-ant
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ant"
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English -ant, -aunt, partly from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing Middle English -ant, a variant of -and, -end, from Old English -ende (present participle ending), see -and.
Suffix
edit-ant
- (now sciences, chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb.
- An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".
- An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
- Alternative form of -and
- blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant
Usage notes
edit- Many words in -ant were not actually coined in English but rather borrowed directly from Old French, Middle French or Modern French.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAnagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ant c
- Forms agent nouns, mostly from verbs of Romance or Latin origin
- something that is or happens in a certain way (adjectives. E.g. arrogant)
Declension
edit| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -ant | -anten | -anter | -anterne |
| genitive | -ants | -antens | -anters | -anternes |
Derived terms
editDutch
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ant m (plural -anten, feminine -ante)
- appended to the stem of a verb, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs the action of that verb (see agent noun)
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French -ant, from Latin -antem, -entem. Compare Italian -ante, -ente, Spanish -ante, -ente, -iente.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ant (invariable)
- -ing; suffix denoting the gerund and present participle of a verb
Suffix
edit-ant (feminine -ante, masculine plural -ants, feminine plural -antes)
- -ant, -ing; forms adjectives out of verbs
- (rare) forms adjectives from words other than verbs
- abracadabra + -ant → abracadabrant
Suffix
edit-ant m (plural -ants, feminine -ante)
- -er; forms nouns out of verbs
Usage notes
edit- French present participles are used, chiefly in literary style, to replace relative clauses. In this case they are not inflected for number and gender: une femme aimant ses enfants (“a woman loving her children”), equivalent to une femme qui aime ses enfants (“a woman who loves her children”).
- Some present participles can also be used as actual adjectives. In this case they are inflected: une femme aimante (“a loving/caring woman”). Such adjectival uses are lexicalised, however, and (unlike in English) not all participles allow it.
Related terms
editGerman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German -ant, from Latin -ans, -antis, in part through Old French -ant.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ant m (weak, genitive -anten, plural -anten, feminine -antin)
- Forms agent nouns, mostly from verbs of Romance or Latin origin.
Usage notes
edit- This ending is semi-productive, see e.g. Asylant, Antifant.
- This ending rarely also occurs in the neuter gender, see e.g. Antiozonant.
Declension
editDeclension of -ant [masculine, weak]
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editHungarian
editEtymology
editFrom -a- (linking vowel) + -n (instantaneous suffix) + -t (causative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ant
- (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.
- pillant (“to glance”)
Usage notes
edit- (instantaneous suffix) Variants:
- -ant is added to back-vowel words
- -ent is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ -ant in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *-ānt, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yónti.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈant/, [ˈän̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈant/, [ˈän̪t̪]
Suffix
edit-ant
- third-person plural present active indicative of -ō (first conjugation)
Descendants
editMiddle French
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Latin -āns, -ēns.
Suffix
edit-ant
- used to form the present participle of verbs
Old French
editEtymology
editSuffix
edit-ant
- used to form the present participle of verbs
Related terms
editDescendants
editPolish
editEtymology
editEtymology tree
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ant/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ant
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Suffix
edit-ant m pers
Declension
editDeclension of -ant
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- -ant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editSuffix
edit-ant m (plural -annau)
Etymology 2
editSuffix
edit-ant
- (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural present indicative/future
Derived terms
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