estante

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estante.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧tan‧te

Noun

estante

1. shelf

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtante/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧te

Adverb

estante

1. present adverbial active participle of esti

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtante/ [ɪs̺ˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: es‧tan‧te

Noun

estante m (plural estantes)

1. shelf

   Synonyms: andel, paraño

References

• “estante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “estante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “estante”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

estante

Etymology

From Latin stantem (“standing”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /esˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /esˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /eʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: es‧tan‧te

Noun

estante f (plural estantes)

1. shelf
2. rack (series of shelves)

Hypernyms

• móvel

Meronyms

• prateleira

Related terms

• estar

Further reading

• “estante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “estante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Fossilized participle of estar (“to be”), from Latin stantem (“standing”), from Latin stāre (“to stand, stay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtante/ [esˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧te

Adjective

estante m or f (masculine and feminine plural estantes)

1. existing, being
2. permanent
3. (heraldry) statant

Noun

estante m (plural estantes)

1. shelf

Further reading

• “estante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• istante — superseded, pre-2014

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estante, from Latin stantem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈtante/ [ʔɛsˈt̪an̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧te

Noun

estante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. shelf

   Synonym: salansanan

2. bookcase; showcase

   Synonym: eskaparate

Further reading

• “estante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• setenta