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. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Eye dialect spelling of want.

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vant m (plural vants)

1. wind

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Danish

Etymology

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably an obsolete past participle of vænne?”)

Adjective

vant

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, Johan Ludwig Heiberg, Nye fortaellinger af Forfatteren' til "En Hverdags-Historie", 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 fought with his own heart.

   • 2015, Christine Merrill, Lady Folbrokes bedårende bedrag, Förlaget 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 time intervals at a time in the usual places.

   • 2011, Kai Jorgensen, 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 would like to move away from the usual places, if that which they are to see sounds exciting enough.

Inflection

Inflection of vant
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	vant	mere vant	mest vant2
Indefinite neuter singular	vant	mere vant	mest vant2
Plural	vante	mere vant	mest vant2
Definite attributive1	vante	mere vant	mest 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.

Related terms

• vant til
• vænne

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French ventre (“belly, stomach”).

Noun

vant

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French ventre

Noun

vant

1. belly, stomach

Reference

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Middle Dutch

Verb

vant

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) first-person and third-person singular past indicative of vinden

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vant

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) simple past of vinne

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vant

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vanta

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French ventre

Noun

vant

1. belly, stomach

Reference

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Swedish

Noun

vant n

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