Cent in Old English

IPA: /kent/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Latin Cantia, from a Celtic source probably meaning 'border' or 'coastal region'. Etymology templates: {{der|ang|la|Cantia}} Latin Cantia Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=f|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=|sort=}} Cent f, {{ang-proper noun|g=f}} Cent f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|Cent||Cent||Cent,Cente||Cent|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Cent [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], Cent [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], Cent [genitive, singular], Cente [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], Cent [dative, singular], - [dative, plural]

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Kent"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Kent, Kente, Kentt\nEnglish: Kent",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Kent, Kente, Kentt\nEnglish: Kent"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Cantia"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin Cantia, from a Celtic source probably meaning 'border' or 'coastal region'.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "proper nouns",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Cent f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Cent f",
      "name": "ang-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cent",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Cent",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Cent,Cente",
        "6": "",
        "7": "Cent",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Counties of England",
          "orig": "ang:Counties of England",
          "parents": [
            "Counties",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas",
          "orig": "ang:Geographic and cultural areas",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Cantware"
        },
        {
          "word": "Centingas"
        },
        {
          "word": "Centisċ"
        },
        {
          "word": "Centland"
        },
        {
          "word": "Centrīċe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Centwald"
        },
        {
          "word": "Centwine"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kent (a historic region of Britain)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Cent-ang-name-bR845fwI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Kent",
          "Kent#English"
        ],
        [
          "Britain",
          "Britain#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kent/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cent"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Cantware"
    },
    {
      "word": "Centingas"
    },
    {
      "word": "Centisċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Centland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Centrīċe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Centwald"
    },
    {
      "word": "Centwine"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Kent"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Kent, Kente, Kentt\nEnglish: Kent",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Kent, Kente, Kentt\nEnglish: Kent"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin Cantia, from a Celtic source probably meaning 'border' or 'coastal region'.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Cent f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Cent f",
      "name": "ang-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cent",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Cent",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Cent,Cente",
        "6": "",
        "7": "Cent",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English feminine nouns",
        "Old English i-stem nouns",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English proper nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Latin",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Counties of England",
        "ang:Geographic and cultural areas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kent (a historic region of Britain)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kent",
          "Kent#English"
        ],
        [
          "Britain",
          "Britain#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kent/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cent"
}

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"Cent" meaning in Old English

Proper name

Inflected forms