"fent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fents [plural]
Etymology: Old French fente, from Latin findēre (“to cleave”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|fente}} Old French fente, {{der|en|la|findēre||to cleave}} Latin findēre (“to cleave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fent (plural fents)
  1. (UK, dialect) A slit or crack. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-fent-en-noun-Fl-fKV39 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialect) A remnant; an odd piece left over. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-fent-en-noun-c5L-MvBv Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fent (uncountable)
  1. (slang) The drug fentanyl. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fent-en-noun-MiuDZONY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 27 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fent meaning in English (1.7kB)

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