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See also: déférent and défèrent

English

Etymology

From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

  1. Showing deference; deferential.
  2. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      Bodies deferent.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

  1. (anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
  2. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
  3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

Latin

Verb

dēferent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō

Polish

 
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēferēns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

deferent m inan

  1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) deferent (imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round)
    Synonym: deferens
    Coordinate term: epicykl

Declension

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déférent, from Latin deferens.

Adjective

deferent m or n (feminine singular deferentă, masculine plural deferenți, feminine and neuter plural deferente)

  1. deferential

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite deferent deferentă deferenți deferente
definite deferentul deferenta deferenții deferentele
genitive-
dative
indefinite deferent deferente deferenți deferente
definite deferentului deferentei deferenților deferentelor