lent
French, adjective/lɑ̃/
lent is spelled L-E-N-T (4 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lent is a French adjective meaning “slow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas rapide dans ses mouvements, dans ses actions, qui n’agit pas avec promptitude”.
What does lent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas rapide dans ses mouvements, dans ses actions, qui n’agit pas avec promptitude. 2. Qualifie certains mouvements qui manquent de vivacité. 3. Qualifie certaines facultés et de certaines choses dont l’action ou l’effet manque de promptitude. 4. Qui se déroule dans un temps fort long.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lent
- lente feminine
- lents masculine plural
- lentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lent?
- /lɑ̃/
- \lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lent in French?
lent appears 9.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).