gant

See also: Gant

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃nd/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

gant

1. with

Inflection

singular		plural
1	ganin	1	ganimp
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.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃/

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Noun

gant m (plural gants)

1. glove

Derived terms

• déganter
• entrer comme un gant
• gant de boxe
• gantelet
• ganter
• ganterie
• gantier
• jeter le gant
• ramasser le gant
• relever le gant

 

Further reading

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

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Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”).

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.

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

gant m (plural gants)

1. (Jersey) glove

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

gant m (plural gants)

1. glove

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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.