# dolent
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (“to grieve”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdəʊlənt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdoʊlənt/

### Adjective

dolent (comparative more dolent, superlative most dolent)
* (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
** 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:Poor wretch! who once hath paced that dolent city Shall pace it often, doomed beyond all pity, With horror ever deepening from the first.
** 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 148:‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.

#### Related terms
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering, in pain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [duˈlen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [doˈlent]
* Audio:(file)
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### Adjective

dolent (feminine dolenta, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)
* bad
* evil
    Synonyms: malvat, malèfic
* (Valencia) ill
    Synonym: malalt
* aching
* morally afflicted

#### Derived terms

* dolenteria
* dolentíssim

### Verb

dolent
* gerund of doldre

### Further reading

* “dolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “dolent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “dolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dolent, from Old French dolent, borrowed from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ.lɑ̃/

### Adjective

dolent (feminine dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)
* (archaic) mournful

#### Related terms

* douloir
* douleur

### Further reading

* “dolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolens.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [doˈlɛnt]
* Hyphenation: do‧lent
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

dolent (strong nominative masculine singular dolenter, not comparable)
* (medicine) painful

#### Declension
## Latin
### Verb

dolent
* third-person plural present active indicative of doleō

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French dolent.

### Adjective

dolent m (feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)
* sad

#### Descendants

* French: dolent

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).

### Adjective

dolent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular dolent or dolente)
* painful; causing suffering and pain

#### Declension

| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Singular | Subject | dolenz | dolente | dolent |
| Singular | Oblique | dolent | dolente | dolent | dolente | dolent |
| Plural | Subject | dolent | dolentes | dolent | dolent |
| Plural | Oblique | dolents | dolentes | dolent | dolentes | dolent |

#### Related terms

* doloir
* dolor, dolur

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: dolent
** English: dolent
* Middle French: dolent
** French: dolent