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tent
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?nt, IPA(key): /t?nt/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /t?nt/
- Homophone: tint
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /t?nt/
- 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)
- 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.
- (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
- (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.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
- 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)
- (intransitive) To go camping.
- We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.
- (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.
- (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)
- (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed
- (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) to guard; to hinder.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Noun
tent (plural tents)
- (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) Attention; regard, care.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Lydgate to this entry?)
- (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)
- (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.
- (medicine) A probe for searching a wound.
Verb
tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)
- (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)
- (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)
- tent (for camping, special occasions, etc.)
- pavillion
- Synonym: paviljoen
- (informal, Dutch, often in compounds) a building, especially one used for commercial purposes
- Synonym: keet
Derived terms
- circustent
- hottentottententententoonstelling
- kermistent
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
tent
- past participle of tenne
Southern Kam
Adjective
tent
- short
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kibitka
English
Alternative forms
- kabitka
Etymology
From Russian ???????? (kibítka); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??b?tk?/
Noun
kibitka (plural kibitkas)
- A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
- A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 328:
- On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 328:
Synonyms
- (tent): yurt
Translations
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