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yente

yente is the alternative spelling of yenta.

Meaning of yenta

Noun

yenta (plural yentas)

  1. (Jewish) A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
    • Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!

Forms of yente

pluralyentes

Questions about yente

What is yente the alternative spelling of?
Yente is the alternative spelling of yenta.

Words near yente in the dictionary

  1. Yenshih
  2. Yenshui
  3. yenta
  4. Yentang
  5. yentas
  6. yente
  7. yentes
  8. yentl
  9. Yentl syndrome
  10. yentls
  11. yentnite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yente (page history and authors); yenta (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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