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lent adjective {m}

  /lɑ̃/
slow

lente noun {f}

  /lɑ̃t/
  • Œuf de pou
 nit
à action lente
slow-acting

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

lens noun

  /lɛnz/
  • (optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  • A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
  • (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  • (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
 lentille
  • (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
 cristallin, lentille

Lent noun

  /lɛnt/
  • (Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
 carême, Carême
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