tant

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English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

tant (plural tants)

  1. (slang, electronics) A tantalum capacitor.
    • 2013, Michael J. Spinks, Microprocessor System Design: A Practical Introduction, page 32:
      Note that like 'tants' these are polarized and must be connected to the circuit the right way round, the lead marked 'H' to the positive side of the circuit; failure to do so can lead to a small explosion!

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tantus, tantum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)

  1. so much, as much
    Tinc tanta gana que me'n vaig a sopar.
    I am so hungry that I'm going to have dinner.
    (literally, “I have so much hunger”)
  2. so many, as many

Derived terms

Adverb

tant

  1. so much, as much
  2. so long; such a long time

Conjunction

tant

  1. (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tant

  1. so much
  2. so many
  3. (in coordination with que) both ... and
    • 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer:
      Cela dit, bien que la ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations réelles ne soit pas toujours fortuite, Fille de fer est une œuvre de fiction. J’ai pris de nombreuses libertés, tant avec l’histoire qu’avec la géographie — un exercice réjouissant pour une journaliste !
      That said, although similarities to real people or situations are not always coincidental, Fille de fer is a work of fiction. I have taken numerous liberties, both with history and with geography – a very gratifying exercise for a journalist!

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tantum.

Adjective

tant

  1. so many, so much

Hungarian

Etymology

tan +‎ -t

Pronunciation

Noun

tant

  1. accusative singular of tan

Middle French

Etymology

Old French tant.

Adverb

tant

  1. so (to such an extent)

Descendants

  • French: tant

References

  • tant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tant.

Adverb

tant

  1. as much

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From tantum.

Noun

tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

  1. fantasy, rumor

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

Noun

tant m

  1. tooth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

  1. so much, so many

Usage notes

Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:

tantes persones
so many people

Declension

Adverb

tant

  1. so much; such

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Adjective

tant

  1. so many, so much

Pronoun

tant

  1. much

Adverb

tant

  1. so many, so much

Swedish

Etymology

From French tante, from Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (mother), a lost baby-word of the papa-type.

Pronunciation

Noun

tant c

  1. (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt
  2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general.
  3. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like)
    1. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a woman in general

Declension

Declension of tant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tant tanten tanter tanterna
Genitive tants tantens tanters tanternas

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • tantig (old-fashioned, frumpy)

See also

References

Anagrams

Tocharian B

Noun

tant

  1. power, dominion

Vilamovian

Etymology

From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.

Noun

tant f

  1. aunt

Synonyms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch). Cognate with Irish téad.

Pronunciation

Noun

tant m (plural tannau)

  1. string (musical instrument)

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tant dant nhant thant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies