enten

From Old Danish ænting, æntig, from Old Norse annattveggja, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk anten, Swedish antingen. A compound of annat (“other, either”, neuter) and tveggja (“two”, genitive).

• IPA^(key): /ɛntən/, [ˈɛnd̥n̩]

enten

1. either

   always in the combination: enten … eller "either … or"

• “enten” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “enten,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛntə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: en‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛntən

From Middle Dutch enten, from Old French enter, from Latin imputō.

enten

1. (transitive) to graft

• entstof
• inenten

• Afrikaans: ent
• → Indonesian: enten
• → Papiamentu: ènter, enter (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: ènter
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ènter, ngènter

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

enten

1. Plural form of ent

From Dutch enten, from Middle Dutch ente, from enten (“to graft”) (modern Dutch enten), from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre.

• IPA^(key): [ənˈtɛn]
• Hyphenation: êntèn

enten or êntèn

1. (biology, botany) graft, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
2. (biology, botany) grafting, the act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

• cangkok
• setek

• “enten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

enten

1. Rōmaji transcription of えんてん

Borrowed from Old French enter.

enten

1. (transitive) to graft

• Dutch: enten

enten

1. Contraction of ende den.

• “enten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “enten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old Norse annat tveggja.

enten

1. either (used in combination with eller; enten ... eller... / either ... or ...)

• “enten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

enten

1. Alternative form of anten