bent

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• UK, US: bĕnt
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• UK, US: /bɛnt/
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From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.

From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: əyri — folded
• Basque: makur — folded
• Bulgarian: огънат (ogǎnat) — folded
• Catalan: tort — folded
• Czech: ohnutý — folded
• Czech: zohýbaný — folded
• Czech: shrbený — folded
• Dutch: gebogen — folded
• Finnish: taipunut — folded
• Finnish: taittunut — folded
• French: courbé — folded
• Galician: torto — folded
• Galician: encartado — folded
• Georgian: გაღუნული (gaɣunuli) — folded
• German: gebeugt — folded
• German: verbogen — folded
• Ancient Greek: σκολιός (skoliós) — folded
• Ancient Greek: καμψός (kampsós) — folded
• Ancient Greek: καμπύλος (kampúlos) — folded
• Ancient Greek: σκαμβός (skambós) — folded
• Hungarian: hajlott — folded
• Hungarian: görbe — folded
• Indonesian: bengkok — folded
• Italian: piegato — folded
• Italian: ripiegato — folded
• Kabuverdianu: arkuadu — folded
• Kabuverdianu: arkuóde — folded
• Khmer: រំពត់ (rumpʊət) — folded
• Korean: 굽은 (gubeun) — folded
• Kyrgyz: шык (şık) — folded
• Kyrgyz: шыктуулук (şıktuuluk) — folded
• Kyrgyz: адат (adat) — folded
• Kyrgyz: өнөкөт (önököt) — folded
• Kyrgyz: ынта (ınta) — folded
• Kyrgyz: кунт (kunt) — folded
• Kyrgyz: умтулуу (umtuluu) — folded
• Kyrgyz: тырышуу (tırışuu) — folded
• Kyrgyz: ийри-буйру (iyri-buyru) — folded
• Kyrgyz: бурулуш (buruluş) — folded
• Kyrgyz: кайрылыш (kayrılış) — folded
• Kyrgyz: ийретүү (iyretüü) — folded
• Kyrgyz: ийрейүү (iyreyüü) — folded
• Kyrgyz: кыйшайуу (kıyşayuu) — folded
• Kyrgyz: эңкейиш (eŋkeyiş) — folded
• Kyrgyz: бүкчүйгөн (bükcüygön) — folded
• Kyrgyz: жантайма (jantayma) — folded
• Kyrgyz: кыйшык (kıyşık) — folded
• Kyrgyz: ийилген (iyilgen) — folded
• Kyrgyz: умтулган (umtulgan) — folded
• Kyrgyz: тилек (tilek) — folded
• Kyrgyz: ынтызарлык (ıntızarlık) — folded
• Kyrgyz: куштарлык (kuştarlık) — folded
• Kyrgyz: чабынды (cabındı) — folded
• Kyrgyz: шалбаа (şalbaa) — folded
• Kyrgyz: талаа (talaa) — folded
• Kyrgyz: муундуу (muunduu) — folded
• Kyrgyz: муунактуу (muunaktuu) — folded
• Latin: curvus — folded
• Māori: rōiho — folded
• Māori: kōtuke — folded
• Māori: kokopa — folded
• Māori: piko — folded
• Māori: korotuke — folded
• Māori: korotuketuke — folded
• Maranao: bekong — folded
• Plautdietsch: kromm — folded
• Portuguese: torto — folded
• Quechua: wist'u — folded
• Romanian: gârbov — folded
• Romanian: îndoit — folded
• Russian: со́гнутый (sógnutyj) — folded
• Russian: изо́гнутый (izógnutyj) — folded
• Russian: гну́тый (gnútyj) — folded
• Russian: криво́й (krivój) — folded
• Russian: искривлённый (iskrivljónnyj) — folded
• Sanskrit: भुग्न (bhugna) — folded
• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — folded
• Sikkimese: ཀུག (kug) — folded
• Spanish: doblado — folded
• Sundanese: ᮘᮤᮀᮊᮨᮀ (bingkeng) — folded
• Swedish: böjd — folded
• Tày: bỉu — folded
• Tày: bỉu bương — folded
• Tày: bểu — folded
• Thai: งอ (ngɔɔ) — folded
• Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — folded
• Vietnamese: méo — folded
• Vietnamese: cong — folded
• Yiddish: בייגיק (beygik) — folded
• Yiddish: בויגיק (boygik) — folded
• Bulgarian: педерастки (pederastki) — Homosexual
• Chinese Mandarin: 彎 /弯 (wān) — Homosexual
• Chinese Mandarin: 同性恋的 — Homosexual
• German: gay — Homosexual
• German: homosexuell — Homosexual
• Irish: lúbtha — Homosexual
• Irish: cam — Homosexual
• Polish: przegięty — Homosexual
• Russian: пидорский (pidorskij) — Homosexual
• Russian: гомосяцкий (gomosjackij) — Homosexual
• Vietnamese: cong — Homosexual
• Bulgarian: склонен (sklonen) — Determined or insistent
• Czech: rozhodnutý — Determined or insistent
• Dutch: met de zinnen gezet op — Determined or insistent
• German: entschieden — Determined or insistent
• Italian: fissato — Determined or insistent
• Russian: повёрнутый (povjórnutyj) — Determined or insistent
• Bulgarian: влечение (vlečenie) — inclination or talent
• Czech: nadání — inclination or talent
• Czech: dispozice — inclination or talent
• Czech: předpoklady — inclination or talent
• Dutch: aanleg — inclination or talent
• Italian: talento — inclination or talent
• Spanish: inclinación — inclination or talent
• Bulgarian: склонност (sklonnost) — predisposition
• Czech: dispozice — predisposition
• Czech: předpoklady — predisposition
• Dutch: aanleg — predisposition
• Italian: estro — predisposition
• Italian: ispirazione — predisposition
• Spanish: predisposición — predisposition
• Venetan: èstro — predisposition