tant
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)
- 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”)
- so many, as many
Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tant
- so much, as much
- so long; such a long time
Conjunction[edit]
tant
Further reading[edit]
- “tant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French tant, from Latin tantum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tant
- so much
- so many
- (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 !
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tant
Related terms[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tant
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tant
- so (to such an extent)
Descendants[edit]
- French: tant
References[edit]
- tant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French tant.
Adverb[edit]
tant
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tantum.
Noun[edit]
tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)
References[edit]
- “tant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.
Noun[edit]
tant m
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)
Usage notes[edit]
Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:
- tantes persones
- so many people
Declension[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tant
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tant
Pronoun[edit]
tant
Adverb[edit]
tant
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
tant c
- (might be derogatory) older lady
- Synonym: gumma
- (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women.
Declension[edit]
Declension of tant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tant | tanten | tanter | tanterna |
Genitive | tants | tantens | tanters | tanternas |
Hyponyms[edit]
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Tocharian B[edit]
Noun[edit]
tant
Vilamovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.
Noun[edit]
tant f
Synonyms[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Irish téad.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tant m (plural tannau)
- string (musical instrument)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |
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- sv:Family
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