tant

From Latin tantus, tantum.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtan/
• Homophone: tan (Central)

tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)

1. so much, as much

   Tinc tanta gana que me'n vaig a sopar.

   I am so hungry that I'm going to have dinner.

   (literally, “I have so much hunger”)

2. so many, as many

• de tant en tant
• per tant
• tant de bo

tant

1. so much, as much
2. so long; such a long time

tant

1. (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

• “tant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

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• Homophones: tan, tans, taon, temps

tant

1. so much
2. so many
3. (in coordination with que) both ... and
   • 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer

     Cela dit, bien que la ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations réelles ne soit pas toujours fortuite, Fille de fer est une œuvre de fiction. J'ai pris de nombreuses libertés, tant avec l'histoire qu'avec la géographie — un exercice réjouissant pour une journaliste !

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• “tant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin tantum.

tant

1. so many, so much

• cetant

tan +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒnt]
• Hyphenation: tant

tant

1. accusative singular of tan

Old French tant.

tant

1. so (to such an extent)

• French: tant

• tant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

From Old French tant.

tant

1. as much

From tantum.

tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

1. fantasy, rumor

• “tant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

tant m

1. tooth

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: tant
  • Dutch: tand

• “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Latin tantus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtãnt/

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

1. so much, so many

Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:

tantes persones

so many people

tant

1. so much; such

• IPA^(key): /taŋt/

tant

1. so many, so much

tant

1. much

tant

1. so many, so much

From French tante, from Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), a lost baby-word of the papa-type.

• IPA^(key): /tant/

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tant c

1. (might be derogatory) older lady

   Synonym: gumma

2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women.

• (aunt): faster, moster

• tant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• natt

tant

1. power, dominion

From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.

tant f

1. aunt

• müm

From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Irish téad.

• IPA^(key): /tant/
• Rhymes: -ant

tant m (plural tannau)

1. string (musical instrument)