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tant

See also: Tant, tänt, and tant'

English

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Etymology

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Shortening.

Noun

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tant (plural tants)

  1. (slang, electronics) A tantalum capacitor.
    • 2013, Michael J. Spinks, Microprocessor System Design: A Practical Introduction, page 32:
      Note that like 'tants' these are polarized and must be connected to the circuit the right way round, the lead marked 'H' to the positive side of the circuit; failure to do so can lead to a small explosion!

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tantus, tantum.

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Adjective

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tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)

  1. so much, as much
    Tinc tanta gana que me'n vaig a sopar.
    I am so hungry that I'm going to have dinner.
    (literally, “I have so much hunger”)
  2. so many, as many

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Adverb

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tant

  1. so much, as much
  2. so long; such a long time

Conjunction

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tant

  1. (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

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Adverb

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tant

  1. so much
  2. so many
  3. (in coordination with que) both ... and
    • 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer:
      Cela dit, bien que la ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations réelles ne soit pas toujours fortuite, Fille de fer est une œuvre de fiction. J’ai pris de nombreuses libertés, tant avec l’histoire qu’avec la géographie — un exercice réjouissant pour une journaliste !
      That said, although similarities to real people or situations are not always coincidental, Fille de fer is a work of fiction. I have taken numerous liberties, both with history and with geography – a very gratifying exercise for a journalist!
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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin tantum.

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tant

  1. so many, so much
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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tan +‎ -t

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒnt]
  • Hyphenation: tant

Noun

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tant

  1. accusative singular of tan

Middle French

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Etymology

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Old French tant.

Adverb

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tant

  1. so (to such an extent)

Descendants

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  • French: tant

References

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  • tant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French tant.

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tant

  1. as much

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From tantum.

Noun

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tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

  1. fantasy, rumor

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

Noun

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tant m

  1. tooth

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin tantus.

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tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

  1. so much, so many

Usage notes

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Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:

tantes persones
so many people

Declension

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Declension of tant
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject tanz tante tant
Oblique tant tante tant
Plural Subject tant tantes tant
Oblique tant tantes tant

Adverb

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tant

  1. so much; such

Piedmontese

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tant

  1. so many, so much

Pronoun

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tant

  1. much

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tant

  1. so many, so much

Swedish

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Etymology

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From French tante, from Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), a lost baby-word of the papa-type.

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tant c

  1. (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt
  2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general.
  3. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like)
    1. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a woman in general

Declension

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Declension of tant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tant tanten tanter tanterna
Genitive tants tantens tanters tanternas

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Derived terms

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  • tantig (“old-fashioned, frumpy”)

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Anagrams

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Tocharian B

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Noun

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tant

  1. power, dominion

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.

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tant f

  1. aunt

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Irish téad.

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Noun

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tant m (plural tannau)

  1. string (musical instrument)

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tant dant nhant thant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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