English

Proper noun

Kent

1. A maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
2. A town in Connecticut
3. A census-designated place in Iowa
4. A city in Minnesota
5. A town in New York
6. A city in Ohio
7. A city in Washington, USA
8. A surname​ derived from the place name.
9. A male given name transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage, but never popular.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Proper noun

Kent m

1. Kent

Danish

Proper noun

Kent

1. A male given name borrowed from English, interpreted as a short form of Kenneth.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kent

1. A male given name borrowed from English and interpreted as a short form of Kenneth.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Kenth

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kent at the same time as Kenneth. Generally interpreted as a short form of Kenneth in Scandinavia. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1923.

Proper noun

Kent

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 31 771 males with the given name Kent living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

English

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Azeri

Noun

kent ‎(definite accusative kent}}}, plural kent}}})

1. village

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

kent

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of kennen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of kennen

Anagrams

• nekt

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛnt]

Verb

kent

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken

   Vajat kent a pirítósra. - He/she spread butter on toast.

2. past participle of ken

Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnt], [kent]

Verb

kent

1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent ‎(comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

1. known

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnt]

Noun

kent ‎(plural kents)

1. shepherd's staff

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kend ‎(“city, settlement”). The word in Turkish used to mean "village", "rural settlement" until the 20th century, during the language reforms the word was thought to be genuinely Turkic and a secondary meaning "city" that of old Turkic was preferred. From Sogdian [script needed] ‎(kand, “city”), possibly cognate with Kurdish gund ‎(“village”).^[1]

Noun

kent ‎(definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

1. (countable) city

   Bu kentten bıktım.‎ ― I am sick of this city.

Declension

Synonyms

• şehir
• il

Derived terms

See also

• köy
• kasaba

References

1. ↑ "kent" - nişanyansözlük