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tent en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
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• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

Meanings

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
   • We were camping in a three-man tent.
   • We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away.
2. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
3. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
   • A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled. 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
   • […] feeling his erection making a tent in his pants. 2013, Nathan Lapointe, A Strange New World:

Forms

Deriveds

tent bed · cook-tent · fold like a cheap tent · were you born in a tent · tentwise · tent pole movie · cooktent · tent embassy · tentlike · tentage · tent-maker · tent peg · tent camping · tent meeting · Sibley tent stove · tent pole · tentful · tentwallah · tent-sack · tentiform · tentmaking · Sibley tent · tentism · tentwards · untent · tentmate · tentward · tentlet · fold one's tent · bell-tent · tentmaker · big-tent · tent rock · tentless · tented arch · tentpole · pitch a tent · tent revival · tentwort · strike the tent · tent pegging · tent caterpillar · eastern tent caterpillar

Hyponyms

fumigation tent · big tent · tree tent · beer tent · mess tent · bender tent · Zdarsky tent · bell tent · cook tent · dog tent · crotch tent · sealskin tent · field tent · ridge tent · box tent · oxygen tent · Zdarsky tent-sack · shelter tent · morning tent · table tent · pup tent

Translations (190)

la tentōrium (portable lodge) · th เต็นท์ (portable lodge) · bo གུར (portable lodge) · ang teld (portable lodge) · ca tenda (portable lodge) · da telt (portable lodge) · id kemah (portable lodge) · eo tendo (portable lodge) · ar خَيْمَة (portable lodge) · bg ша́тър (portable lodge) · ur ڈیرا (portable lodge) · as তামীঘৰা (portable lodge) · gd pùball (portable lodge) · gl tenda (portable lodge) · hi तंबू (portable lodge) · ro cort (portable lodge) · az alaçıq (portable lodge) · fo tjald (portable lodge) · km តង់ត្ណិ (portable lodge) · sk stan (portable lodge) · cmn 帳幕 /帐幕 (portable lodge) · ks تۆمب (portable lodge) · ha laima (portable lodge) · zza çadır (portable lodge) · fa-ira گُیان (portable lodge) · njo-jgl süki (portable lodge) · ky чатыр (portable lodge) · oc tenda (portable lodge) · cy lluesty (portable lodge) · he אֹהֶל (portable lodge) · la tabernāculum (portable lodge) · ln éma (portable lodge) · cs stan (portable lodge) · gv paalan (portable lodge) · bg ша́тра (portable lodge) · ur تَن٘بُو (portable lodge) · kk шатыр (portable lodge) · km តង់ (portable lodge) · tr çadır (portable lodge) · crh çadır (portable lodge) · hi डेरा (portable lodge) · crh şalaş (portable lodge) · hi शामियाना (portable lodge) · lv telts (portable lodge) · kl tupeq (portable lodge) · es toldo (portable lodge) · bn তাঁবু (portable lodge) · esu pelatekaq (portable lodge) · sh šȁtor (portable lodge) · ms tenda (portable lodge) · cy pabell (portable lodge) · uga 𐎀𐎅𐎍 (portable lodge) · pl namiot (portable lodge) · izh maja (portable lodge) · uz palatka (portable lodge) · ka კარავი (portable lodge) · os цатыр (portable lodge) · gv ynragh (portable lodge) · lo ຕູບຜ້າ (portable lodge) · hi ख़ैमा (portable lodge) · cmn 帳篷 /帐篷 (portable lodge) · pt tenda (portable lodge) · rsk шатор (portable lodge) · he אוהל (portable lodge) · tr otağ (portable lodge) · lt palapinė (portable lodge) · zdj hema (portable lodge) · bg пала́тка (portable lodge) · de Zelt (portable lodge) · mt tinda (portable lodge) · sv tält (portable lodge) · fr tente (portable lodge) · vi lều (portable lodge) · lo ກະໂຈມ (portable lodge) · cy lluest (portable lodge) · ja 天幕 (portable lodge) · cv чатӑр (portable lodge) · vo tänad (portable lodge) · hsb stan (portable lodge) · ks خٟمہٕ (portable lodge) · mn майхан (portable lodge) · yi פּאַלאַטקע (portable lodge) · crh şatır (portable lodge) · as ৰভা (portable lodge) · as তম্বু (portable lodge) · sl šotor (portable lodge) · rm tenda (portable lodge) · tk çadyr (portable lodge) · te గుడారము (portable lodge) · arz خيمة (portable lodge) · uk наме́т (portable lodge) · egy Xn:n-S28 (portable lodge) · as ডেৰা (portable lodge) · lbe чятир (portable lodge) · sq çadër (portable lodge) · ms khemah (portable lodge) · lb Zelt (portable lodge) · es carpa (portable lodge) · ovd telt (portable lodge) · gv bwaag (portable lodge) · my တဲ (portable lodge) · is tjald (portable lodge) · fr guitoune (portable lodge) · hu sátor (portable lodge) · id tenda (portable lodge) · nv níbaal (portable lodge) · ps خېمه (portable lodge) · crh çalaş (portable lodge) · ja テント (portable lodge) · ota خیمه (portable lodge) · th กระโจม (portable lodge) · et telk (portable lodge) · non tjald (portable lodge) · tg чодир (portable lodge) · sc denda (portable lodge) · ur خَیمَہ (portable lodge) · prn žima (portable lodge) · ota چادر (portable lodge) · eu karpan (portable lodge) · fa-ira چادُر (portable lodge) · ny hema (portable lodge) · ba сатыр (portable lodge) · bn তাম্বু (portable lodge) · ru пала́тка (portable lodge) · be пала́тка (portable lodge) · az çadır (portable lodge) · ug چېدىر (portable lodge) · prs خَیمَه (portable lodge) · uk шатро́ (portable lodge) · sh ша̏тор (portable lodge) · be намёт (portable lodge) · ce четар (portable lodge) · pt barraca (portable lodge) · el σκηνή (portable lodge) · ga puball (portable lodge) · sw hema (portable lodge) · aht balatgaʼ (portable lodge) · tt чатыр (portable lodge) · grc σκανά (portable lodge) · pdt Zelt (portable lodge) · yi בײַדל (portable lodge) · xal нәәхн (portable lodge) · alt чадыр (portable lodge) · fa-ira خِیمِه (portable lodge) · be шацёр (portable lodge) · uz chodir (portable lodge) · nn telt (portable lodge) · mk шатор (portable lodge) · ko 천막 (portable lodge) · ta கூடாரம் (portable lodge) · ja 幕屋 (portable lodge) · xsr གུར (portable lodge) · kmr çadir (portable lodge) · ms ceteri (portable lodge) · cjs шадыр (portable lodge) · lo ເຕັນ (portable lodge) · kmr kon (portable lodge) · cy pall (portable lodge) · fur tinde (portable lodge) · tr çerge (portable lodge) · ckb چادر (portable lodge) · it tenda (portable lodge) · prs چَادَر (portable lodge) · se goahti (portable lodge) · as চায়না (portable lodge) · ru шатёр (portable lodge) · sga pupall (portable lodge) · gv booage (portable lodge) · mr तंबू (portable lodge) · lo ຜ້າເຕັ້ນ (portable lodge) · es tienda (portable lodge) · nl tent (portable lodge) · mn ᠮᠠᠶᠢᠬᠠᠨ (portable lodge) · prs گُیَان (portable lodge) · grc σκηνή (portable lodge) · yi געצעלט (portable lodge) · cmn 帳棚 /帐棚 (portable lodge) · te టెంటు (portable lodge) · av чадир (portable lodge) · ko 텐트 (portable lodge) · lo ຜາມ (portable lodge) · tg хайма (portable lodge) · lo ຜາມຜ້າ (portable lodge) · fi teltta (portable lodge) · mi tēneti (portable lodge) · acw خيمة (portable lodge) · ur شامِیانَہ (portable lodge) · nb telt (portable lodge) · ml കൂടാരം (portable lodge) · hy վրան (portable lodge)

wikidata: Q170544

tent en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
• (US) audio Inland North
• (US) audio
• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To go camping.
   • We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend.
2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
3. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.
   • The sheet tented over his midsection.
4. Synonym of fumigate.

Forms

Relateds

lodge · lean-to · pitch · pavilion · pavillion · camp · tarp

Synonyms

fumigate

Translations (4)

pt acampar (to go camping) · gl acampar (to go camping) · da telte (to go camping) · sv tälta (to go camping)

tent en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
• (US) audio Inland North
• (US) audio
• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) Attention; regard, care.
   • Lo ! lo ! my frend , take tent to this womman a. 1451, John Lydgate, The Prohemy of a Marriage betwixt and Olde Man and a Yonge Wife, and the Counsail &c.:
2. (archaic) Intention; design.
   • A-pon þe feild his fader went And soght abel wit al his tent a. 1300, anonymous author, Cursor Mundi:

Forms

tent en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
• (US) audio Inland North
• (US) audio
• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) To attend to; to heed.
   • 14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle, To tent hur, and that was skylle, And brought hur to bede
2. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) To guard; to hinder.
   • The poor lass was sitting bemoaning herself - "Were it nae for thy girning face, I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal," - "Lowse the cradle-band," said the child, "and tent the neighbours, and I'll work yere work." 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167:

Forms

tent en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
• (US) audio Inland North
• (US) audio
• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”).

Meanings

1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
2. A probe for searching a wound.

Forms

tent en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
• (US) audio Inland North
• (US) audio
• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”).

Meanings

1. (figuratively, sometimes) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
   • I'll tent him to the quick. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
   • to tent a wound

Forms

tent en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• tĕnt
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• (US) audio
• /tɪnt/ (pin-pen-merger)
• /tɛnt/

Etymology

From Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge. Doublet of tint and tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.

Forms

Coordinates

hock · sack · claret

Synonyms

tinta · tent wine