tirant
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tirant m (plural tirants)
- strap, stay
- (construction) stringer
- (usually in the plural) braces (UK), suspenders (US)
- Synonym: elàstics
Verb[edit]
tirant
Further reading[edit]
- “tirant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tirant m (plural tirants)
Derived terms[edit]
Participle[edit]
tirant
Further reading[edit]
- “tirant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
tirant
- Alternative form of tyraunt
Adjective[edit]
tirant
- Alternative form of tyraunt
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tyrannus, which gave the nominative singular form tirans, from which the oblique singular tirant was constructed, under the assumption the -s suffix had replaced -ts.
Noun[edit]
tirant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tirans, nominative singular tirans, nominative plural tirant)
- tyrant
- 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 5, column 1, line 7:
- car il voloit le felon tirant
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
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- ca:Construction
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- ca:Clothing
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- fr:Nautical
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