Trent

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/tɹɛnt/

proper noun

A river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary.

OriginMiddle English Trent ← Old English Trēonte ← Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā- →
CommonScrabble 5
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Meanings

Trent1

proper nounTrent (countable and uncountable, plural Trents)

plural Trents

  1. A placename
    1. countableuncountableA river in central England, flowing 298 km (185 mi.) from Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, to join the Ouse at Trent Falls and form the Humber estuary.
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Queen Thorne Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5918).
    3. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of Trento (city in northern Italy).
    4. countableuncountableA river in Ontario, Canada, which flows into Lake Ontario and forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
    6. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon.
    7. countableuncountableA town in Moody County, South Dakota.
    8. countableuncountableA town in Taylor County, Texas.
    9. countableuncountableA rural locality in the Shire of Denmark, Great Southern region, Western Australia.
  2. countableuncountableA topographic surname: an English and Scottish surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name.
  3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

Trent2

proper noun
  1. less common formTrento, A city in Italy.

Trent3

proper noun
  1. A municipality on the island of Rügen in Vorpommern-Rügen district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
trento

Origin

Trent · proper noun

  1. Proto-Celtic*tri-sent(o)-on-ā-
  2. Old EnglishTrēonte
  3. Middle EnglishTrent
  4. EnglishTrent

Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser" The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.

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Trent · proper noun

  1. ItalianTrento
  2. EnglishTrent

From Italian Trento.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Trent

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APA

Trent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trent

MLA

“Trent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trent.

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