bant

See also: bánt

English

Etymology

Clipping of banter.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænt

Noun

bant (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of banter.

See also

• banting

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod, stick; barrier made of sticks, fence”). Cognate with German Wand, Dutch wand, Icelandic vendi.

Noun

bant f (plural bénte) (Sette Comuni)

1. wall, partition

   De bénte zeint de innanten maurn bon hòizarn.

   The partitions are the inner walls of houses.

2. twelve fathoms

Declension

Declension of bant – 2nd declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	bant	de	bèntar
accusative	an	de	bant	de	bèntar
dative	anara	dar	bèntar	in	bèntarn

References

• “bant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Verb

bant

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of bannen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of bannen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bana, banet

Verb

bant

1. past participle of bane (Etymology 3)

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Polish

Alternative forms

• banta

Etymology

Borrowed from German Band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: bant
• Homophone: band

Noun

bant m inan

1. (nautical) posted beam (wide cloth strip sewn onto sails to increase durability)

Declension

Declension of bant

	singular	plural
nominative	bant	banty
genitive	bantu	bantów
dative	bantowi	bantom
accusative	bant	banty
instrumental	bantem	bantami
locative	bancie	bantach
vocative	bancie	banty

Noun

bant f

1. genitive plural of banta

Further reading

• bant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/

Etymology 1

From i bant (“to (the) hollow/valley”).

Adverb

bant

1. (South Wales, colloquial) away, off

   Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair

   He drove away / off, without saying a word

   Synonym: i ffwrdd

2. (South Wales, colloquial) off (not in an operating state)

   Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?

   Is the computer off?

   Synonym: i ffwrdd

   Antonym: ymlaen

Derived terms

• amser bant (“time away, time off”)
• bant â hi (“slapdash”)
• bant â'r cart (“off we go”)
• diwrnod bant (“day away, day off”)

Mutation

As bant is already the soft mutation of pant, it cannot be further mutated.

Etymology 2

Noun

bant

1. Soft mutation of pant.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pant	bant	mhant	phant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.