-ant

== English == === Etymology === From 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: ənt, IPA(key): /ənt/ (India) enPR: ĕnt, IPA(key): /enʈ/, [ë̞ɳʈ] Homophone: -ent === Suffix === -ant (now sciences, chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb. serve → servant 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)". ascend → ascendant err → errant. Alternative form of -and. blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant ==== Usage notes ==== Many words in -ant were not actually coined in English but rather borrowed directly from Old French, Middle French or Modern French. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -ance === Anagrams === TNA, TAN, NTA, Nat, NAT, ATN, nat, Tan, tan, Nat. == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan -ant, from Latin -antem, -entem. Compare French -ant, Italian -ent, Spanish -ante, Portuguese -ante. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈan] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈant] === Suffix === -ant (invariable) -ing; suffix denoting the gerund and present participle of a verb ‎jugar (“to play”) + ‎-ant → ‎jugant (“playing”) === Suffix === -ant (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -anta, masculine plural -ants, feminine plural -antes) -ant, -ing; forms adjectives out of verbs === Suffix === -ant m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ants, feminine -anta, feminine plural -antes) -er; forms nouns out of verbs === See also === -ent == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin -ans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈanˀd] === Suffix === -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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑnt/ === Suffix === -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 ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French -ant, from a merger of Latin -antem, -entem (present participle suffix) with Latin -andum, -endum (gerundive suffix). Compare Italian -ante, -ando; Spanish -ante, -ando. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃/ === Suffix === -ant (invariable) -ing; suffix denoting the gerund and present participle of a verb ‎jouer (“to play”) + ‎-ant → ‎jouant (“playing”) === Suffix === -ant (adjective-forming suffix, 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 === -ant m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ants, feminine -ante) -er; forms nouns out of verbs ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== -amment -ance == German == === Alternative forms === -ent -ans (learned terms only, usually neuter) === Etymology === From Middle High German -ant, from Latin -ans, -antis, in part through Old French -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ant/, /ɑnt/ === Suffix === -ant m (weak, genitive -anten, plural -anten, feminine -antin) Forms agent nouns, mostly from verbs of Romance or Latin origin. ‎liefern (“to supply”) + ‎-ant → ‎Lieferant (“supplier”) ==== Usage notes ==== This ending is semi-productive, see e.g. Asylant, Antifant. This ending rarely also occurs in the neuter gender, see e.g. Antiozonant. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “-ant” in Duden online == Hungarian == === Etymology === From -a- (linking vowel) +‎ -n (instantaneous suffix) +‎ -t (causative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɒnt] Rhymes: -ɒnt === Suffix === -ant (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action. pillant (“to glance”) ==== Usage notes ==== (instantaneous suffix) Variants: -ant is added to back-vowel words -ent is added to front-vowel words ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -int Appendix:Hungarian suffixes === References === == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *-ānt, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yónti. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈant] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈant] === Suffix === -ant third-person plural present active indicative of -ō (first conjugation) ==== Descendants ==== == Middle French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Latin -āns, -ēns. === Suffix === -ant used to form the present participle of verbs == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ant/ Rhymes: -ant Hyphenation: -ant === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French -ant (“agent- and noun-forming suffix”), ultimately from Latin -āns (“present-participle ending”), genitive -antis. Compare Danish -ant (“noun-forming suffix”). ==== Suffix ==== -ant m (definite singular -anten, indefinite plural -anter, definite plural -antene) Forms masculine nouns denoting a person or thing that performs a specified action, has a specified function or possesses a particular characteristic. asylant (“asylum seeker”), debutant (“debutant”), demonstrant (“demonstrator”), informant (“informant”), okkupant (“occupier”), spekulant (“speculator”) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== -ent (“noun-forming suffix”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French -ant (“adjective-forming suffix”), from Latin -āns (“present-participle ending”), genitive -antis. Compare Danish -ant (“adjective-forming suffix”). ==== Suffix ==== -ant (neuter singular -ant, definite singular and plural -ante) Forms adjectives expressing a particular manner, state or characteristic. arrogant (“arrogant”), dominant (“dominant”), galant (“gallant”), intrigant (“intriguing, scheming”), mutant (“mutant”) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== -ent (“adjective-forming suffix”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Suffix ==== -ant neuter singular of -an (“adjective-forming suffix”) === References === “-ant” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “-ant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). === Anagrams === nat, tan == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin -āns, -ēns. === Suffix === -ant used to form the present participle of verbs ==== Related terms ==== -ance/-anche ==== Descendants ==== English: -ant French: -ant == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ant/ Rhymes: -ant Syllabification: -ant === Suffix === -ant m pers -ant (agent noun derived from verb) ‎kurs + ‎-ant → ‎kursant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ant/ === Etymology 1 === Cognate with Cornish -ans. ==== Alternative forms ==== -iant ==== Suffix ==== -ant m (plural -annau) show the action of a verb or its result, -tion, -ment ‎maddau (“to forgive”) + ‎-ant → ‎maddeuant (“forgiveness”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ant (literary) verb suffix for the third-person plural present indicative/future ===== Derived terms =====