brant en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /bɹænt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).
Meanings
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(Canada, US) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?
1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Book I”, in The Song of Hiawatha:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brants | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| brant | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
brant-fox · brant goose · sea brant
Translations (19)
pl bernikla (wild geese of the genus Branta) · kl nerlernaq (wild geese of the genus Branta) · es barnacla (wild geese of the genus Branta) · de Meergans (wild geese of the genus Branta) · sv brantagås (wild geese of the genus Branta) · ru каза́рка (wild geese of the genus Branta) · bg черна гъска (wild geese of the genus Branta) · nl zeegans (wild geese of the genus Branta) · pt barnacle (wild geese of the genus Branta) · os казаркӕ (wild geese of the genus Branta) · izh lagla (wild geese of the genus Branta) · uk каза́рка (wild geese of the genus Branta) · is margæs (wild geese of the genus Branta) · cs berneška (wild geese of the genus Branta) · unm kak (wild geese of the genus Branta) · nl zwarte gans (wild geese of the genus Branta) · fr bernarche (wild geese of the genus Branta) · fi kirjohanhi (wild geese of the genus Branta) · pt bernaca (wild geese of the genus Branta)