Trent
/tɹɛnt/
Trent proper noun: a river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary. Also the alternative form of Trento.
Proper noun (1)
Trent (countable and uncountable, plural Trents)
- A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary.
- A village and civil parish (served by Queen Thorne Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5918).
- A river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
- An unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon.
- A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
- A town in Taylor County, Texas.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Denmark, Great Southern region, Western Australia.
- A topographic surname: an English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Proper noun (2)
Trent
Proper noun (3)
Trent
- A municipality on the island of Rügen in Vorpommern-Rügen district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Also used as
Trent is also the alternative form of Trento.
Forms of Trent
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Origin of Trent
Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser" The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.
From Italian Trento.
Words formed from Trent
Phrases with Trent
Words that rhyme with Trent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about Trent
- What does Trent mean?
- Trent means a river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary.
- What part of speech is Trent?
- Trent is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Trent?
- Trent is pronounced /tɹɛnt/.
Words near Trent in the dictionary
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