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English

Etymology

From Middle English constant, from Old French constant, from Latin constantem, accusative of constans, from constare (“to stand firm”). Displaced native Old English singal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?nt/

Adjective

constant (comparative more constant, superlative most constant)

1. Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
2. Consistently recurring over time; persistent.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:continuous
3. Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.

   • Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends.

   • His gifts, his constant courtship, nothing gained.

4. Firm; solid; not fluid.
   • 1660, Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical: Touching the Spring of the Air and their Effects

     If […] you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body.

5. (obsolete) Consistent; logical.
6. (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.

Synonyms

• (unchanged through time or space): nonchanging, unaltering, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:changeless

Translations

Noun

constant (plural constants)

1. That which is permanent or invariable.
2. (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion.
3. (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
4. (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.

Translations

Related terms

• constantly (adv)
• constancy (n)

See also

• (computing) literal

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin c?nst?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kons?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kuns?tan/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

constant (masculine and feminine plural constants)

1. constant

   Antonym: inconstant

Derived terms

• constantment
• inconstant

Related terms

• constància

Noun

constant f (plural constants)

1. constant

Further reading

• “constant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “constant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “constant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “constant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French constant, from Latin c?nst?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st?nt/, /?k?n.st?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?stant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

constant (comparative constanter, superlative constantst)

1. constant, invariable
2. constant, continuous, unceasing

Inflection

Derived terms

• constante
• constantheid

French

Etymology

From Latin constans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s.t??/
• Homophone: constants

Adjective

constant (feminine singular constante, masculine plural constants, feminine plural constantes)

1. constant

Derived terms

• constamment

Related terms

• constance

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

c?nstant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of c?nst?

Romanian

Etymology

From French constant, from Latin constans.

Adjective

constant m or n (feminine singular constant?, masculine plural constan?i, feminine and neuter plural constante)

1. constant

Declension

English

Etymology 1

From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song Stan by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker +? fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.

Alternative forms

• Stan

Pronunciation

• (UK, North America) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: st?n
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
   • 2011, Vanessa Spates, "Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:

     I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […]

   • 2013, "Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:

     I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.

   • 2013, Jake Folsom, "Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News, Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:

     Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

Hypernyms

• megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan

Hyponyms

• sasaeng (K-pop fandom)

Verb

stan (third-person singular simple present stans, present participle stanning, simple past and past participle stanned)

1. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from -stan

Alternative forms

• Stan, 'Stan, 'stan, -stan, -Stan

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: stän

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. One of the stans; any of the ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.

Further reading

• "Stan" fans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stan Twitter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *stan? (“lodging”). Compare Bulgarian ???? (stan, “camp”), Serbo-Croatian st?n (“apartment”); non-Slavic cognates include Romanian stân? and Greek ????? (stáni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan/

Noun

stan m (indefinite plural stane, definite singular stani, definite plural stanet)

1. shepherd's hut
2. herd of sheep or other livestock

Declension

Related terms

• tëbanë, bun

Derived terms

• stanar, stanore

References

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stan]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m

1. tent

Declension

Further reading

• stan in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• stan in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Middle English

Noun

stan (plural stanes or stan)

1. Alternative form of stone

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *st?n?.

Verb

st?n

1. to stand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• antst?n
• bist?n
• farst?n

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stâen
  • Dutch: staan
    • Afrikaans: staan
  • Limburgish: staon

Further reading

• “st?n”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?no-, *stih?-no- (a suffixed form of *steyh?- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old Frisian st?n, Old Frisian st?n, Old Dutch stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish sten, Swedish sten), Gothic ???????????????????????? (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ????? (stîon, “pebble”), Proto-Slavic *st?n?- (Bulgarian ????? (stena), Russian ?????? (stená), Czech st?na (“wall”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??n/

Noun

st?n m

1. stone

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: stan, stane, stayn, ston, stoan, stoon, stone
  • English: stone, styen (Northumbrian)
  • Scots: stane
  • Yola: sthoan

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• standan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *st?n?.

Verb

st?n

1. to stand

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle Low German: st?n
  • German Low German: stahn

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan/

Noun

stan m inan

1. state (of affairs), condition
2. state (political division of the United States)
3. (rare) state (sovereign polity)

Declension

Further reading

• stan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• stan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stan?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand, stay”), whence also st?ti (“to stand”), st?viti (“to set, place”), st?do (“herd”) and st?l (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâ?n/
• Rhymes: -â?n

Noun

st?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. flat, apartment
2. loom (tkàla?k? st?n)

Declension

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:stan.

Derived terms

• stàmben?
• stàn?r
  • s?stan?r
    • s?stan?rka

References

• “stan” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stan?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stá? (“to stand”), stavi? (“to set, place”), stádo (“herd”) and stôl (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stan/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m (genitive singular stanu, nominative plural stany, genitive plural stanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tent
2. (slang) erection, hard-on

Declension

Further reading

• stan in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Alternative forms

• sta'n

Etymology

Contraction of staden, definite singular of stad.

Noun

stan

1. (colloquial) the town, the city

   på stan

   downtown

Usage notes

• Stockholmers insist that stan always refers to Stockholm and no other cities. The phrase inte i stan (“not in the town”) to them means outside of Stockholm, but to other Swedes it means outside of any town, i.e. in the countryside.

Anagrams

• sant