vant

See also: vânt and vänt

English

Verb

vant (third-person singular simple present vants, present participle vanting, simple past and past participle vanted)

1. Pronunciation spelling of want.
   • 1890, John Habberton, All He Knew‎^[1]:

     "Come, now, deacon," said the shopkeeper, abruptly dropping the cat, "you can turn up your nose at my ideas all you vant, but you mustn't turn it up at my shurch.

   • 1922, Various, Best Short Stories‎^[2]:

     "Ay vant to get married," blushed Pete, who is by way of being a Scandinavian.

   • 1992 January 17, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Sex and Drugs and Death and Writing”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     His boss, A.J. Cohen, is livid: "You vant I should spit right in your face!?

See also

• vant-courier

Antillean Creole

Etymology 1

From French ventre.

Noun

vant

1. belly; stomach

   Synonym: bouden

References

• Frank, David B., editor (2020), “vant”, in Kwéyòl Dictionary‎^[4], Dallas: SIL International
• Tourneux, Henry; Barbotin, Maurice (1990), Dictionnaire pratique du créole de Guadeloupe [Practical Dictionary of Guadeloupean Creole], Paris: Karthala and A.C.C.T., →ISBN, page 413
• Pinalie, Pierre (2009), Dictionnaire élémentaire français-créole [Elementary French-Creole Dictionary], Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 310
• Barbotin, Maurice (1995), Dictionnaire du créole de Marie-Galante [Dictionary of Marie-Galante Creole], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 220

Etymology 2

From French vente.

Noun

vant

1. sale

Alternative forms

• lavant

Related terms

• vann

References

• Frank, David B., editor (2020), “vant”, in Kwéyòl Dictionary‎^[5], Dallas: SIL International
• Pinalie, Pierre (2009), Dictionnaire élémentaire français-créole [Elementary French-Creole Dictionary], Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 310
• Barbotin, Maurice (1995), Dictionnaire du créole de Marie-Galante [Dictionary of Marie-Galante Creole], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 220

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vant m (plural vants)

1. wind

Danish

Etymology

Obsolete past participle of vænne (“to accustom”). Mixed with neuter of (dated) adjective van (“(which one) takes pleasure in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋanˀd̥]

Adjective

vant (neuter vant, plural and definite singular attributive vante)

1. usual, familiar

   Drengen føler sig tryg i vante omgivelser.

   The boy feels secure in a familiar environment.

   • 1873, Fr. Hammerich, De episk-kristelige Oldkvad hos de gotiske Folk, page 167:

     De vante steder til gudsdyrkelse kunde de lade dem beholde, de vante

     They could let them keep the usual places of worship, the usual ones

   • 1839, Thomasine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, Nye fortællinger af Forfatteren' til "En Hverdags-Historie" (ed. Johan Ludwig Heiberg), C.A. Reitzel, page 89

     I flere Dage blev han denne Beslutning tro, og den unge Pige, hvis Hjerte allerede hang ved denne sin første Kjærlighed, vandrede, forgjæves speidende, omkring de vante Steder, uden at ane den Kamp, som den utaknemmelige Elsker maatte stride med sit eget Hjerte.

     For several days, he stuck to this decision, and the young girl, whose heart already drooped at this its first love, wandered, looking in vain, around the usual places, not knowing the struggle which the ungrateful lover had to fight with his own heart.

   • 2015, Christine Merrill, Lady Folbrokes bedårende bedrag, Forlaget Harlequin AB, →ISBN:

     Jeg kan klare mig uden at vække opsigt i kortere tidsrum ad gangen på vante steder.

     I can make it without attracting attention for short time intervals at a time in usual places.

   • 2011, Kai Jørgensen, At Starte Som en Kat Må Give Mindst 9 Liv, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 184:

     Folk vil gerne bevæge sig væk fra de vante steder, hvis det, de skal se, lyder spændende nok.

     People are willing to move away from the usual places, if that which they are to see sounds exciting enough.

Inflection

Inflection of vant

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	vant	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	vant	—	—2
plural	vante	—	—2
definite attributive1	vante	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• sædvanlig
• vanlig

Derived terms

• uvant
• hjemmevant
• husvant
• medievant
• rejsevant
• scenevant

References

• “vant,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ventre (“belly, stomach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vãt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vant

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach

   Synonym: pans

Derived terms

• vant mennen

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[6], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 198

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French ventre.

Noun

vant

1. belly, stomach

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 330
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 1066

Middle Dutch

Verb

vant

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of vinden

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvant/, /ˈfant/

Verb

vant

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of vinden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the obsolete past participle of venne.

Adjective

vant (indefinite singular vant, definite singular and plural vante)

1. accustomed, used (til / to)
2. customary, usual (place, pattern, way, etc.)
3. experienced
   • 2016, Arnfinn Forness, Død i kort kjole: Braze Blade 2‎^[7], Chayka Förlag, →ISBN:

     Den notoriske forbryteren bøyde seg ned og plukket opp våpenet. Vante hender vippet ut tønnen. Det var fire skudd i magasinet.

     The notorious criminal bent down and picked up the weapon. Experienced hands swung out the cylinder. There were four rounds in the magazine.

Derived terms

• verdensvant

Etymology 2

Verb

vant

1. simple past of vinne

References

• “vant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vant_1” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Dutch want.

Noun

vant n (definite singular vantet, indefinite plural vant, definite plural vanta)

1. (nautical) shroud
2. edge of a playing field, pitch or board

Etymology 2

Noun

vant m (definite singular vanten, uncountable)

1. (uncountable, rare) a want, lack

   Synonyms: mangel, skort

Verb

vant

1. imperative of vanta

Etymology 3

Adjective

vant (indefinite singular vant, definite singular and plural vante)

1. neuter singular of vand
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of vand

Participle

vant (definite singular and plural vante)

1. neuter singular of vand
2. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of venja

Verb

vant

1. supine of venja

Etymology 4

Adjective

vant

1. neuter singular of van

References

• “vant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• vatn

Old Norse

Adjective

vant

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of vanr

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaŋt/

Noun

vant m (plural vant)

1. boast, brag

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French ventre.

Noun

vant

1. belly, stomach

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Dutch want (“rigging”).

Noun

vant n

1. (nautical) shroud: a rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways

Declension

Declension of vant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vant	vants
	definite	vantet	vantets
plural	indefinite	vant	vants
	definite	vanten	vantens

Declension of vant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vant	vants
	definite	vantet	vantets
plural	indefinite	vanter	vanters
	definite	vanterna	vanternas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vant

1. indefinite neuter singular of van

Verb

vant

1. supine of vänja

Further reading

• “vant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• vant in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• vant in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)