-ENT


Meaning of -ENT in English

■ suffix

1》 (forming adjectives) denoting an occurrence of action: refluent.

↘denoting a state: convenient.

2》 (forming nouns) denoting an agent: coefficient.

Origin

from Fr., or from the L. pres. participial verb stem ~- (see also -ant ).

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