# tant
## English
### Etymology

Shortening.

### Noun

tant (plural tants)
* (slang, electronics) A tantalum capacitor.
** 2013, Michael J. Spinks, Microprocessor System Design: A Practical Introduction, page 32:Note that like 'tants' these are polarized and must be connected to the circuit the right way round, the lead marked 'H' to the positive side of the circuit; failure to do so can lead to a small explosion!

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tantus, tantum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈtan]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtant]
* Homophone: tan (Central)

### Adjective

tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)
* so much, as much
    Tinc tanta gana que me'n vaig a sopar.I am so hungry that I'm going to have dinner.(literally, “I have so much hunger”)
* so many, as many

#### Derived terms

* de tant en tant
* per tant
* tant de bo

### Adverb

tant
* so much, as much
* so long; such a long time

### Conjunction

tant
* (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

### Further reading

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

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

### Pronunciation

* (Belgium, France) IPA: /tɑ̃/
* (Canada) IPA: /tã/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Homophones: tan, tans, taon, temps

### Adverb

tant
* so much
* so many
* (in coordination with que) both ... and
** 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer:Cela dit, bien que la ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations réelles ne soit pas toujours fortuite, Fille de fer est une œuvre de fiction. J’ai pris de nombreuses libertés, tant avec l’histoire qu’avec la géographie — un exercice réjouissant pour une journaliste !That said, although similarities to real people or situations are not always coincidental, Fille de fer is a work of fiction. I have taken numerous liberties, both with history and with geography – a very gratifying exercise for a journalist!

#### Related terms

* autant
* en tant que
* pourtant
* si tant est que
* tant bien que mal
* tant et si bien que
* tant mieux
* tant pis
* tant que
* tant qu’il y a de la vie, il y a de l’espoir
* tant qu’on y est
* tant s’en faut
* tu m’en diras tant
* un tant soit peu

### Further reading

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

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin tantum.

### Adjective

tant
* so many, so much

#### Related terms

* cetant

## Hungarian
### Etymology

tan +‎ -t

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɒnt]
* Hyphenation: tant

### Noun

tant
* accusative singular of tan

## Middle French
### Etymology

Old French tant.

### Adverb

tant
* so (to such an extent)

#### Descendants

* French: tant

### References

* tant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French tant.

### Adverb

tant
* as much

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From tantum.

### Noun

tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)
* fantasy, rumor

### References

* “tant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

### Noun

tant m
* tooth

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: tant
** Dutch: tand

#### Further reading

* “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin tantus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtãnt/

### Adjective

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)
* so much, so many

#### Usage notes

Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:
    tantes personesso many people

#### Declension
### Adverb

tant
* so much; such

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taŋt/

### Adjective

tant
* so many, so much

### Pronoun

tant
* much

### Adverb

tant
* so many, so much

## Swedish
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tant/
* Audio (Gotland); “en tant”:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Noun

tant c
* (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt
* (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general.
* (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

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | tant | tants |
| singular | definite | tanten | tantens |
| plural | indefinite | tanter | tanters |
| plural | definite | tanterna | tanternas |

#### Hyponyms

* (aunt): faster, moster

#### Derived terms

* tantaktig (“old-fashioned, frumpy”)
* tantig (“old-fashioned, frumpy”)
* tantparkour (“senior parkour”)

#### See also

* gumma

### References

* tant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* natt

## Tocharian B
### Noun

tant
* power, dominion

## Vilamovian
### Etymology

From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.

### Noun

tant f
* aunt

#### Synonyms

* müm

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Irish téad.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tant/
* Rhymes: -ant

### Noun

tant m (plural tannau)
* string (musical instrument)

#### Derived terms

* tantio (“string”, verb)
* tennyn m (“lead, leash”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies