aberrant

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/ === Adjective === aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant) Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.] Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.] Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] Antonym: continuous ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === aberrant (plural aberrants) A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number. ==== Synonyms ==== (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly (thing deviating from the natural type): ==== Translations ==== === References === == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin aberrantem, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈran] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈrant] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.beˈrant] ==== Adjective ==== aberrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants) aberrant (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location) ===== Related terms ===== aberració aberrància ==== Further reading ==== “aberrant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== aberrant gerund of aberrar == French == === Etymology === From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/ ~ /a.be.ʁɑ̃/ === Adjective === aberrant (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes) aberrant, abnormal or anomalous (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules ==== Related terms ==== aberrer === Further reading === “aberrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ant === Adjective === aberrant (strong nominative masculine singular aberranter, comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten) aberrant ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “aberrant” in Duden online “aberrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈbɛr.rant] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈbɛr.rant] === Verb === aberrant third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /abəˈrant/ Rhymes: -ant Hyphenation: ab‧err‧ant === Adjective === aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant) (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) === Noun === aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene) (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number) === References === “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon