trant

See also: Trant and tränt

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”). Compare also Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”).

Verb

trant (third-person singular simple present trants, present participle tranting, simple past and past participle tranted)

  1. (intransitive) To walk; go about.
  2. (intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
  3. (intransitive) To turn; play a trick.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from Middle Dutch tranten (“to walk”). Cognate with Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), Swedish trant (“a step”).

Noun

trant (plural trants)

  1. A turn; trick; stratagem.
Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”).

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Noun

trant m (uncountable)

  1. manner

Derived terms

  • in de trant van

Haitian Creole

Numeral

trant

  1. (cardinal) thirty

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.[1]

Noun

trant

  1. drone (male bee)

References

  1. ↑ “trǫtъ”, in Derksen - Slavic Inherited Lexicon‎, ordbog.oesteuropastudier.dk, accessed 2 March 2018
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