hydrant

An irregular formation: hydr- +‎ -ant, originally US English. By surface analysis, hydrate +‎ -ant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹənt/

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hydrant (plural hydrants)

1. An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
   • 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Down Town Back-alleys”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 30:

     A horde of dirty children play about the dripping hydrant, the only thing in the alley that thinks enough of its chance to make the most of it: it is the best it can do.

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• → German: Hydrant
  • → French: hydrant, hydrante
  • → Italian: idrante

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “hydrant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪdrant]

hydrant m inan

1. hydrant

• See hydro-

• “hydrant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hydrant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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hydrant m (plural hydranten, diminutive hydrantje n)

1. hydrant, fire hydrant

   Synonym: brandkraan

• hydrante

Borrowed from German Hydrant, from American English hydrant.

IPA^(key): /i.dʁɑ̃/

hydrant m (plural hydrants)

1. (Switzerland, Louisiana, Missouri) hydrant, fire hydrant

   Synonym: borne d'incendie

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

Borrowed from American English hydrant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɘ.drant/

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• Rhymes: -ɘdrant
• Syllabification: hy‧drant

hydrant m inan

1. (firefighting) hydrant, fire hydrant (outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped)

• hydrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hydrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• hydrant in PWN's encyclopedia