Ent

English

Etymology

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings , 1954–55, from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz.

Cognate to ettin (“giant”).

Noun

Ent (plural Ents) (feminine entwife)

1. (fantasy) A fictional large talking tree.
   • 2003: Walter Scheps, "The Fairy-tale Morality of The Lord of the Rings", in Jared Lobdell (ed.), A Tolkien Compass

     [...] and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).

   • 2003: Colin Duriez, Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship

     Tolkien's Treebeard, his Ent creation, was inspired by Lewis, especially his sometimes emphatic deep voice

   • 2003: Ralph C. Wood, The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth

     Tolkien perhaps speaks for himself when he has Treebeard confess that "nobody cares for the woods as I care for them," and when this same Ent also warns that "the withering of all woods may be drawing near"

Translations

a fictional large talking tree

Serbian: ент (sr) (ent) m.

Anagrams

• net, Net, .NET
• ten

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛnt/

Noun

ent m.

1. graft particularly on a tree

Anagrams

• net, ten

Verb

Ent

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of enten.
2. imperative of enten.

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *etunaz, whence also eoten. Cognate to Old Norse jǫtunn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ent/

Noun

Ent m.

1. giant

Declension

    Declension of Ent (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ent	entas
accusative	ent	entas
genitive	entes	enta
dative	ente	entum

br:ent