fento

Galician

Alternative forms

• faínto (Zamora)
• fieito (northern Galicia)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *feeyto, from Latin filictum (“place with ferns”). Cognate with Portuguese feto, Spanish helecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛntʊ]

Noun

fento m (plural fentos)

1. fern

   Synonyms: felga, felgo, fieito, folgueira

Derived terms

• fenta
• Fental
• Fenteira
• Fentosa

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of feto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: fen‧to

Noun

fento m (plural fentos)

1. (Portugal, regional, botany) alternative form of feto

Derived terms

• fentelha

Further reading

• “fento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025