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ment
English
Verb
ment
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of meng
- Obsolete spelling of meant
Anagrams
- T-men
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?men/
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun
ment f (plural ments)
- the mind
- the spirit
Related terms
- -ment
- dement
- mental
Verb
ment
- third-person singular present indicative form of mentir
- second-person singular imperative form of mentir
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
ment
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of mennen
- (archaic) plural imperative of mennen
Estonian
Etymology
From Russian ???? (ment).
Noun
ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)
- (slang) cop (police officer)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- politseinik
- võmm
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Verb
ment
- third-person singular present indicative of mentir
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
Noun
ment f (plural ments)
- mind
- intelligence
Related terms
- mentâl
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?nt]
- Hyphenation: ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).
Verb
ment
- (transitive) to rescue, to save
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the men- stem of the verb megy +? -t.
Verb
ment
- third-person singular past of megy
Participle
ment
- past participle of megy
- 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal[1] [’Evening Song’]
- De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
- But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar
- De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik
- 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal[1] [’Evening Song’]
Declension
Etymology 3
Adjective
ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)
- (archaic, literary) exempt
- Synonym: mentes
Declension
References
Further reading
- (to save): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (exempt): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ment
- past participle of mene
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pent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From pen +? -t.
Noun
pent (plural pents)
- Confinement; concealment.
Adjective
pent
- 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!
- 1885, W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado.
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
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned
Etymology 2
Clipping of pentatonic.
Noun
pent (plural pents)
- (informal, music) A pentatonic scale.
Etymology 3
Clipping of pentacle or pentagram.
Noun
pent (plural pents)
- (informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.
Anagrams
- ENTP, PETN
Danish
Adjective
pent
- neuter singular of pen
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
pent
- neuter singular of pen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
pent
- neuter singular of pen
Old French
Verb
pent
- third-person singular present indicative of pendre
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