bant

See also: bánt

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

Back-formation from banting.

Verb

bant (third-person singular simple present bants, present participle banting, simple past and past participle banted)

1. (colloquial, now rare) To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet. [from 19th c.]
   • 1865 June 12, Pall Mall Gazette:

     If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 70, in Of Human Bondage:

     ‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’

   • 1969, Graham Greene, chapter 7, in Travels with my Aunt:

     ‘I have certainly never banted for the sake of a woman,’ I said jokingly.

Etymology 2

Clipping of banter.

Noun

bant (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of banter.

See also

• banting

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Verb

bant

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bana, banet

Verb

bant

1. past participle of bane (Etymology 3)

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German bant. First attested in 1394.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bant/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bant/

Noun

bant m animacy unattested

1. ring in the rocker of doors used as a basic hinge
   • 1874 [1394], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎^[2], volume XV, page 63:

     Pro III instrumentis dictis banthy, in quibus hostia dependent

     [Pro III instrumentis dictis banty, in quibus hostia dependent]

2. (attested in Lesser Poland) rafter bolt
   • 1879-1920 [1461], Sprawozdania Komisji do Badania Historii Sztuki w Polsce‎^[3], volume V, Krakow, page XXIX:

     Emi sexagenam tignorum super banthi

     [Emi sexagenam tignorum super banty]

Descendants

• Polish: bant
• Silesian: bant

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bant”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbant/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈbant/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈbant]

• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: bant
• Homophone: band

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bant. Doublet of bandy.

Alternative forms

• banta

Noun

bant m inan

1. (nautical) posted beam (wide cloth strip sewn onto sails to increase durability)
2. (Przemyśl) crossbeam connecting rafters
3. (obsolete) ring, band

   Synonyms: obręcz, opaska

4. (Middle Polish) rafter bolt

   Hypernym: belka

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bant f

1. genitive plural of banta

Further reading

• bant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “bant”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Danuta Lankiewicz (17.06.2020), “*BANT, *BANTA, BANDA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 95
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bant on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl
• bant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “banty”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 237

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: bant

Noun

bant m inan

1. hinge (jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.)

   Synonym: bantka

2. (construction) small beam connecting rafters

Further reading

• Bogdan Kallus (2020), “bant”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 238
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “bant”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 42

Turkish

Etymology

From French bande.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbant/

Noun

bant (definite accusative bandı, plural bantlar)

1. tape

Declension

Declension of bant

singular plural nominative bant bantlar definite accusative bandı bantları dative banda bantlara locative bantta bantlarda ablative banttan bantlardan genitive bandın bantların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular bandım bantlarım 2nd singular bandın bantların 3rd singular bandı bantları 1st plural bandımız bantlarımız 2nd plural bandınız bantlarınız 3rd plural bantları bantları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular bandımı bantlarımı 2nd singular bandını bantlarını 3rd singular bandını bantlarını 1st plural bandımızı bantlarımızı 2nd plural bandınızı bantlarınızı 3rd plural bantlarını bantlarını dative singular plural 1st singular bandıma bantlarıma 2nd singular bandına bantlarına 3rd singular bandına bantlarına 1st plural bandımıza bantlarımıza 2nd plural bandınıza bantlarınıza 3rd plural bantlarına bantlarına locative singular plural 1st singular bandımda bantlarımda 2nd singular bandında bantlarında 3rd singular bandında bantlarında 1st plural bandımızda bantlarımızda 2nd plural bandınızda bantlarınızda 3rd plural bantlarında bantlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular bandımdan bantlarımdan 2nd singular bandından bantlarından 3rd singular bandından bantlarından 1st plural bandımızdan bantlarımızdan 2nd plural bandınızdan bantlarınızdan 3rd plural bantlarından bantlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular bandımın bantlarımın 2nd singular bandının bantlarının 3rd singular bandının bantlarının 1st plural bandımızın bantlarımızın 2nd plural bandınızın bantlarınızın 3rd plural bantlarının bantlarının

Derived terms

• bagaj bandı
• banda almak
• bant çözmek
• bant doldurmak
• bant zımpara
• banttan vermek
• dalga bandı
• izole bant
• koşu bandı
• üretim bandı
• videobant
• yara bandı
• yürüyüş bandı

Further reading

• “bant”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• Rhymes: -ant

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”)
• Category:Welsh phrasal verbs formed with "bant"

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

Mutated forms of pant

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pant	bant	mhant	phant

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.