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• /ˈɪndɛnt/
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• /ɪnˈdɛnt/
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Partly from Middle English indenten (“to dent in”), equivalent to in- + dent (see dent); partly from Middle English indenten, endenten, from Old French endenter (“to cut notches into”), from en- (“in-, en-”) + dent (“tooth”), from Latin dēns.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: назъбване (nazǎbvane) — A cut or notch
• Bulgarian: зъбец (zǎbec) — A cut or notch
• German: Vertiefung — A cut or notch
• German: Kerbe — A cut or notch
• German: Einbuchtung — A cut or notch
• Hebrew: הזחה (hazakhá) — A cut or notch
• Hebrew: אינדנטציה (indentátsya) — A cut or notch
• Hebrew: זיח (zíakh) — A cut or notch
• Hebrew: אבזץ (ábzats) — A cut or notch
• Indonesian: indentasi — A cut or notch
• Tibetan: ཉག་འབུར (nyag 'bur) — A cut or notch
• Tibetan: ཉག་ག (nyag ga) — A cut or notch
• Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина (vdlǎbnatina) — A stamp; an impression
• Bulgarian: отпечатък (otpečatǎk) — A stamp; an impression
• Slovak: odtlačok — A stamp; an impression
• Slovak: stopa — A stamp; an impression
• Slovak: preliačina — A stamp; an impression
• German: Beschaffungsauftrag — Order for supplies
• Indonesian: inden — Order for supplies
• Bulgarian: назъбвам (nazǎbvam) — to cut into points like a row of teeth
• Finnish: hammastaa — to cut into points like a row of teeth
• Portuguese: dentar — to cut into points like a row of teeth
• Spanish: recortar — to be cut, notched, or dented
• Spanish: indentar — to be cut, notched, or dented
• Bulgarian: отпечатвам (otpečatvam) — to stamp or to press in
• Bulgarian: правя вдлъбнатина (pravja vdlǎbnatina) — to stamp or to press in
• Finnish: kolota — to stamp or to press in
• Finnish: leimata — to stamp or to press in
• German: eindrücken — to stamp or to press in
• German: einkerben — to stamp or to press in
• Slovak: preliačiť — to stamp or to press in
• Slovak: preliačovať — to stamp or to press in
• Slovak: vyraziť — to stamp or to press in
• Slovak: raziť — to stamp or to press in
• Slovak: vyhĺbiť — to stamp or to press in
• Slovak: hĺbiť — to stamp or to press in
• Spanish: marcar — to stamp or to press in
• Spanish: dejar marcar en — to stamp or to press in
• Finnish: leikata kahtia — to cut the two halves of a document in duplicate
• Finnish: tehdä sopimus — to formally commit to doing something
• Finnish: sitoutua — to formally commit to doing something
• German: einwilligen — to formally commit to doing something
• Finnish: tehdä oppisopimus — to engage someone
• Finnish: palkata — to engage someone
• German: anwerben — to engage someone
• German: anheuern — to engage someone
• Bulgarian: правя абзац (pravja abzac) — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Catalan: sagnar — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Czech: odsadit — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Dutch: inspringen — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Finnish: sisentää — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• German: einrücken — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Māori: neke — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Māori: nuku — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Portuguese: indentar — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Slovak: odsadiť — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Slovak: odsadzovať — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Spanish: sangrar — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin
• Spanish: indentar — typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin