contant
Catalan
Verb
contant
- present participle of contar
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French comptant ("cash").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔnˈtɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: con‧tant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Adjective
contant (not comparable)
- in cash
Inflection
| Inflection of contant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | contant | |||
| inflected | contante | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | contant | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | contante | ||
| n. sing. | contant | |||
| plural | contante | |||
| definite | contante | |||
| partitive | contants | |||
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: kontan
- → Indonesian: kontan
Adverb
contant
- in cash
- contant betalen — to pay in cash
Derived terms
- handje contantje
Related terms
- contanten
French
Participle
contant
- present participle of conter