quant
English
Etymology 1
Shortening.
Noun
quant (plural quants)
- (finance) A quantitative analyst.
- 2014 January 30, Simon Roberts Was Here (The Crazy Ones), episode 15:
- Judy Mills: Oh, and I was very excited to hear about your agency's new emphasis on hard numbers and data.
Simon: Excuse me?
Judy Mills: Yeah, I heard you hired a quant.
- Quantity.
- Quantifier.
Adjective
quant (not comparable)
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Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic.
Noun
quant (plural quants)
- A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Verb
quant (third-person singular simple present quants, present participle quanting, simple past and past participle quanted)
- (transitive or intransitive) To propel using a quant.
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Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin quantus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quant m or f (masculine and feminine plural quants)
- (interrogative) how many; how much
- (with the definite article) quite a bit; quite a few (considerably)
- 2019 August 12, Josep Maria Ganyet, “L’ordinador i la calma”, in La Vanguardia[1]:
- Per entendre de què estem parlant hem de fer una passa enrere... d’uns quants milions d’anys.
- To understand what we're talking about, we have to take a step back... of quite a few million years.
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Further reading
- “quant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “quant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Adverb
quant
- Only used in quant à
Further reading
- “quant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology 1
Adjective
quant m (feminine singular quante, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)
- how many; how much
- 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 6, line 8:(please note, the first word 'quant' corresponds to etymology 2 below)
- Quant ils orent chevauchier ne sçay quantes iournees
- When they had ridden for I don't know how many days
References
- quant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Etymology 2
From Old French quant, from Latin quando, see quand.
Adverb
quant
- Alternative form of quand
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.
Adjective
quant m (feminine singular quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantas)
Adverb
quant
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Conjunction
quant
Adverb
quant
- (interrogative) when
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