# -ent
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English -ent, also -ant, -aunt, etc., from Old French -ent and its source Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem), suffix of present participles of verbs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th conjugations.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ənt
* IPA: /ənt/, (India) /enʈ/
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### Suffix

-ent
* Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action.
    absorbent, efficient
* One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action.
    agent, deterrent

#### Usage notes

* Adjectives terminating in -ent are usually accompanied by derived nouns having -ence or -ency, as cadence and ardency.

#### Derived terms
### See also

* -ant, -ance, -ancy

### References

* ↑ "-ent" at Dictionary.com

### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “-ent”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1944, column 3.

### Anagrams

* .NET, NET, Net, TEN, net, ten

## Catalan
### Etymology

Derived from Latin -ēns (accusative singular -entem).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈent]

### Adjective

-ent (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enta, masculine plural -ents, feminine plural -entes)
* indicating a quality or state
    calent — hot
    absent — absent
    intelligent — intelligent

### Noun

-ent m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ents)
* referring to people doing something
    president — president
    dependent — clerk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛnt/

### Suffix

-ent
* -ent (Latinate suffix forming nouns and adjectives)

## French
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -entem. Mostly confined to learned formations; inherited words tend to use the spelling -ant.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ̃/
* Homophone: -ant

#### Suffix

-ent (feminine -ente, masculine plural -ents, feminine plural -entes)
* adjectival and nominal suffix
    content, inconvénient, spinescent

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -ant, -ent, -iunt.

#### Pronunciation

* Generally silent. Before a vowel optionally IPA: /t‿/.

#### Suffix

-ent
* forms the third-person plural present indicative form of a verb
    Elles marchent. ― They walk.
* forms the third-person plural present subjunctive form of a verb

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -n (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -t (causative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɛnt]
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Suffix

-ent
* (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.
    tüsszent (“to sneeze”)

#### Usage notes

* (instantaneous suffix) Variants:
    -ant is added to back-vowel words
    -ent is added to front-vowel words

#### See also

* -int
* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

### References

* ↑ -ent 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.)

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈent/, [ˈɛn̪t̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈent/, [ˈɛn̪t̪]

### Suffix

-ent
* third-person plural present active subjunctive of -ō (first conjugation)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛnt/

### Suffix

-ent
* (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperfect/conditional
* (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural imperative