# lent
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛnt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnt
* Homophones: leant, Lent

### Noun

lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)
* Alternative letter-case form of Lent

### Verb

lent
* simple past and past participle of lend

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From German Linte, likely via Russian ле́нта (lénta).

### Noun

lent (definite accusative lenti, plural lentlər)
* ribbon, fillet
* band
* tape

#### Derived terms

* lentə almaq (“to film”)

### Further reading

* “lent” in Obastan.com.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈlen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlent]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Valencian dialect llenta (“something that continues or does not stop”); compare also Spanish and Portuguese lento.

#### Adjective

lent (feminine lenta, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)
* slow
    Antonym: ràpid

##### Derived terms

* alentir
* lentament

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lentem. First attested in 1803.

#### Noun

lent f (plural lents)
* lens

##### Derived terms

* lent de contacte

##### Related terms

* lentigen
* llentilla

### Further reading

* “lent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “lent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “lent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### References

* ↑ “lent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Latin lentus.

### Adjective

lent
* slow

#### Derived terms

* lenthe (“slow down, decelerate”)
* lentvil (“sloth (animal)”)
* yn lent (“slowly”)

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French lent, from Latin lentus. Doublet of lento, taken from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)
* slow
    Antonym: rapide

#### Derived terms

* lentement
* lenteur

### Further reading

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

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin lentus.

### Adjective

lent
* slow, sluggish

#### Related terms

* lentece

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛnt]
* Hyphenation: lent
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Etymology 1

Lexicalization of len (“down”, an obsolete form of lenn) +‎ -t (locative suffix), from le (“down”) +‎ -n (case suffix). First attested in 1791.

#### Adverb

lent (comparative lejjebb or lentebb, superlative leglejjebb or leglentebb)
* Alternative form of lenn (“below, down; downstairs”)
    Antonyms: fent, fenn

### Etymology 2

len (“flax”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

#### Noun

lent
* accusative singular of len

### References

* ↑ lent in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* lent , redirecting to lenn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French, from Latin lentus (“slow, sluggish”).

### Adjective

lent m
* (Jersey) slow

#### Derived terms

* lentement (“slowly”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* lenet

### Verb

lent
* past participle of lene

## Old English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lent/

### Noun

lent f
* lentil

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: lent, lente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lent, from Latin lentus.

### Adjective

lent m or n (feminine singular lentă, masculine plural lenți, feminine and neuter plural lente)
* slow

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Adjective

lent
* indefinite neuter singular of len

## Veps
### Noun

lent
* partitive singular of lem'