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pente

pente

French

Noun

pente f ‎(plural pentes)

slope

Galician

Noun

pente m ‎(plural pentes)

Alternative form of peite

Italian

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛnte

Verb

pente

third-person singular present indicative of pentirsi

Portuguese

pente

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *peitẽe, from Latin pecten, pectinem. Cognate with Galician peite, Spanish peine, Catalan pinta, French peigne and Italian pettine.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.tɨ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.ti/
- (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.te/
Hyphenation: pen‧te

Noun

pente m (plural pentes)

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