enten

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛntən/, [ˈɛnd̥n̩]

Conjunction

enten

1. either

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

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛntə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: en‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛntən

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Further reading

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

Romanization

enten

1. Rōmaji transcription of えんてん

Romanization

enten

1. Alternative spelling of ènten. Romanization of ꦲꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French enter, from Latin imputāre (“to reckon, take into account”).

Etymology 2

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Old Norse annat tveggja.

Conjunction

enten

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

References

• “enten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Probably from Danish enten (compare also Norwegian Bokmål enten).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æntn̩/ (some dialects) (may be spelled as æntn)
• IPA^(key): /ɛɲtn̩/ (Trøndersk) (may be spelled as einntn or einnten)

Conjunction

enten

1. Alternative form of anten