-ente

See also: ente, Ente, enté, and énte

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃t/
• Homophone: -entes
• Hyphenation: -ente

Suffix

-ente

1. feminine singular of -ent

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛntɛ]
• Rhymes: -tɛ
• Hyphenation: -en‧te

Suffix

-ente

1. (distributive-temporal suffix) added to a temporal noun to form an adverb

   Synonym: -enként

Usage notes

• (distributive-temporal suffix) It is used only with temporal expressions. Variants:

  -onta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎nap (“day”) + ‎-onta → ‎naponta (“daily”)

  -anta is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎nyár (“summer”) + ‎-anta → ‎nyaranta (“every summer”)

  -ente is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎év (“year”) + ‎-ente → ‎évente (“yearly”)

  -önte is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎ősz (“autumn”) + ‎-önte → ‎őszönte (“every autumn”)

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -ente

éjjelente

évente

hetente

negyedévente

reggelente

telente

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -entem. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “borrowed inflection?”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: -èn‧te

Suffix

-ente m or f by sense (present participle-forming suffix, plural -enti)

1. used with a stem to form the present participle of regular -ere and -ire verbs

   Coordinate term: -ante

Suffix

-ente m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -enti) or
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enti)

1. added to -are verbs to form agentive adjectives and agent nouns

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [en.te]
• Hyphenation: -en‧te

Suffix

-ente

1. vocative masculine singular of -entus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: -en‧te

Suffix

-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)

1. -ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir

   ‎temer (“to fear”) + ‎-ente → ‎temente (“fearful”)

   ‎resplandecer (“to shine”) + ‎-ente → ‎resplandecente (“shining, resplendent”)

Suffix

-ente m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)

1. -er, -ent; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -er and -ir

   Synonyms: -eiro, -dor

   ‎verter (“to gush, to spring (water)”) + ‎-ente → ‎vertente (“spring”)

   ‎encher (“to fill”) + ‎-ente → ‎enchente (“flood”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ente

aborrescente

absorvente

agente

batente

componente

crescente

desistente

diluente

dormente

enchente

envolvente

fazente

fluente

gerente

malemolente

nascente

oponente

parente

pendente

plangente

poente

presidente

pretendente

proponente

regente

remanescente

remetente

renascente

repetente

resiliente

resolvente

resplandecente

respondente

servente

tenente

valente

vertente

See also

• -ante
• -inte

Further reading

• “-ente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-ente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -entembor.

Spanish -ente

Borrowed from Latin -entem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈente/ [ˈẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: -en‧te

Suffix

-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -entes)
-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)

1. alternative form of -ante

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ente

absorbente

adveniente

afligente

atingente

batiente

cayente

decebiente

dimitente

dirigente

envolvente

existente

fosforescente

imponente

intransigente

permanente

precedente

predisponente

preferente

presidente

promovente

propelente

reincidente

residente

sugerente

suplente

Further reading

• “-ente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025