iente

See also: -iente

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: ièn‧te

Noun

iente f (plural ienti)

1. (Old Italian) alternative form of gente:
   1. (collective) people
      • 1350s, anonymous author, “Como frate Venturino venne a Roma colle palommelle e dello campanile de Santo Pietro lo quale fu arzo. [About how fra Venturino came to Rome with doves, and about the bell tower of St. Peter that was burned down]” (chapter 6), in Cronica [Chronicle]‎ (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

        Questa iente, la quale venne con frate Venturino, fu innumerabile. (Romanesco)

        These people who came along with fra Venturino were countless.