-ant

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.

Suffix

-ant

1. (now sciences, chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb.

   serve → servant

2. An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance.

   defiance → defiant.

3. (uncommon) An adjective derived from a verb.

   err → errant.

4. Alternative form of -and

   blatant, blicant; flippant

Anagrams

• NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Suffix

-ant m (plural -anten, feminine -ante)

1. 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)

Etymology

From Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, -ēns. Compare Italian -ante, -ente, Spanish -ante, -ente, -iente.

Suffix

-ant

1. -ing; suffix denoting the present participle of a verb

   jouer (to play) → jouant (playing)

2. (rare) A suffix deriving adjectives from words other than verbs.

   abracadabra → abracadabrant

3. Used to form nouns and adjectives out of verbs.

Etymology

-a- (“linking vowel”) + -n (“instantaneous suffix”) + -t (“causative suffix”)^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒnt]

Suffix

-ant

1. (instantaneous suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.

   pillant (“to glance”)

References

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ant/

Suffix

-ant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of -ō

Suffix

-ant

1. used to form the present participle of verbs

Etymology

From Latin -āns, -ēns.

Suffix

-ant

1. used to form the present participle of verbs