vanta

See also: vänta, Vanta, Vǟnta, vântă, and VANTA

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French vantard.

Noun

vanta

  1. braggart; boaster

Catalan

Verb

vanta

  1. only used in es vanta, third-person singular present indicative of vantar-se
  2. only used in vanta't, second-person singular imperative of vantar-se

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvanta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: van‧ta

Adjective

vanta (accusative singular vantan, plural vantaj, accusative plural vantajn)

  1. frivolous
  2. conceited, vain

See also

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vanta.

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: vantað, vænta, væntað

Verb

vanta (third person singular past indicative vantaði, third person plural past indicative vantað, supine vantað)

  1. to lack
  2. to want, need (be without, fall short)
    mær vantar
    I need

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine vantað
present past
first singular vanti vantaði
second singular vantar vantaði
third singular vantar vantaði
plural vanta vantaðu
participle (a6)1 vantandi vantaður
imperative
singular vanta!
plural vantið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

French

Verb

vanta

  1. third-person singular past historic of vanter

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta.

Verb

vanta

  1. (impersonal) to lack (usually translates "to need" or "to miss")
    Mig vantar einhvern að kenna mér.
    I need someone to teach me.
  2. to want (be without, fall short)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

vanta

  1. inflection of vantare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɑn.tɑ/

Verb

vanta (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vanta/vant)

  1. to lack
  2. be wrong with; have an issue

Synonyms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

vanta

  1. (impersonal) to cause to lack [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "lack, be lacking" with the accusative object as the subject)
    vantar vatnithere is a lack of water

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanta — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
infinitive vanta
past participle vantaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
3rd-person singular vantar vantaði vanti vantaði

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vanta
  • Faroese: vanta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vanta, vante
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vante
  • Old Swedish: vanta
  • Old Danish: vante
  • Middle English: wanten

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vanta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 471; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

vanta

  1. to be lacking

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanta (weak)
present past
infinitive vanta
participle vantandi, -e vantaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vantar vanti, -e vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
þū vantar vanti, -e vanta vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
han vantar vanti, -e vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
vīr vantum, -om vantum, -om vantum, -om vantaþum, -om vantaþum, -om
īr vantin vantin vantin vantaþin vantaþin
þēr vanta vantin vantaþu, -o vantaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vantas vantis, -es vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
þū vantas vantis, -es vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
han vantas vantis, -es vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
vīr vantums, -oms vantums, -oms vantaþums, -oms vantaþums, -oms
īr vantins vantins vantaþins vantaþins
þēr vantas vantins vantaþus, -os vantaþins

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

From German Wand.

Noun

vanta

  1. wall

Derived terms

  • vanta juar
  • vanta kambane

References

  • vanta” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
  • vanta” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.