"trant" meaning in English

See trant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɹænt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trants [plural], traunt [alternative]
Rhymes: -ænt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trant}} Middle English trant, {{der|en|dum|trant||a step}} Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), {{cog|nl|trant||style, manner fashion, mode}} Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), {{cog|sv|trant||a step}} Swedish trant (“a step”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trant (plural trants)
  1. A turn; trick; stratagem. Derived forms: tranty
    Sense id: en-trant-en-noun-FjIzW4XC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 24 21 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 34 16 10 3 3 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɹænt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trants [present, singular, third-person], tranting [participle, present], tranted [participle, past], tranted [past], traunt [alternative]
Rhymes: -ænt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tranten}} Middle English tranten, {{der|en|dum|tranten||to step, walk}} Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*trent-}} Proto-Germanic *trent-, {{cog|fy|trantsje||to step, step time; dance, jump}} West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”), {{cog|nl|drentelen||to saunter}} Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} trant (third-person singular simple present trants, present participle tranting, simple past and past participle tranted)
  1. (intransitive) To walk; go about. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-trant-en-verb-w4pgObcs Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 34 16 10 3 3 32
  2. (intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-trant-en-verb-YADl3FU2 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 34 16 10 3 3 32
  3. (intransitive) To turn; play a trick. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-trant-en-verb-78~gu9o2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tranter
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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