trant
English
Alternative forms
- traunt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹænt/
Audio (UK) (file) - 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)
- (intransitive) To walk; go about.
- (intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
- (intransitive) To turn; play a trick.
Derived terms
- tranter
Etymology 2
From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”). Cognate with Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), Swedish trant (“a step”).
Noun
trant (plural trants)
- A turn; trick; stratagem.
Derived terms
- tranty
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
trant m (uncountable)
- manner
Derived terms
- in de trant van
Haitian Creole
Numeral
trant
- thirty
Middle English
Alternative forms
- trante, traunt
Etymology
From Middle Dutch trant, from tranten (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trant/
Noun
trant (plural trantes) (Late Middle English)
- A stratagem, trick or trant; an act of cleverness.
- Cleverness, trickiness; a tendency to be tricky.
Descendants
- English: trant
- ⇒ Scots: tranty
References
- “trant(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.
Old Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ.[1]
Noun
trant
- drone (male bee)
References
- “trǫtъ”, in Derksen - Slavic Inherited Lexicon, ordbog.oesteuropastudier.dk, accessed 2 March 2018
Westrobothnian
Noun
trant m
- little boy
Synonyms
- gwadd
- mobb
- wåbb
- wabb
Verb
trant
- run, walk a little (of children)