English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (go astray; err), from ab (from) + errō (to wander).[1] See aberr.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
    • (file)
    • (file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

Adjective edit

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

  1. Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.][3]
    Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
    Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
  2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][3]
    Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
    Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
  3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][3]
    Antonym: continuous
    • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:
      The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

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Noun edit

aberrant (plural aberrants)

  1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
    • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87:
      Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

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References edit

  1. ^ Aberrant at Dictionary.com
  2. ^ “aberrant” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aberrant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin aberrantem, present active participle of aberrō (go astray; err).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

aberrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

  1. aberrant
  2. (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)
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Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

aberrant

  1. gerund of aberrar

French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (go astray; err).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/, /a.be.ʁɑ̃/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

aberrant (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

  1. aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
  2. (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules

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Further reading edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (go astray; err).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

aberrant (strong nominative masculine singular aberranter, comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

  1. aberrant

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • aberrant” in Duden online
  • aberrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

aberrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Latin aberrāns (wandering, straying or deviating from), present active participle of aberrō (I wander, stray; aberr), from both ab- (from, away from), from ab (from, away from, of), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from errō (I wander, astray; err), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (to roam, wander; go astray, waver), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (to flow). Doublet of aberrasjon.

The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /abəˈrant/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: ab‧err‧ant

Adjective edit

aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)

  1. (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
    • 2007 November 15, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening[tidsskriftet.no]:
      aberrant lymfedrenasje og lymfeknutespredning kan forekomme
      aberrant lymphatic drainage and lymph node spread may occur

Noun edit

aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)

  1. (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)

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