pant
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.
Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).
Noun[edit]
pant (plural pants)
- A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
- (figuratively) Eager longing.
- 1995, John C. Leggett, Suzanne Malm, The Eighteen Stages of Love (page 9)
- Indeed, the projections, cravings, and everyday frolics common to trysts among buzz-activist Hollywood stars and starlets, plus their many common folk imitators, go forward with eager pant.
- 1995, John C. Leggett, Suzanne Malm, The Eighteen Stages of Love (page 9)
- (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene viii], page 360, column 2:
- To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, / Make her thanks bless thee. O thou day o' the world, / Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all; / Through proof of harness to my heart, and there / Ride on the pants triumphing.
Translations[edit]
|
|
|
References[edit]
- “pant” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “pant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Verb[edit]
pant (third-person singular simple present pants, present participle panting, simple past and past participle panted)
- (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.
- 1697, “(please specify the book number)”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
- Pluto pants for breath from out his cell.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound
- There is a cavern where my spirit / Was panted forth in anguish.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:
- 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
- (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 42:1:
- As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
- 1733-1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace:
- Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
- (transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
- 1633, George Herbert, Love
- Then shall our hearts pant thee.
- 1633, George Herbert, Love
- (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 1, canto 7:
- Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake
- (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
- 1709 May, Alexander Pope, “Pastorals. The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne. […]”, in Poetical Miscellanies: The Sixth Part. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 1029666000, page 750:
- [T]he whiſp'ring Breeze / Pants on the Leaves, and dies upon the Trees.
- (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
- (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
Synonyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
|
|
|
Etymology 2[edit]
From pants
Noun[edit]
pant (plural pants)
- (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
- pant leg
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Unknown
Noun[edit]
pant (plural pants)
- (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
References[edit]
- OED 2nd edition
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Band (“band, belt”)
Noun[edit]
pant m
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
pant
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- depositum (deposit on a rented home)
Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
pant
- Alternative form of panten
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr
Noun[edit]
pant n (definite singular pantet, indefinite plural pant, definite plural panta or pantene)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
pant m (definite singular panten, indefinite plural panter, definite plural pantene)
- a (refundable) deposit (e.g. on bottles)
References[edit]
- “pant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr
Noun[edit]
pant n (definite singular pantet, indefinite plural pant, definite plural panta)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
pant m (definite singular panten, indefinite plural pantar, definite plural pantane)
- a (refundable) deposit (e.g. on bottles)
References[edit]
- “pant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Band via Austrian German.
Noun[edit]
pȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling па̏нт)
Declension[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr
Noun[edit]
pant c
- pledge, item deposited at a pawnshop or otherwise given as a security
- container deposit, an addition to the price of an article returned when its container is returned to a collection point for re-use
Declension[edit]
Declension of pant | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pant | panten | panter | panterna |
Genitive | pants | pantens | panters | panternas |
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kwantyo- "flat hill", compare Pictish ᚘᚐᚅᚈ (pant, “hollow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pant m (plural pantiau)
- hollow, depression, small valley, dingle, dell
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pant | bant | mhant | phant |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ænt
- Rhymes:English/ænt/1 syllable
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- en:Fashion
- Scottish English
- English English
- Czech terms derived from German
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from German
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Geography