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pente

pente

French

Noun

pente f (plural pentes)

  1. slope

Galician

Noun

pente m (plural pentes)

  1. Alternative form of peite

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnte

Verb

pente

  1. 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)

  1. comb

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