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Definitions and meaning of lant

lant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lænt/, /lɑːnt/

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier land (“urine”), from Middle English *land (“urine”), from Old English hland (“urine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate with Icelandic hland (“urine”), Norwegian Nynorsk land (“urine”).

Noun

lant (uncountable)

1. Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.

   Synonym: sig

Translations

Verb

lant (third-person singular simple present lants, present participle lanting, simple past and past participle lanted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lant (uncountable)

1. (UK, dialect, Northern England) Obsolete form of lanterloo. (the card game)

Etymology 3

Compare lance.

Noun

lant (plural lants)

1. Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).

Synonyms

• launce
• sand eel
• sand lance

References

• “lant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Nat'l, natl.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• lånt (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognate with German Land, English land.

Noun

lant n (plural lèntar) (Sette Comuni)

1. land
2. country, nation

Declension

References

• “lant” 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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃/

Noun

lant m (plural lants)

1. (zoology) zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

   Synonym: zébu

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Germanic language, possibly via Bavarian. Attested around 1405. Compare Middle High German lute, Early New High German laut, German Laute, from Old French leüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood, lute”, literally “the wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒnt]
• Hyphenation: lant

Noun

lant (plural lantok)

1. (music) lute

   Synonyms: koboz, líra

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• lant in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lant.

Noun

lant n

1. (dry) land
2. (piece of) land
3. country, region
4. ground, earth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: land, (obsolete) landt, lant
  • Afrikaans: land
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
  • Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
  • → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)
• Limburgish: landj
• Zealandic: land

Further reading

• “lant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈlant/

Noun

lant n

1. land

   schœniu lant, rîch unde hêre ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. country

Declension

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Land, Lånd

  Swabian: Lahnd

• Bavarian: Lånd

  Cimbrian: lant, lånt (Luserna)

• Central Franconian: Land, Lannt

  Hunsrik: Land

  Luxembourgish: Land

• German: Land (see there for further descendants)
• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Lond

  Pennsylvania German: Land, Lond

• Vilamovian: łaond
• Yiddish: לאַנד (land)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “lant”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *land.

Noun

lant n

1. land (as opposed to water)
2. land, terrain
3. territory

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: lant
  • Dutch: land, (obsolete) landt, lant
    • Afrikaans: land
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
    • Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
    • → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)
  • Limburgish: landj
  • Zealandic: land

Further reading

• “lant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *land.

Compare Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old Dutch lant, Old English land, lond, Old Norse land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lant/

Noun

lant n

1. land
2. country

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: lant
  • Alemannic German: Land, Lånd

    Swabian: Lahnd

  • Bavarian: Lånd

    Cimbrian: lant, lånt (Luserna)

  • Central Franconian: Land, Lannt

    Hunsrik: Land

    Luxembourgish: Land

  • German: Land (see there for further descendants)
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Lond

    Pennsylvania German: Land, Lond

  • Vilamovian: łaond
  • Yiddish: לאַנד (land)

Source: wiktionary.org