tirant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tiˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [tiˈɾant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

tirant m (plural tirants)

1. strap, stay
2. (construction) stringer
3. (usually in the plural) braces (UK), suspenders (US)

   Synonym: elàstics

Verb

tirant

1. gerund of tirar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• triant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁɑ̃/

Noun

tirant m (plural tirants)

1. (nautical) draft, draught
2. drawstring

Derived terms

• tirant d’air
• tirant d’eau

 

Participle

tirant

1. present participle of tirer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• triant

Middle English

Noun

tirant

1. Alternative form of tyraunt

Adjective

tirant

1. Alternative form of tyraunt

Old French

Etymology

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

tirant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tirans, nominative singular tirans, nominative plural tirant)

1. 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

• → English: tyrant
• French: tyran