rident

English

Etymology

From Latin ridens, present participle of ridere (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪdənt/

Adjective

rident (comparative more rident, superlative most rident)

1. (dated) laughing
   • 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:

     a smile so wide and steady , so exceedingly rident

Derived terms

• ridently

References

• “rident”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Tinder, dirten, tinder, trined

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁid/

Verb

rident

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of rider

Anagrams

• dirent
• rendit, rendît

Latin

Verb

rīdent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of rīdeō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ridente.

Adjective

rident m or n (feminine singular ridentă, masculine plural ridenți, feminine/neuter plural ridente)

1. (dated) laughing

Declension

Declension of rident

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	rident		ridentă		ridenți	ridente
	definite	ridentul		ridenta		ridenții	ridentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	rident		ridente		ridenți	ridente
	definite	ridentului		ridentei		ridenților	ridentelor

References

• rident in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN