jante

From Vulgar Latin *cambita, borrowed from a Transalpine Gaulish cambita, a derivative of Gaulish cambo (“curve”). Perhaps related to Late Latin gamba.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃t/

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jante f (plural jantes)

1. rim (of a wheel), wheelrim
2. (loosely) wheel (of a bike, without the tire)

• déjanter

• → Hijazi Arabic: جَنْط (janṭ)
• → Portuguese: jante
• → Romanian: jantă
• → Spanish: llanta
  • → Catalan: llanta
• → Turkish: jant

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

jante

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of jantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: jan‧te

Borrowed from French jante. Compare Spanish llanta, from the same source.

jante f (plural jantes)

1. wheelrim

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

jante

1. inflection of jantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “jante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒante]

jante f

1. inflection of jantă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

jante c

1. (colloquial) Law of Jante

   Synonym: jantelag

   Det där känns jante

   That feels like the Law of Jante

Sometimes used more like an adjective, like in the example.