brant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain but similar to Old Norse brandgas (sheldrake).

Noun

brant (plural brants or collectively brant)

1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Translations

wild geese of the genus Branta

• Spanish: barnacla (es) f

See also

• Brant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Branta on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Branta

Etymology 2

From Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr.

Alternative forms

• brent

Adjective

brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)

1. (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
   • Ascham

     Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.

2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
   • Burns

     Your bonnie brow was brent.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• bront

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse *brantr (Swedish brant, Icelandic brattr).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brɑnt/

Adjective

brant

1. tall, high, steep

Descendants

• English: brant
• Scots: brent

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Old Norse

Noun

brant

1. (Eastern dialect) precipice.

References

• Old Norse language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Old Norse language. Accessed August 5, 2005.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

brant

1. steep (near-vertical)

Declension

Declension of brant

Inflections of brant		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	brant	brantare		brantast
	Neuter	brant
Definite singular	Masc.	brante		brantaste
	All	branta		brantaste
Plural		branta		brantaste

Related terms

• branthet

See also

• bråd

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Vilamovian

Noun

brant m

1. fire, blaze
2. gangrene
3. grain smut