# lente
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛn.teɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

lente (uncountable)
* An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente.

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch lente.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lente (plural lentes)
* spring, the season between winter and summer

### See also

Seasons in Afrikaans · seisoene (layout · text) · category :
| lente, voorjaar (“spring”) | somer (“summer”) | herfs, najaar (“autumn”) | winter (“winter”) |

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch lentin, lenten, from Old Dutch lentin, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛn.tə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: len‧te
* Rhymes: -ɛntə
* Homophone: Lenthe

### Noun

lente f (plural lentes, diminutive lentetje n)
* spring: the season between winter and summer
    Synonym: voorjaar
* (literary) year of age
    Synonym: jaar
    eenentwintig lentes ― twenty-one years old

#### Derived terms

* lenteavond
* lentedag
* lentefeest
* lentekind
* lenteklokje
* lentekriebel
* lentemaand

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: lente
* → Papiamentu: lènte, lente

### See also

Seasons in Dutch · seizoenen (layout · text) · category :
| voorjaar (“spring”), lente (“spring”) | zomer (“summer”) | herfst (“autumn”), najaar (“autumn”) | winter (“winter”) |

### Anagrams

* leent, netel, telen

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑ̃t/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lenditem, alteration of Late Latin lendinem, itself an alteration of Classical Latin lendem.

#### Noun

lente f (plural lentes)
* (zoology) nit

#### See also

* pou m

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

lente
* feminine singular of lent

### References

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lēns, lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

### Noun

lente f (plural lentes)
* lens

#### Related terms

* lentes

## Ido
### Etymology

From lenta (“slow”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

### Adverb

lente
* slowly
    Synonym: quik

## Interlingua
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lente
* lens

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

lente
* slow

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛn.te/
* Rhymes: -ɛnte
* Hyphenation: lèn‧te

### Etymology 1

Inflected form of lento.

#### Adjective

lente f pl
* feminine plural of lento

### Etymology 2

First attested 17th century. Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

#### Noun

lente f (plural lenti)
* lens

##### Derived terms

* lente a contatto
* lente d'ingrandimento

##### Related terms

* lenticchia

## Latin
### Etymology

From lentus (“slow”) +‎ -ē.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlen.teː/, [ˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlen.te/, [ˈlɛn̪t̪e]

### Adverb

lentē (comparative lentius, superlative lentissimē)
* slowly
    Synonym: tardē
    Marcus ad arborem lentē ambulat.Marcus walks slowly to the tree.

#### Related terms

* lentēscō
* lentitūdō
* lentulus
* lentus
* festīnā lentē

#### References

* “lente”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “lente”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* lente in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Latvian
### Noun

lente f (5th declension)
* riband
* band
* fillet
* ribbon
* sweatband
* tape

#### Declension
## Neapolitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛntə/

### Noun

lente f pl
* glasses, lenses

## Norman
### Adjective

lente
* feminine singular of lent

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* lenet

### Verb

lente
* simple past of lene

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens".

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlẽ.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
* Hyphenation: len‧te

### Noun

lente f (plural lentes)
* (optics) lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
* (anatomy) lens (transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
    Synonym: cristalino
* lens (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
* (figuratively) lens (a way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something)
* (geology) a fossil or deposit between two strata
* Clipping of lente de conta(c)to.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lente.

#### Derived terms

* lente de conta(c)to

#### Related terms

* lentilha, lentícula

### Noun

lente m or f by sense (plural lentes)
* teacher, professor
    Synonyms: professor, docente

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lentem (“lentil”), in Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens". Cognate with English lens.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlente/ [ˈlẽn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: len‧te

### Noun

lente m or f same meaning (plural lentes)
* lens
* (chiefly in the plural, Latin America) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
    Synonyms: (Latin America) anteojos, (Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) lentillas, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos

#### Usage notes

* Lente can be either masculine or feminine in its singular form, but is usually masculine when used in the plural to refer to eyeglasses.

#### Derived terms

* lente de contacto

#### Related terms

* lenteja
* lentejuela
* liendre

### Further reading

* “lente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “lente”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
* “lente”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* lente | Diccionario • DELE Ahora

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lente, from Latin lentem (“lentil”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlente/ [ˈlɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Syllabification: len‧te

### Noun

lente (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
* lens
* magnifying glass
    Synonyms: magnipikador, magnipayer
* flashlight
    Synonym: plaslayt

#### Derived terms

* lentehan
* lentehin

#### Related terms

* lentehas
* lentehuwela
* lentikular
* lentiporme

### Further reading

* “lente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018