pant
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.
Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).
Noun edit
pant (plural pants)
- A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- (figurative) Eager longing.
- 1995, John C. Leggett, Suzanne Malm, The Eighteen Stages of Love, page 9:
- Indeed, the projections, cravings, and everyday frolics common to trysts among buzz-activist Hollywood stars and starlets, plus their many common folk imitators, go forward with eager pant.
- (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene viii], page 360, column 2:
- To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, / Make her thanks bless thee. O thou day o' the world, / Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all; / Through proof of harness to my heart, and there / Ride on the pants triumphing.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a quick breathing
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a violent palpitation of the heart
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References edit
- “pant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Verb edit
pant (third-person singular simple present pants, present participle panting, simple past and past participle panted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
- 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Pluto pants for breath from out his cell.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound:
- There is a cavern where my spirit / Was panted forth in anguish.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
- Charles had just slipp'd the bolt of the door, and running, caught me in his arms, and lifting me from the ground, with his lips glew'd to mine, bore me, trembling, panting, dying, with soft fears and tender wishes, to the bed
- (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 42:1:
- As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
- 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:
- (transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
- 1633, George Herbert, Love:
- Then shall our hearts pant thee.
- (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake
- (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
- 1709 May, Alexander Pope, “Pastorals. The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne. […]”, in Poetical Miscellanies: The Sixth Part. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 750:
- [T]he whiſp'ring Breeze / Pants on the Leaves, and dies upon the Trees.
- (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
- (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
Synonyms edit
- (breathe quickly or in a labored manner): gasp
- (long for): crave, desire, long for, pine for
- (long eagerly): crave, desire, long, pine
- (of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence): palpitate, pound, throb
Translations edit
to breathe quickly or in a labored manner
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long for (something); be eager for (something)
of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence
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sigh; flutter; languish
Etymology 2 edit
From pants.
Noun edit
pant (plural pants)
- (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
- pant leg
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a pair of pants — see pants
Etymology 3 edit
Unknown
Noun edit
pant (plural pants)
- (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
References edit
- OED 2nd edition
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
From German Band (“band, belt”).
Noun edit
pant m inan
Declension edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
pant
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- depositum (deposit on a rented home)
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Childish alteration of panta (“to reserve”).
Verb edit
pant (defective verb)
- (colloquial, childish) I call dibs! (used when claiming a right to be the first or only one to do something)
- Pant velja tónlistina. ― I call dibs on choosing the music.
- Ég pant vera R2-D2, þú mátt vera C3PO. ― I call dibs on being R2-D2, you can be C3PO.
Middle English edit
Verb edit
pant
- Alternative form of panten
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr.
Noun edit
pant n (definite singular pantet, indefinite plural pant, definite plural panta or pantene)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
pant m (definite singular panten, indefinite plural panter, definite plural pantene)
- a (refundable) deposit (e.g. on bottles)
References edit
- “pant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr.
Noun edit
pant n (definite singular pantet, indefinite plural pant, definite plural panta)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
pant m (definite singular panten, indefinite plural pantar, definite plural pantane)
- a (refundable) deposit (e.g. on bottles)
References edit
- “pant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From German Band via Austrian German.
Noun edit
pȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling па̏нт)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish panter (“deposit”). From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr. According to SO attested since the early half of the 14th century.
Noun edit
pant c
- pledge, pawn, item deposited at a pawnshop or otherwise given as a security
- container deposit, an addition to the price of an article returned when its container is returned to a collection point for re-use
- (by extension) item that has container deposit
- 2022 September 26, Rikard Ljungqvist, “Kastade pant från femte våningen mot värdens personal – därför slipper hon vräkning”, in Hem & Hyra[1]:
- Kastade pant från femte våningen mot värdens personal
- Threw bottles and cans from the fifth floor at the lessor's staff
Declension edit
| Declension of pant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pant | panten | panter | panterna |
| Genitive | pants | pantens | panters | panternas |
See also edit
- panta (“to pawn”)
References edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kʷantyos "flat hill", compare Pictish ᚘᚐᚅᚈ (pant, “hollow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pant m (plural pantiau)
- hollow, depression, small valley, dingle, dell
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pant | bant | mhant | phant |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies