tant

Clipping of tantalum capacitor.

tant (plural tants)

1. (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!

Inherited from Latin tantus, tantum.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtant]
• Homophone: tan (Central)

tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)

1. 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”)

2. so many, as many

• de tant en tant
• per tant
• tant de bo

tant

1. so much, as much
2. so long; such a long time

tant

1. (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

• “tant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /tã/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Homophones: tan, tans, taon, temps

tant

1. so much
2. so many
3. (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!

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

From Latin tantum.

tant

1. so many, so much

• cetant

tan +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒnt]
• Hyphenation: tant

tant

1. accusative singular of tan

Old French tant.

tant

1. so (to such an extent)

• French: tant

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

From Old French tant.

tant

1. as much

From tantum.

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

1. fantasy, rumor

• “tant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

tant m

1. tooth

• Middle Dutch: tant
  • Dutch: tand

• “tant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Latin tantus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtãnt/

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

1. so much, so many

Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:

tantes persones

so many people

tant

1. so much; such

• IPA^(key): /taŋt/

tant

1. so many, so much

tant

1. much

tant

1. so many, so much

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.

• IPA^(key): /tant/

• Audio (Gotland); “en tant”:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ant

tant c

1. (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt
2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general.
3. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like)
   1. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a woman in general

• (aunt): faster, moster

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

• gumma

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

• natt

tant

1. power, dominion

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

tant f

1. aunt

• müm

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

• IPA^(key): /tant/
• Rhymes: -ant

tant m (plural tannau, diminutive tennyn)

1. string (musical instrument)

• tannau'r llais (“vocal cords”)
• tantio (“to string”)
• taro tant (“to strike a chord”)
• tennyn (“lead, leash”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tant”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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