pant

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pănt, IPA^(key): /pænt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

Possibly a shortening of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasioō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasia, “appearance, image, fantasy”).

Noun

pant (plural pants)

1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
2. (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.

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Translations

a quick breathing

• Dutch: gehijg
• Esperanto: anhelo
• Finnish: huohotus, puuskutus
• French: halètement (fr) m
• Italian: ansito m, anelito m, palpito m, respiro affannoso m
• Japanese: 息切れ (いきぎれ, ikigire)

• Maori: whakaaeaeā, kahekahe
• Russian: пыхтение (ru) n (pyxténije), одышка (ru) f (odýška) (dyspnea)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg m, plosgadh m
• Spanish: jadeo (es) m
• Swedish: flåsa (sv)

a violent palpitation of the heart

• Finnish: läpätys
• Italian: palpito m, pulsazione (it) f

• Scottish Gaelic: plosg m, plosgadh m
• Spanish: palpitación f

References

• pant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “pant” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Verb

pant (third-person singular simple present pants, present participle panting, simple past and past participle panted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
   • Dryden

     Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.

   • Shelley

     There is a cavern where my spirit / Was panted forth in anguish.

   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     Charles had just slipp'd the bolt of the door, and running, caught me in his arms, and lifting me from the ground, with his lips glew'd to mine, bore me, trembling, panting, dying, with soft fears and tender wishes, to the bed

2. (transitive) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
   • Herbert

     Then shall our hearts pant thee.

3. (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
   • Bible, Psalms xlii. 1

     As the hart panteth after the water brooks.

   • Alexander Pope

     Who pants for glory finds but short repose.

4. (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.

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5. (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
   • Alexander Pope

     The whispering breeze / Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.

Synonyms

• (breathe quickly or in a labored manner): gasp
• (long for): crave, desire, long for, pine for
• (long eagerly): crave, desire, long, pine
• (of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence): palpitate, pound, throb

Translations

to breathe quickly or in a labored manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喘氣, 喘气 (zh) (chuǎnqì), 喘息 (zh) (chuǎnxí), 氣喘吁吁, 气喘吁吁 (zh) (qìchuǎnxūxū)

• Finnish: huohottaa, läähättää (fi), puuskuttaa
• French: haleter (fr)
• German: hecheln (de), keuchen (de), schnaufen (de)
• Greek: αγκομαχάω (el) (agkomacháo)
• Italian: ansare (it), ansimare (it), boccheggiare (it)
• Japanese: 喘ぐ (ja) (あえぐ, aegu)

• Luxembourgish: hechelen
• Maori: kahekahe, kuhakuha, whakahotuhotu
• Russian: пыхтеть (ru) impf (pyxtétʹ), задыхаться (ru) (zadyxátʹsja) impf. (to choke), запыхаться (ru) impf (zapyxátʹsja), запыхаться (ru) pf (zapýxatʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg
• Spanish: jadear (es)
• Walloon: panti (wa), haner (wa)

long for (something); be eager for (something)

• Finnish: kaivata (fi)
• French: désirer (fr)

• Italian: desiderare (it), anelare, aspirare, bramare (it)
• Spanish: anhelar (es), ansiar (es), desear (es)

intransitive: long eagerly

• Italian: struggersi (it)

of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence

• Finnish: läpättää (fi), hakata (fi)
• French: palpiter (fr)
• Italian: palpitare (it), pulsare
• Russian: трепетать (ru) impf (trepetátʹ), колотиться (ru) impf (kolotítʹsja)

• Scottish Gaelic: plosg
• Spanish: palpitar (es)

sigh; flutter; languish

• Italian: adulare (it), blandire (it), sospirare
• Russian: тосковать (ru) (toskovátʹ) impf. (по (po) - for), томиться (ru) (tomítʹsja) impf. (по (po) - for)

Etymology 2

From pants

Noun

pant (plural pants)

1. (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
2. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.

   Pant leg

Derived terms

• pant cuff
• pant leg
• pantsuit, pant suit
• panty, panties

Translations

a pair of pants — see pants

Etymology 3

Unknown

Noun

pant (plural pants)

1. a public drinking fountain in Scotland and North-East England

References

• PMSA page with several examples
• OED 2nd edition

Anagrams

• APTN
• NPTA

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Czech

Noun

pant m

1. hinge

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Norwegian

Noun

pant n

1. pawn (item sold to a pawn shop)

This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at pawn. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pant in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Band

Noun

pȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling пант)

1. hinge

Declension

    declension of pant

	singular	plural
nominative	pȁnt	panti
genitive	panta	panta
dative	pantu	pantima
accusative	pant	pante
vocative	pantu	panti
locative	pante	pantima
instrumental	pantom	pantima

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Swedish

Noun

pant n

1. pawn (item sold to a pawn shop)

This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at pawn. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pant in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2010