tant

See also: Tant, tänt, and tant'

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

tant (plural tants)

1. (slang, electronics) A tantalum capacitor.
   • 2013, Michael J. Spinks, Microprocessor System Design: A Practical Introduction, page 32:

     Note that like 'tants' these are polarized and must be connected to the circuit the right way round, the lead marked 'H' to the positive side of the circuit; failure to do so can lead to a small explosion!

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tantus, tantum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtant]
• Homophone: tan (Central)

Adjective

tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)

1. so much, as much

   Tinc tanta gana que me'n vaig a sopar.

   I am so hungry that I'm going to have dinner.

   (literally, “I have so much hunger”)

2. so many, as many

Derived terms

• de tant en tant
• per tant
• tant de bo

Adverb

tant

1. so much, as much
2. so long; such a long time

Conjunction

tant

1. (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

Further reading

• “tant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

• audio

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• Homophones: tan, tans, taon, temps

Adverb

tant

1. so much
2. so many
3. (in coordination with que) both ... and
   • 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer:

     Cela dit, bien que la ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations réelles ne soit pas toujours fortuite, Fille de fer est une œuvre de fiction. J’ai pris de nombreuses libertés, tant avec l’histoire qu’avec la géographie — un exercice réjouissant pour une journaliste !

     That said, although similarities to real people or situations are not always coincidental, Fille de fer is a work of fiction. I have taken numerous liberties, both with history and with geography – a very gratifying exercise for a journalist!

Related terms

• autant
• en tant que
• pourtant
• si tant est que
• tant bien que mal
• tant et si bien que
• tant mieux
• tant pis
• tant que
• tant qu’il y a de la vie, il y a de l’espoir
• tant qu’on y est
• tant s’en faut
• tu m’en diras tant
• un tant soit peu

 

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tantum.

Adjective

tant

1. so many, so much

Related terms

• cetant

Hungarian

Etymology

tan +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒnt]
• Hyphenation: tant

Noun

tant

1. accusative singular of tan

Middle French

Etymology

Old French tant.

Adverb

tant

1. so (to such an extent)

Descendants

• French: tant

References

• tant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tant.

Adverb

tant

1. as much

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From tantum.

Noun

tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

1. fantasy, rumor

References

• “tant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

Noun

tant m

1. tooth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: tant
  • Dutch: tand

Further reading

• “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtãnt/

Adjective

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

1. so much, so many

Usage notes

Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:

tantes persones

so many people

Declension

Declension of tant

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	tanz	tante	tant
	Oblique	tant			tante	tant
Plural	Subject	tant	tantes		tant
	Oblique	tant			tantes	tant

Adverb

tant

1. so much; such

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taŋt/

Adjective

tant

1. so many, so much

Pronoun

tant

1. much

Adverb

tant

1. so many, so much

Swedish

Etymology

From French tante, from Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), a lost baby-word of the papa-type.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tant/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

tant c

1. (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt
2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general.
3. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like)
   1. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a woman in general

Declension

Declension of tant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tant	tanten	tanter	tanterna
Genitive	tants	tantens	tanters	tanternas

Hyponyms

• (aunt): faster, moster

Derived terms

• tantparkour (“senior parkour”)

Related terms

• tantig (“old-fashioned, frumpy”)

See also

• gumma

References

• tant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• natt

Tocharian B

Noun

tant

1. power, dominion

Vilamovian

Etymology

From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.

Noun

tant f

1. aunt

Synonyms

• müm

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Irish téad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

tant m (plural tannau)

1. string (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• tantio (“string”, verb)
• tennyn m (“lead, leash”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tant	dant	nhant	thant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies