aberrant

English

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”).[1] See aberr.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈbɛɹ.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bəɹ.n̩t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əbˈɛɹ.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bəɹ.n̩t/

Adjective

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

  1. Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.][3]
  2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][3]
  3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][3]
    • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:
      The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

Derived terms

Translations

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Noun

aberrant (plural aberrants)

  1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ Aberrant at Dictionary.com
  2. ↑ “aberrant” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 8th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1973 (1974 printing), OCLC 299192187.
  3. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 4

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.bəˈrant/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ə.bəˈran/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.beˈrant/

Adjective

aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

  1. aberrant
  2. (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

  1. aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
  2. (sciences) Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

  1. aberrant

Declension

Comparative forms of aberrant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist aberranter sie ist aberranter es ist aberranter sie sind aberranter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative aberranterer aberrantere aberranteres aberrantere
genitive aberranteren aberranterer aberranteren aberranterer
dative aberranterem aberranterer aberranterem aberranteren
accusative aberranteren aberrantere aberranteres aberrantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der aberrantere die aberrantere das aberrantere die aberranteren
genitive des aberranteren der aberranteren des aberranteren der aberranteren
dative dem aberranteren der aberranteren dem aberranteren den aberranteren
accusative den aberranteren die aberrantere das aberrantere die aberranteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein aberranterer eine aberrantere ein aberranteres (keine) aberranteren
genitive eines aberranteren einer aberranteren eines aberranteren (keiner) aberranteren
dative einem aberranteren einer aberranteren einem aberranteren (keinen) aberranteren
accusative einen aberranteren eine aberrantere ein aberranteres (keine) aberranteren

Further reading

Latin

Verb

aberrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō
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