vanta

See also: vänta, Vanta, Vǟnta, vântă, and VANTA

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French vantard.

Noun

vanta

  1. braggart; boaster

References

Catalan

Verb

vanta

  1. only used in es vanta, third-person singular present indicative of vantar-se
  2. only used in vanta't, second-person singular imperative of vantar-se

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian vanitoso, French vaniteux

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvanta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: van‧ta

Adjective

vanta (accusative singular vantan, plural vantaj, accusative plural vantajn)

  1. frivolous
  2. conceited, vain

See also

Further reading

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vanta.

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: vantað, vænta, væntað

Verb

vanta (third person singular past indicative vantaði, third person plural past indicative vantað, supine vantað)

  1. to lack
  2. to want, need (be without, fall short)
    mær vantar
    I need

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanta (group v-30)
infinitive vanta
supine vantað
present past
first singular vanti vantaði
second singular vantar vantaði
third singular vantar vantaði
plural vanta vantaðu
participle (a6)1 vantandi vantaður
imperative
singular vanta!
plural vantið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

French

Verb

vanta

  1. third-person singular past historic of vanter

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta.

Verb

vanta

  1. (impersonal) to lack (usually translates "to need" or "to miss")
    Mig vantar einhvern að kenna mér. ― I need someone to teach me.
  2. to want (be without, fall short)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

vanta

  1. inflection of vantare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɑn.tɑ/

Verb

vanta (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vanta/vant)

  1. to lack
  2. be wrong with; have an issue

Synonyms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

    Verb

    vanta

    1. (impersonal) to cause to lack [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "lack, be lacking" with the accusative object as the subject)
      vantar vatni ― there is a lack of water

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of vanta — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
    infinitive vanta
    past participle vantaðr
    indicative subjunctive
    present past present past
    3rd-person singular vantar vantaði vanti vantaði

    Descendants

    • Icelandic: vanta
    • Faroese: vanta
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vanta, vante
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vante
    • Old Swedish: vanta
    • Old Danish: wantæ, vantæ
    • → Middle English: wanten

    Further reading

    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vanta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 471; also available at the Internet Archive

    Old Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

    Verb

    vanta

    1. to be lacking

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of vanta (weak)
    present past
    infinitive vanta —
    participle vantandi, -e vantaþer
    active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    iæk vantar vanti, -e — vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
    þū vantar vanti, -e vanta vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
    han vantar vanti, -e — vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
    vīr vantum, -om vantum, -om vantum, -om vantaþum, -om vantaþum, -om
    īr vantin vantin vantin vantaþin vantaþin
    þēr vanta vantin — vantaþu, -o vantaþin
    mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    iæk vantas vantis, -es — vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
    þū vantas vantis, -es — vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
    han vantas vantis, -es — vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
    vīr vantums, -oms vantums, -oms — vantaþums, -oms vantaþums, -oms
    īr vantins vantins — vantaþins vantaþins
    þēr vantas vantins — vantaþus, -os vantaþins

    Traveller Norwegian

    Etymology

    From German Wand through Rotwelsch, compare Kalo Finnish Romani vanti.

    Noun

    vanta

    1. wall

    Derived terms

    • vanta juar
    • vanta kambane

    References

    • “vanta” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
    • “vanta” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.
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