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Is lent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lent is a Scrabble US word. The word lent is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word lent is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

LENT,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELT,LET,NET,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,EN,ET,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from lent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lent

lent elnt lnet nlet enlt nelt letn eltn lten tlen etln teln lnte nlte ltne tlne ntle tnle entl netl etnl tenl ntel tnel

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Definitions and meaning of lent

lent

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Homophones: leant, Lent

Noun

lent (countable and uncountable, plural lents)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lent

Verb

lent

  1. simple past and past participle of lend

Azerbaijani

Etymology

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

Noun

lent (definite accusative lenti, plural lentlər)

  1. ribbon, fillet
  2. band
  3. tape

Derived terms

  • lentə almaq (“to film”)

Further reading

  • “lent” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈlen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [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)

  1. slow
    Antonym: ràpid
Derived terms
  • alentir
  • lentament

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin lentem. First attested in 1803.

Noun

lent f (plural lents)

  1. 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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃/

Adjective

lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

  1. 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

  1. slow, sluggish

Related terms

  • lentece

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [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)

  1. Alternative form of lenn (“below, down; downstairs”)
    Antonyms: fent, fenn

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lent

  1. accusative singular of len

References

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

  1. (Jersey) slow

Derived terms

  • lentement (“slowly”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • lenet

Verb

lent

  1. past participle of lene

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lent/

Noun

lent f

  1. lentil

Declension

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)

  1. slow

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

lent

  1. indefinite neuter singular of len

Veps

Noun

lent

  1. partitive singular of lem'

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