# amarant
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæməɹænt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈæməˌɹænt/
* Hyphenation: am‧a‧rant

### Noun

amarant (plural amarants)
* Obsolete form of amaranth.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 351–357:With ſolemn adoration down they [the angels] caſt Thir Crowns inwove with Amarant and Gold; Immortal Amarant, a Flour which once In Paradiſe, faſt by the Tree of Life Began to bloom, but ſoon for mans offence To Heav'n remov'd where firſt it grew, there grows, And flours aloft ſhading the Fount of Life, […]
** 1760, [James] Scott, Heaven: A Vision, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, printer to the University, for W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 8:Thouſands of flow'rs their ſilken webs unfold, / Amarants, immortal amarants ariſe, / Theſe beaming bright with vegetable gold, / And theſe with azure, theſe with Tyrian dyes; […]
** 1989, Heinz Brücher, “Farinaceous Plants”, in Useful Plants of Neotropical Origin and Their Wild Relatives, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, section 1 (Amaranthus spp.), page 54:Such vegetable amarants have a fair content of protein and are rich in Vitamins A and C, as well as in minerals; but they contain also slight amounts of anti-nutritional factors, especially oxalates and nitrates. These leaf-producing amarants are adapted to many different ecological environments.

### Anagrams

* Namrata

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.məˈɾan]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.məˈɾant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.maˈɾant]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).

#### Noun

amarant m (plural amarants)
* amaranth (herb of the genus Amaranthus)

##### Derived terms

* amarant blanc
* amarant gràcil

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

amarant
* gerund of amarar

### Further reading

* “amarant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “amarant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “amarant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “amarant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈamarant]

### Noun

amarant m inan
* amaranth
* purpleheart

#### Declension
### Noun

amarant m anim
* firefinch

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “amarant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “amarant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “amarant”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

amarant m (plural amaranten, diminutive amarantje n)
* amaranth, plant of genus Amaranthus
    Hypernym: amarantenfamilie

#### Derived terms

* Afrikaanse amarant
* amarantenfamilie
* Argentijnse amarant
* driekleurige amarant
* groene amarant
* kattenstaartamarant
* nerfamarant
* oeveramarant
* smalle amarant
* witte amarant

### Further reading

* amarant on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Latin
### Verb

amārant
* third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of amō

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English amaranth. Possibly borrowed from German Amarant or French amarante, ultimately from Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos). First attested in 1620.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈma.rant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arant
* Syllabification: a‧ma‧rant

### Noun

amarant m inan
* amaranth (any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus, especially Amaranthus cruentus) [from 17th c.]
    Hypernym: szarłat
* amaranth (colour) [from 18th c.]
    amarant:
* amaranth (dye)

#### Derived terms

* amarantowy
* amarantowo
* amarantowate

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amarant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amarant”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* 1 2 3 Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.08.2022) “AMARANT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

### Further reading

* amarant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* amarant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 29
* amarant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amarantus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.maˈrant/
* Rhymes: -ant

### Noun

amarant m (plural amaranți)
* amaranth

#### Declension
### Further reading

* amarant in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amaràːnt/, /amaráːnt/

### Noun

amarānt m inan
* amaranth
    Synonym: ščír

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “amarant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “amarant”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references