Bizente

Basque

Alternative forms

Bixente, Bikendi, Bingen, Bizen, Bixintxo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Vicente, from Latin Vincentius. This form became widespread after the Council of Trent, largely displacing Bikendi, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most dialects) /bis̻ente/ [bi.s̻ẽn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /bis̺ente/ [bi.s̺ẽn̪.t̪e]

Rhymes: -ente
Hyphenation: Bi‧zen‧te

Proper noun

Bizente anim

a male given name, equivalent to English Vincent

Declension

Declension of Bizente (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Bizente
ergative	Bizentek
dative	Bizenteri
genitive	Bizenteren
comitative	Bizenterekin
causative	Bizenterengatik
benefactive	Bizenterentzat
instrumental	Bizentez
inessive	Bizenterengan
locative	—
allative	Bizenterengana
terminative	Bizenterenganaino
directive	Bizenterenganantz
destinative	Bizenterenganako
ablative	Bizenterengandik
partitive	Bizenterik
prolative	Bizentetzat

References

“Bizente”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia