bastant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəsˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəsˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [basˈtant]

Etymology 1

Adjective

bastant m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastants)

1. enough, sufficient

Adverb

bastant

1. enough, sufficiently

Etymology 2

Verb

bastant

1. gerund of bastar

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

bastant m

1. (Jersey) adequate

Swedish

Etymology

From a Romance language.

Adjective

bastant (comparative bastantare, superlative bastantast)

1. big and sturdy
2. (by extension) burly, stocky

   en bastant skogshuggare

   a burly lumberjack

3. (by extension, of for example a meal) big, hearty

Usage notes

Similar varying sense extensions as could be expected from sturdy in English.

Declension

Inflection of bastant
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	bastant	bastantare	bastantast
Neuter singular	bastant	bastantare	bastantast
Plural	bastanta	bastantare	bastantast
Masculine plural3	bastante	bastantare	bastantast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bastante	bastantare	bastantaste
All	bastanta	bastantare	bastantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• bastant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bastant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bastant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)