinctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge, tint, tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color.

Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

See also

• claret, hock, sack

Anagrams

• Nett, nett

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tente, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta or *tenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nt/
• Hyphenation: tent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

tent m (plural tenten, diminutive tentje n)

1. tent (for camping, special occasions, etc.)
2. pavillion

   Synonym: paviljoen

3. (informal, Dutch, often in compounds) a building, especially one used for commercial purposes

   Synonym: keet

Derived terms

• circustent
• hottentottententententoonstelling
• kermistent

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tent

1. past participle of tenne

Southern Kam

Adjective

tent

1. short