педант

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈdant]

Noun

педант • (pedant) m (relational adjective педантен)

1. pedant, prig
2. clean, orderly person with high standards regarding hygiene

Declension

Declension of педант

	singular	plural
indefinite	педант (pedant)	педанти (pedanti)
definite unspecified	педантот (pedantot)	педантите (pedantite)
definite proximal	педантов (pedantov)	педантиве (pedantive)
definite distal	педантон (pedanton)	педантине (pedantine)
vocative	педанту (pedantu)	педанти (pedanti)
count form	—	педанта (pedanta)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédant (possibly via German Pedant), from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈdant]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

педа́нт • (pedánt) m anim (genitive педа́нта, nominative plural педа́нты, genitive plural педа́нтов, feminine педа́нтка)

1. pedant, prig

   сухо́й педа́нт

   suxój pedánt

   dry-as-dust pedant

Declension

Declension of педа́нт (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	педа́нт pedánt	педа́нты pedánty
genitive	педа́нта pedánta	педа́нтов pedántov
dative	педа́нту pedántu	педа́нтам pedántam
accusative	педа́нта pedánta	педа́нтов pedántov
instrumental	педа́нтом pedántom	педа́нтами pedántami
prepositional	педа́нте pedánte	педа́нтах pedántax

Related terms

• педанти́чный (pedantíčnyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pědant/
• Hyphenation: пе‧дант

Noun

пѐдант, педа̏нт m (Latin spelling pèdant, pedȁnt)

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

Declension of педант

	singular	plural
nominative	пѐдант	педанти
genitive	педанта	пѐдана̄та̄
dative	педанту	педантима
accusative	педанта	педанте
vocative	педанте	педанти
locative	педанту	педантима
instrumental	педантом	педантима

References

• “педант”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédant (possibly via German Pedant), from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈdant]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

педа́нт • (pedánt) m pers (genitive педа́нта, nominative plural педа́нти, genitive plural педа́нтів, female equivalent педа́нтка, relational adjective педа́нтський)

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

   Synonyms: буквої́д m (bukvojíd), формалі́ст m (formalíst)

2. pedant (person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge)

Declension

Declension of педа́нт
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	педа́нт pedánt	педа́нти pedánty
genitive	педа́нта pedánta	педа́нтів pedántiv
dative	педа́нтові, педа́нту pedántovi, pedántu	педа́нтам pedántam
accusative	педа́нта pedánta	педа́нтів pedántiv
instrumental	педа́нтом pedántom	педа́нтами pedántamy
locative	педа́нтові, педа́нті pedántovi, pedánti	педа́нтах pedántax
vocative	педа́нте pedánte	педа́нти pedánty

Derived terms

• педанти́зм m (pedantýzm)
• педанти́чний (pedantýčnyj)
• педа́нтство n (pedántstvo)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “педант”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2021), “педант”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 12 (п – підку́рювач), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “педант”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “педант”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “педант”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “педант”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “педант”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)