amarant
See also: Amarant
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæməɹænt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæməˌɹænt/
- Hyphenation: am‧a‧rant
Noun
amarant (plural amarants)
- Obsolete form of amaranth.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 351–357:
- With ſolemn adoration down they [the angels] caſt
Thir Crowns inwove with Amarant and Gold;
Immortal Amarant, a Flour which once
In Paradiſe, faſt by the Tree of Life
Began to bloom, but ſoon for mans offence
To Heav'n remov'd where firſt it grew, there grows,
And flours aloft ſhading the Fount of Life, […]
- 1760, [James] Scott, Heaven: A Vision, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, printer to the University, for W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; […], OCLC 731599385, stanza VII, page 8:
- Thouſands of flow'rs their ſilken webs unfold, / Amarants, immortal amarants ariſe, / Theſe beaming bright with vegetable gold, / And theſe with azure, theſe with Tyrian dyes; […]
- 1989, Heinz Brücher, “Farinaceous Plants”, in Useful Plants of Neotropical Origin and Their Wild Relatives, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, DOI: , →ISBN, section 1 (Amaranthus spp.), page 54:
- Such vegetable amarants have a fair content of protein and are rich in Vitamins A and C, as well as in minerals; but they contain also slight amounts of anti-nutritional factors, especially oxalates and nitrates. These leaf-producing amarants are adapted to many different ecological environments.
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Anagrams
- Namrata
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.məˈɾant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.məˈɾan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.maˈɾant/
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).
Noun
amarant m (plural amarants)
- amaranth (herb of the genus Amaranthus)
Derived terms
- amarant blanc
- amarant gràcil
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
amarant
- present participle of amarar
Further reading
- “amarant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amarant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “amarant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “amarant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamarant]
Noun
amarant m anim
- firefinch
Declension
Declension of amarant
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | amarant | amaranti |
genitive | amaranta | amarantů |
dative | amarantovi | amarantům |
accusative | amarantem | amaranty |
vocative | amarante | amaranti |
locative | amarantovi | amarantech |
instrumental | amarantem | amaranty |
Further reading
- amarant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- amarant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Latin
Verb
amārant
- third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of amō
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English amaranth. Possibly borrowed from German Amarant or French amarante, ultimately from Latin amarantus,[1][2] from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).[3] First attested in 1620.[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈma.rant/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -arant
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧rant
Noun
amarant m inan
- amaranth (any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus, especially Amaranthus cruentus) [from 17th c.][4]
- Hypernym: szarłat
- amaranth (colour) [from 18th c.][4]
- amarant:
- amaranth (dye)
Declension
Declension of amarant
singular | plural | |
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nominative | amarant | amaranty |
genitive | amarantu | amarantów |
dative | amarantowi | amarantom |
accusative | amarant | amaranty |
instrumental | amarantem | amarantami |
locative | amarancie | amarantach |
vocative | amarancie | amaranty |
Derived terms
adjective
- amarantowy
adverb
- amarantowo
noun
- amarantowate
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.08.2022), “AMARANT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- amarant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amarant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 29
- amarant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amarantus.
Noun
amarant m (plural amaranți)
- amaranth
Declension
Declension of amarant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) amarant | amarantul | (niște) amaranți | amaranții |
genitive/dative | (unui) amarant | amarantului | (unor) amaranți | amaranților |
vocative | amarantule | amaranților |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaràːnt/, /amaráːnt/
Noun
amarānt m inan
- amaranth
- Synonym: ščír
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | amaránt | ||
gen. sing. | amaránta | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) | amaránt | amaránta | amaránti |
genitive (rodȋlnik) | amaránta | amarántov | amarántov |
dative (dajȃlnik) | amarántu | amarántoma | amarántom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) | amaránt | amaránta | amaránte |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) | amarántu | amarántih | amarántih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | amarántom | amarántoma | amaránti |
Further reading
- “amarant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran