tirant

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

tirant m (plural tirants)

  1. strap, stay
  2. (construction) stringer
  3. (usually in the plural) braces (UK), suspenders (US)
    Synonym: elàstics

Verb

tirant

  1. gerund of tirar

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ʁɑ̃/

Noun

tirant m (plural tirants)

  1. (nautical) draft, draught
  2. drawstring

Derived terms

Participle

tirant

  1. present participle of tirer

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

tirant

  1. Alternative form of tyraunt

Adjective

tirant

  1. Alternative form of tyraunt

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tyrannus, which gave the nominative singular form tirans, from which the oblique singular tirant was constructed, under the assumption the -s suffix had replaced -ts.

Noun

tirant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tirans, nominative singular tirans, nominative plural tirant)

  1. tyrant
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 5, column 1, line 7:
      car il voloit le felon tirant
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: tyrant
  • French: tyran
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