# aberrant
## English
### Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US, Canada) IPA: /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/
** Audio (Canada):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

### Adjective

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
* Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]
    Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
    Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
* (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
    Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
    Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
* (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
    Antonym: continuous
** 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

#### Derived terms

* aberrance
* aberrancy
* aberrant conduction
* aberrantly
* aberrant salience
* aberration
* aberrational
* nonaberrant

#### Translations

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### Noun

aberrant (plural aberrants)
* A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
* (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
** 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87:Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

#### Synonyms

* (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
* (thing deviating from the natural type):

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Aberrant at Dictionary.com
* ↑ “aberrant” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
* 1 2 3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aberrant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aberrantem, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βəˈran]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.bəˈrant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.beˈrant]

#### Adjective

aberrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)
* aberrant
* (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)

##### Related terms

* aberració
* aberrància

#### Further reading

* “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aberrant
* gerund of aberrar

## French
### Etymology

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/ ~ /a.be.ʁɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

aberrant (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)
* aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
* (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules

#### Related terms

* aberrer

### Further reading

* “aberrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Adjective

aberrant (strong nominative masculine singular aberranter, comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)
* aberrant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “aberrant” in Duden online
* “aberrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]

### Verb

aberrant
* third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.
The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abəˈrant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant
* Hyphenation: ab‧err‧ant

### Adjective

aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)
* (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
** 2007 November 15, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening‎$^{[tidsskriftet.no]}$:aberrant lymfedrenasje og lymfeknutespredning kan forekommeaberrant lymphatic drainage and lymph node spread may occur

### Noun

aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)
* (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)

### References

* “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon