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5-letter words (1 found)

TANTO,

4-letter words (2 found)

NOTA,NOTT,

3-letter words (10 found)

ANT,ATT,NAT,NOT,OAT,TAN,TAO,TAT,TON,TOT,

2-letter words (7 found)

AN,AT,NA,NO,ON,TA,TO,

You can make 20 words from tanto according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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tanto atnto tnato ntato antto natto tatno attno ttano ttano attno tatno tntao nttao ttnao ttnao nttao tntao antto natto atnto tanto ntato tnato tanot atnot tnaot ntaot antot natot taont atont toant otant aotnt oatnt tnoat ntoat tonat otnat notat ontat anott naott aontt oantt noatt onatt taton atton ttaon ttaon atton taton taotn atotn toatn otatn aottn oattn ttoan ttoan totan ottan totan ottan atotn taotn aottn oattn toatn otatn tntoa nttoa ttnoa ttnoa nttoa tntoa tnota ntota tonta otnta notta ontta ttona ttona totna ottna totna ottna ntota tnota notta ontta tonta otnta antot natot atnot tanot ntaot tnaot anott naott aontt oantt noatt onatt atont taont aotnt oatnt toant otant ntoat tnoat notat ontat tonat otnat

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Definitions and meaning of tanto

tanto

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 短刀 (tantō たんとう), from Middle Chinese 短刀 (twán-taw, “dagger”) (compare Mandarin 短刀 (duǎndāo)), from 短 (tuɑnX, “short”) + 刀 (tɑu, “knife”).

Pronunciation

  • (Japanese dagger) IPA(key): /ˈtɑntoʊ/
  • (knife blade / style) IPA(key): /ˈtɑntoʊ/, /ˈtæntoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑntoʊ, (knife blade / style) -æntoʊ

Noun

tanto (plural tantos or tanto)

  1. A kind of Japanese dagger or knife.
    Synonym: tanto knife
  2. A knife blade shape/style comprising well-differentiated front and longitudinal edges, somewhat reminiscent of a chisel but with an angled front allowing for an acute-angle point.
Alternative forms
  • tantō
See also
  • Tantō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian tanto.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑntoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɑntəʊ/
  • Rhymes: (US) -ɑntoʊ

Adverb

tanto (not comparable)

  1. (music) So much; too much.
Derived terms

See also

  • pro tanto

Anagrams

  • Atton, natto

Asturian

Adjective

tanto

  1. neuter of tantu

Aukan

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tante. Compare Sranan Tongo tanta.

Noun

tanto

  1. aunt

Coordinate terms

  • omu

Basque

Noun

tanto inan

  1. dot

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtantʊ]

Adverb

tanto

  1. so much (to a large or excessive degree)

Usage notes

Tan is used with adjectives instead of tanto.

Pronoun

tanto

  1. so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)

Pronoun

tanto … coma

  1. as much as / as many as

References

  • “tanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “tanto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “tanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “tanto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “tanto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Adverb

tanto

  1. such

Adverb

tanto ... como

  1. such ... as

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtan.to/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: tàn‧to

Determiner

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tanti, feminine plural tante, superlative tantissimo)

  1. so much, so many
  2. much, many
  3. such
  4. significant

Pronoun

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tanti, feminine plural tante)

  1. much, many, a lot

Adverb

tanto

  1. so much
  2. very

Conjunction

tanto

  1. after all
  2. anyways

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • tonta

Latin

Adjective

tantō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tantus

References

  • tanto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tantôt.

Adverb

tanto

  1. later
  2. this evening

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • tãto (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
  • Hyphenation: tan‧to

Adverb

tanto (not comparable)

  1. so much (to a large or excessive degree)

Usage notes

  • tão is used with adjectives instead of tanto.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

Determiner

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)

  1. so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

Pronoun

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas)

  1. so much / so many (a large or excessive amount)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

Pronoun

tanto … quanto

  1. as much as / as many as

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

Noun

tanto m (plural tantos)

  1. an unspecified or irrelevant amount of something
  2. an amount equal to a previously specified amount

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanto.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indo-Portuguese: tanto
  • Kabuverdianu: tántu
  • Macanese: tanto
  • Kristang: tantu

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanto/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Syllabification: tan‧to

Determiner

tanto m sg (feminine singular tanta, masculine plural tantos, feminine plural tantas, superlative tantísimo)

  1. so much, as much, that much
  2. (in the plural) so many, as many, that many

Adverb

tanto

  1. so much, long, hard, often, etc.
  2. (un tanto) somewhat, to a certain extent

Noun

tanto m (plural tantos)

  1. copy
    Synonym: copia
  2. poker chip, counter
    Synonym: ficha
  3. point, goal (in a game)
    Synonyms: punto, gol
  4. (Latin America) portion
    Synonym: porción

Pronoun

tanto

  1. so much, so many

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “tanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “tanto” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay tentu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˈtoʔ/, [tɐnˈtoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧to

Adjective

tantô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. aware about; having come to realize or understand (something)
    Synonyms: batid, nababatid, alam, nalalaman, entendido, naiintindihan, nauunawaan
Derived terms

Noun

tantô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. knowledge; understanding (about something made aware to oneself)
    Synonyms: unawa, pagkaunawa, intindi, pagkaintindi, alam, pagkaalam
  2. act of understanding or realizing (of consequences of something, an occurrence, etc.)
    Synonyms: pag-unawa, pag-intindi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tanto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanto/, [ˈtan.to]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧to

Adverb

tanto (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. so; too; very
    Synonyms: lubha, masyado
  2. the more
Derived terms
  • tanto-porsiyento

Further reading

  • Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎[1], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 361

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