different between kent vs pent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

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

• tekn-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

kent

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

Anagrams

• nekt

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?nt]

Verb

kent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken

Participle

kent

1. past participle of ken

Declension

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?nt], [kent]

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

1. known

Derived terms

• ert-kent

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?nt]

Noun

kent (plural kents)

1. shepherd's staff

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (kent, “village, town, city”), from Sogdian [script needed] (kand, “city”). Compare Old Turkic kend? (kend, “city, settlement”). Possibly cognate with Northern Kurdish gund (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c?nt/

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

1. (countable) city

Declension

Synonyms

• ?ehir

Derived terms

See also

• köy
• kasaba

References

Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/

Noun

kent

1. wind

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From pen +? -t.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

1. Confinement; concealment.

Adjective

pent

1. Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
   • 1885, W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado.

     My object all sublime

     I shall achieve in time —

     To let the punishment fit the crime —

     The punishment fit the crime;

     And make each prisoner pent

     Unwillingly represent

     A source of innocent merriment!

     Of innocent merriment!

Usage notes

Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.)

Related terms

• pent-up

Translations

Verb

pent

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned

Etymology 2

Clipping of pentatonic.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

1. (informal, music) A pentatonic scale.

Etymology 3

Clipping of pentacle or pentagram.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

1. (informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.

Anagrams

• ENTP, PETN

Danish

Adjective

pent

1. neuter singular of pen

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

pent

1. neuter singular of pen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

pent

1. neuter singular of pen

Old French

Verb

pent

1. third-person singular present indicative of pendre