English Explanatory Dictionary

-ant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. The agent noun derived from verb.
  2. An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".
  3. An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
  4. Alternative form of -and.

Pronunciation

ənt /ənt/ ĕnt /enʈ/ [ë̞ɳʈ]

Word forms

-ant

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant From Middle English -ant, -aunt, partly from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing Middle English -ant, a variant of -and, -end, from Old English -ende (present participle ending), see -and.

Related words

-ance
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