referente

See also: référente

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.feˈrɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧rèn‧te

Adjective

referente m or f by sense (plural referenti)

1. reporting

Noun

referente m or f by sense (plural referenti)

1. referent
2. contact person

Further reading

• referente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• frenerete

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/ [he.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/ [he.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/ [χe.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.te/ [he.feˈɾẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧ren‧te

Adjective

referente m or f (plural referentes, not comparable)

1. referring (as in referente a = referring to, regarding)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From referir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refeˈɾente/ [re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: re‧fe‧ren‧te

Adjective

referente m or f (masculine and feminine plural referentes)

1. referring

   referente a ― referring to, regarding

   en lo referente a ― when it comes to

Noun

referente m (plural referentes)

1. referent
2. role model, idol, inspiration (someone to look up to and emulate)
   • 2020 February 11, Agathe Cortes, “Hombre con bata y pelo alborotado: el referente científico que hay que cambiar”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:

     Reiteran que, en general, faltan referentes femeninos reales y accesibles, no solo para los más jóvenes, sino para todo el mundo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “referente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024