"tant" meaning in Swedish

See tant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tant/ Audio: Sv-tant.ogg
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|fr|tante}} French tante, {{der|sv|fro|ante}} Old French ante, {{der|sv|la|amita}} Latin amita, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*amma-}} Proto-Indo-European *amma-, {{onomatopoeic|sv|title=baby-word}} baby-word Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} tant c, {{sv-noun|c}} tant c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tant [indefinite, nominative, singular], tants [genitive, indefinite, singular], tanten [definite, nominative, singular], tantens [definite, genitive, singular], tanter [indefinite, nominative, plural], tanters [genitive, indefinite, plural], tanterna [definite, nominative, plural], tanternas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt Tags: common-gender, dated Hyponyms (aunt): faster, moster
    Sense id: en-tant-sv-noun-MjoFUWzl Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish onomatopoeias, Family Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 1 0 1 25 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 28 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 26 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 27 13 13 Disambiguation of Swedish onomatopoeias: 32 24 22 22 Disambiguation of Family: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'aunt': 96 1 1 1
  2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general. Tags: common-gender, dated
    Sense id: en-tant-sv-noun-E4ITod4n Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 1 0 1 25 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 28 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 26 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 27 13 13 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 25 32 20 23
  3. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-tant-sv-noun-0MgdPiyL Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 1 0 1 25 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 28 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 26 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 27 13 13
  4. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like)
    a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a woman in general
    Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-tant-sv-noun-u9pkrJFE Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 1 0 1 25 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 28 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 1 26 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 12 27 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tantaktig (english: old-fashioned, frumpy), tantig (english: old-fashioned, frumpy), tantparkour (english: senior parkour) Related terms: gumma

Inflected forms

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      "english": "old-fashioned, frumpy",
      "word": "tantig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "senior parkour",
      "word": "tantparkour"
    }
  ],
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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}
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    },
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      "english": "old-fashioned, frumpy",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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}

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