Tant

See also: tant

English

Proper noun

Tant (plural Tants)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tant is the 13037^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2355 individuals. Tant is most common among White (90.74%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Natt, attn

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• tand, tanjd (Veldeke spelling)
• Tangk, Tantsch, Taant
• Taïnt (Eupen)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tant/
• (some East Limburgish dialects) IPA^(key): /taɲt/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Tant m (plural Tande̩ or Tänt or Tan) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

1. tooth
2. fang, tusk
3. cog, tine
4. (As, Meeswijk, “Tan” as plural) sawtooth