different between anet vs anent

English

Etymology

French aneth (“dill”), from Latin anethum (“dill; anise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn?t/

Noun

anet (uncountable)

1. The herb dill, or dillseed.

Anagrams

• Aten, Etan, Etna, Nate, Tean, Tena, ante, ante-, etna, neat, neta, ta'en

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin an?thum.

Noun

anet m (plural anets)

1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

Further reading

• “anet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Verb

anet

1. past participle of ane

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?net/

Etymology 1

From Latin anas, anatis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?t- (“duck”).

Noun

anet m (plural anets, feminine aneda, feminine plural anedas)

1. duck

   Synonym: rit

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin anethum, from Ancient Greek ?????? (án?thon).

Noun

anet m (plural anets)

1. dill (herb of the species Anethum graveolens)

English

Etymology

From Middle English anent, anempt (“insofar as, inasmuch as, in comparison with, with respect to, as regards, concerning, in the opinion or judgment of; next to, close to, up to, near, adjoining, across from, over against, facing”), from Old English onemn (“by; near”), from on +? enm; synchronically analyzable as on- +? even. Compare Dutch neven, German neben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Preposition

anent

1. (rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as., apropos
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter 16,

     Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman’s shelter, an unpretentious wooden structure, where, prior to then, he had rarely, if ever, been before; the former having previously whispered to the latter a few hints anent the keeper of it […]

   • 1937, L. Ron Hubbard, letter to Russell Hays, quoted in Literary Correspondence: Letters and Journals, p. 101,

     I have just found out something with which to repay that very kind favor of yours anent the "lift" angle on stories.

   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, chapter 11,

     The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic […]

   • 1984, New York Times,

     This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives, […]
2. (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
3. (obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
   • 2005, R.T. Smith, Ina Grove, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 81, Iss. 4; pg. 230

     […] if Painter did ever abide in the old bark mill said to be anent his brother's freehold.

4. (obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.

Synonyms

• (concerning; with regard to): apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

Derived terms

• thereanent

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Anagrams

• annet

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English anent, anempt (“insofar as, inasmuch as, in comparison with, with respect to, as regards, concerning, in the opinion or judgment of; next to, close to, up to, near, adjoining, across from, over against, facing”), from Old English onemn (“by; near”); equivalent to modern in + even. Compare Dutch neven, German neben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??n?nt]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [??nænt]

Preposition

anent

1. in a line with, on a level with, alongside of
2. (of persons) before the face of, in the presence of
3. (of position) fronting, opposite, over against
4. concerning, about

Derived terms

• foreanent (“over against, opposite to; on the opposite side”)
• hereanent (“concerning”)
• thareanent (“the matter already mentioned, relating to what has been said above”)

Adverb

anent (not comparable)

1. in front, opposite