gant

== Breton == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡãnt/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Breton cant, from Proto-Brythonic *gant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”). Cognate with Welsh gan (“with; by”). ==== Preposition ==== gant with ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Numeral ==== gant soft mutation of kant == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French guant, from Frankish *want (compare Middle Dutch want, Old High German wantus), from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”). Cognate with Italian guanto, Spanish guante, and Catalan guant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃/ === Noun === gant m (plural gants) glove ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: γάντι (gánti) Haitian Creole: gan === Further reading === “gant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”). === Noun === gant m (plural gants) (Jersey) glove == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === gant m (plural gants) glove == Scots == === Etymology === The verb is possibly derived from Middle English *ganten, from Old English *gānettan, a frequentative of gānian (“to gape, open, open wide; to yawn”) (whence Middle English ganen, gane, gonen), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Germanic *gainōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape; to yawn”). The noun is derived from the verb. === Verb === gant (third-person singular simple present gants, present participle gantin, simple past and past participle gantt) (intransitive) To open the mouth wide to breathe; to gasp. To yawn. (figurative) Of a thing: to open wide; to gape. To make exaggerated statements. (Caithness) To stammer, to stutter. ==== Alternative forms ==== gaunt === Noun === gant (plural gants) A yawn. (Caithness) A stammer, a stutter. ==== Alternative forms ==== gaunt === References === == Welsh == === Noun === gant soft mutation of cant === Mutation ===