deponente
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.poˈnɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: de‧po‧nèn‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin dēpōnentem, present active participle of dēpōnō (“to resign, to give up”), a translation of Ancient Greek ἀποθετικόν (apothetikón).
Adjective
deponente m or f (plural deponenti)
Noun
deponente m (plural deponenti)
- (rare) depositor
- Synonym: depositante
- (grammar) deponent
Participle
deponente m or f (plural deponenti)
- present participle of deporre
Etymology 2
From esponente, with the prefix changed to de-.
Noun
deponente m (plural deponenti)
Further reading
- deponente1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- deponente2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
dēpōnente
- ablative singular of dēpōnēns
Spanish
Adjective
deponente m or f (masculine and feminine plural deponentes)
Noun
deponente m (plural deponentes)
Further reading
- “deponente”, 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