gant

See also: Gant and gånt

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡãnt/

Etymology 1

From Old Breton cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”). Cognate with Welsh gan (“with; by”).

Preposition

gant

1. with

Inflection

  Personal forms of gant  

singular		plural
1	ganimp	1	ganimp, ganeomp
2	ganit	2	ganeoc'h
3 m	gantañ	3	ganto
3 f	ganti
imp.	ganeor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Numeral

gant

1. Soft mutation of kant.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French guant, from Frankish *want (compare Middle Dutch want, Old High German wantus), from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”). Cognate with Italian guanto, Spanish guante, and Catalan guant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃/

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Noun

gant m (plural gants)

1. glove

Derived terms

• aller comme un gant
• boîte à gants
• déganter
• gant de boxe
• gant de toilette
• gantelet
• ganter
• ganterie
• gantier
• jeter le gant
• prendre des gants
• ramasser le gant
• relever le gant

 

Descendants

• → Greek: γάντι (gánti)

Further reading

• “gant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Manx

Etymology

From English gander. Compare Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”) (modern gandal).

Noun

gant m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. common tern
2. gannet, solan goose

Derived terms

• gant Arctagh
• gant cadjin
• gant doo
• gant eairkagh
• gant mooar
• gant ny gibbinyn
• gant ommidjagh
• gant ruissagh, gant ruy

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gant	ghant	ngant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”).

Noun

gant m (plural gants)

1. (Jersey) glove

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gant m (plural gants)

1. glove

Scots

Etymology

The verb is possibly derived from Old English *gānettan, a frequentative of gānian (“to gape, open, open wide; to yawn”) (whence Middle English ganen, gane, gonen), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Germanic *gainōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape; to yawn”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

gant (third-person singular simple present gants, present participle gantin, simple past gantt, past participle gantt) (intransitive)

1. To open the mouth wide to breathe; to gasp.
2. To yawn.
3. (figurative)
   1. Of a thing: to open wide; to gape.
   2. To make exaggerated statements.
4. (Caithness) To stammer, to stutter.

Alternative forms

• gaunt

Noun

gant (plural gants)

1. A yawn.
2. (Caithness) A stammer, a stutter.

Alternative forms

• gaunt

Welsh

Noun

gant

1. Soft mutation of cant.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cant	gant	nghant	chant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.