"-ant" meaning in English

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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, {{m|enm|-aunt}} -aunt, {{der|en|fro|-ant}} Old French -ant, {{der|en|la|-āns}} Latin -āns, {{inh|en|enm|-ant}} Middle English -ant, {{m|enm|-and}} -and, {{m|enm|-end}} -end, {{inh|en|ang|-ende|pos=present participle ending}} Old English -ende (present participle ending), {{l|en|-and}} -and 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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 16 10 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 70 16 11 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 17 13 3 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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