"-ant" meaning in English

See -ant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ant}} Middle English -ant, {{der|en|fro|-ant}} Old French -ant, {{der|en|la|-āns}} Latin -āns, {{inh|en|enm|-ant}} Middle English -ant, {{inh|en|ang|-ende|pos=present participle ending}} Old English -ende (present participle ending) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ant, {{en-suffix}} -ant
  1. (now sciences, chiefly medicine) The agent noun derived from verb. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Medicine, Sciences
    Sense id: en--ant-en-suffix-2OYW81dE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 15 9 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 10 10 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 17 7 7 8 8 16 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 15 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 15 7 7 7 7 14 3 7 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ant-en-suffix-bret4jyz
  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)". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ant-en-suffix-AAcUqbnC
  4. Alternative form of -and Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -and
    Sense id: en--ant-en-suffix-Q9Y~85EK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -ance
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