Meanings
trant1
present singular third person trants · participle present tranting · participle past tranted · past tranted · alternative traunt
trant2
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Origin
trant · verb
- Proto-Germanic*trent-
- Middle Dutchtranten“to step, walk”
- Middle Englishtranten
- Englishtrant
From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”). Compare also Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”).
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- Middle Dutchtrant“a step”
- Middle Englishtrant
- Englishtrant
From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”). Cognate with Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), Swedish trant (“a step”).
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trant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trant
“trant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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