bastant

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

bastant m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastants)

  1. enough, sufficient

Adverb

bastant

  1. enough, sufficiently

Etymology 2

Verb

bastant

  1. gerund of bastar

Norman

Etymology

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

Adjective

bastant m

  1. (Jersey) adequate

Swedish

Etymology

From a Romance language.

Adjective

bastant (comparative bastantare, superlative bastantast)

  1. big and sturdy
  2. (by extension) burly, stocky
    en bastant skogshuggare
    a burly lumberjack
  3. (by extension, of for example a meal) big, hearty

Usage notes

Similar varying sense extensions as could be expected from sturdy in English.

Declension

Inflection of bastant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bastant bastantare bastantast
neuter singular bastant bastantare bastantast
plural bastanta bastantare bastantast
masculine plural2 bastante bastantare bastantast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bastante bastantare bastantaste
all bastanta bastantare bastantaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.