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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tant

1. so much
2. so many

• autant
• en tant que
• pourtant

• “tant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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 Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

tant m

1. tooth

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: tant
  • Dutch: tand

• “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Latin tantus, tantum.

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

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 online.

tant

1. power, dominion

tant f

1. aunt

• müm

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

tant m (plural tannau)

1. string (musical instrument)