pant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 References 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Norwegian 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pănt, IPA: /pænt/, SAMPA: /p{nt/
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  Rhymes: -ænt

[edit] Etymology 1

Possibly a shortening of Old French panteisier (“‘to be breathless’”) (compare modern French panteler (“‘to gasp for breath’”)), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiare (“‘struggling for breath when having a nightmare’”) < Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasioō), “‘I am subject to hallucinations’”) < φαντασία (phantasia), “‘appearance, image, fantasy’”)

[edit] Noun

pant (plural pants)

1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart.

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[edit] References

• pant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “pant” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[edit] Verb

to pant (third-person singular simple present pants, present participle panting, simple past and past participle panted)

1. (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
2. (transitive) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
3. (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
4. (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
5. (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

[edit] Synonyms

• (breathe quickly or in a labored manner): gasp
• (long for): crave, desire, long for, pine for
• (long eagerly): crave, desire, long, pine
• (of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence): palpitate, pound, throb

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[edit] Etymology 2

From pants

[edit] Noun

pant (plural pants)

1. (chiefly fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants), but see usage note below.

[edit] Usage notes

• Outside of the fashion industry, pant in this sense is only found in attributive uses, where it modifies another noun, as in pant leg and so on.

[edit] Derived terms

• pant cuff
• pant leg
• pantsuit, pant suit
• panty, panties

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of anpt
• APTN
• NPTA

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

pant m.

1. hinge

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

pant n.

1. pawn (item sold to a pawn shop)