different between besant vs bezant

English

Noun

besant (plural besants)

1. Alternative form of bezant

Anagrams

• Basnet, Batens, abnets, absent, basnet

Catalan

Verb

besant

1. present participle of besar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.z??/
• Homophones: besants, bezant, bezants

Noun

besant m (plural besants)

1. bezant (coin)
2. (heraldry) bezant or plate

Further reading

• “besant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• bezaunt (obsolete)
• byzant

Etymology

From Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?z?nt/

Noun

bezant (plural bezants)

1. (historical) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
2. (heraldry) The heraldic representation of a gold coin.

Translations

Anagrams

• batzen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch besant, from Old French bezant, from Latin byzantius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??z?nt/
• Hyphenation: be?zant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

bezant m (plural bezanten, diminutive bezantje n)

1. bezant (coin)
2. (heraldry) bezant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.z??/
• Homophones: besant, besants, bezants

Noun

bezant m (plural bezants)

1. bezant (coin)

Further reading

• “bezant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

bezant m (oblique plural bezanz or bezantz, nominative singular bezanz or bezantz, nominative plural bezant)

1. bezant (coin)