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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

  1. (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

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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)

brant en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /bɹænt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English brant, from Old English brant (“high, steep”), from Proto-West Germanic *brant, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz (“steep, towering”). Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Swedish brant).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) steep, precipitous.
    • Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. 1551, Roger Ascham, letter to Mr. Edward Raven:
  2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
    • Your bonnie brow was brent. 1828, Robert Burns, John Anderson:

Forms

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brent alternative lexicographic
more brant Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most brant Degree=Sup lexicographic