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Yes. The word bant is a Scrabble US word. The word bant is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bant is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

BANT,

3-letter words (7 found)

ANT,BAN,BAT,NAB,NAT,TAB,TAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AN,AT,BA,NA,TA,

You can make 14 words from bant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bant

bant abnt bnat nbat anbt nabt batn abtn btan tban atbn tabn bnta nbta btna tbna ntba tnba antb natb atnb tanb ntab tnab

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Definitions and meaning of bant

bant

Etymology

Clipping of banter.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ænt

Noun

bant (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Clipping of banter.

See also

  • banting

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod, stick; barrier made of sticks, fence”). Cognate with German Wand, Dutch wand, Icelandic vendi.

Noun

bant f (plural bénte) (Sette Comuni)

  1. wall, partition
  2. twelve fathoms

Declension

References

  • “bant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Verb

bant

  1. inflection of bannen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • bana, banet

Verb

bant

  1. past participle of bane (Etymology 3)

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Band. First attested in 1394.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bant/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bant/

Noun

bant m animacy unattested

  1. ring in the rocker of doors used as a basic hinge
  2. rafter bolt

Descendants

  • Polish: bant

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bant”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bant/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈbant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: bant
  • Homophone: band

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bant, from German Band.

Alternative forms

  • banta

Noun

bant m inan

  1. (nautical) posted beam (wide cloth strip sewn onto sails to increase durability)
  2. (Middle Polish) rafter bolt
    Hypernym: belka
  3. (obsolete) ring, band
    Synonyms: obręcz, opaska
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bant f

  1. genitive plural of banta

References

Further reading

  • bant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bant”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Danuta Lankiewicz (17.06.2020) “*BANT, *BANTA, BANDA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[1]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[2]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 95
  • M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bant on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl
  • bant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Etymology 1

From i bant (“to (the) hollow/valley”).

Adverb

bant

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) away, off
    Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair
    He drove away / off, without saying a word
    Synonym: i ffwrdd
  2. (South Wales, colloquial) off (not in an operating state)
    Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?
    Is the computer off?
    Synonym: i ffwrdd
    Antonym: ymlaen
Derived terms
  • amser bant (“time away, time off”)
  • bant â hi (“slapdash”)
  • bant â'r cart (“off we go”)
  • diwrnod bant (“day away, day off”)

Mutation

As bant is already the soft mutation of pant, it cannot be further mutated.

Etymology 2

Noun

bant

  1. Soft mutation of pant.

Mutation


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