deferent

See also: déférent and défèrent

English

Etymology

From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfəɹənt/

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Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

1. Showing deference; deferential.
2. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Bodies deferent.

Derived terms

• deferently

Related terms

• deferential

Translations

Showing deference

• Bulgarian: почти́телен (bg) (počtítelen)
• Persian: باادب (fa) (bâadab)
• Russian: почти́тельный (ru) (počtítelʹnyj)
• Tagalog: masunurin

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.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, 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

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

Declension of deferent

		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