tant

See also: Tant, tänt, and tant'

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tantus, tantum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtan/
• 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.

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French

Etymology

From Old French tant, from Latin tantum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

• audio

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Adverb

tant

1. so much
2. so many

Related terms

• autant
• en tant que
• pourtant

Further reading

• “tant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin tantum.

Adjective

tant

1. so many, so much

Related terms

• cetant

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Hungarian

Etymology

tan +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tant

1. accusative singular of tan

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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)

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French tant.

Adverb

tant

1. as much

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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.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

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

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin tantus, tantum.

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

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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. (might be derogatory) older lady

   Synonym: gumma

2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women.

Declension

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

Hyponyms

• (aunt): faster, moster

References

• tant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• natt

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Tocharian B

Noun

tant

1. power, dominion

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Vilamovian

Noun

tant f

1. aunt

Synonyms

• müm

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Welsh

Etymology

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

Noun

tant m (plural tannau)

1. string (musical instrument)

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.