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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kant, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *?m?tóm.

Numeral

kant

1. hundred

Mutation

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed through German from French cant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (“ring, wheel”).

Noun

kant c (singular definite kanten, plural indefinite kanter)

1. edge, border

Declension

Derived terms

• yderkant

Related terms

• kantet
• kantsten

References

• “kant” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/
• Hyphenation: kant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cant, from Old Northern French cant.

Noun

kant m (plural kanten, diminutive kantje n)

1. side, face (of an object)

   Synonym: zijde

2. side (as opposed to top or bottom)

   Synonym: zij

3. way, direction

   Synonym: richting

4. lace (textile pattern)

Derived terms

• binnenkant
• bovenkant
• buitenkant
• koude kant
• linkerkant
• onderkant
• rechterkant
• vierkant
• voorkant

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kant

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kanten
2. imperative of kanten

Anagrams

• tank

Gothic

Romanization

kant

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hungarian

Etymology

kan +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?nt]
• Hyphenation: kant

Noun

kant

1. accusative singular of kan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cantus (“corner, side”), via Middle Low German or German Low German

Noun

kant m (definite singular kanten, indefinite plural kanter, definite plural kantene)

1. edge, border, rim

Derived terms

References

• “kant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cantus (“corner, side”), via Italian canto and Old French cant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/

Noun

kant m (definite singular kanten, indefinite plural kantar, definite plural kantane)

1. an edge, a border

   Ikkje gå for nær kanten.

   Don't go too near the edge.

2. an area

   På den kanten av byen er det mykje bråk.

   There is a lot of trouble in that part of town.

3. a direction

   Vinden kjem oftast frå den kanten.

   The wind most often blows from that direction.

på alle kantar

1. everywhere, all over

Derived terms

References

• “kant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Low German kant (“edge, corner”), Pomeranian form of southern Low German kante, from French cant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (“ring, wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kant/

Noun

kant m inan

1. edge
2. crease in fabric, e.g. on trousers
3. (colloquial) an instance of cheating in a game

Usage notes

Sense #1 is used for edges which are well defined but dull (cannot cut anything), such as the edge of a table. Compare kraw?d?, ostrze.

Declension

Derived terms

• kanciasty
• kanciaty
• kantowa?

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed through German from French cant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (“ring, wheel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kant c

1. an edge; border; brim.
2. (mathematics) a boundary or edge.

Declension

Synonyms

• rand (mathematics)
• bryn (edge of a forest)

See also

• hålla sig på sin kant
• komma på kant med någon

Anagrams

• tank

English

Etymology

empiric +? -ism

Noun

empiricism (countable and uncountable, plural empiricisms)

1. A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
   • 1885, Gerard F. Cobb, "Musical Psychics," Proceedings of the Musical Association, 11th Session, p. 119:

     Our whole life in some of its highest and most important aspects is simply empiricism. Empiricism is only another word for experience.

   • 1951, Albert Einstein, letter to Maurice Solovine (Jan. 1), in Letters to Solovine:

     I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality.... Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.

   • 2001, Mark Zimmermann, "The Stillness of Painting: Robert Kingston and His Contemporaries," PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, vol. 23, no. 3 (Sep), p. 71:

     Painting needs no explanation or apology. This most religious of art forms belies the pathetic empiricisms of contemporary discussions.

2. (philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
   • 1893, James Seth, "The Truth of Empiricism." The Philosophical Review, vol. 2, no. 5 (Sep.), p. 552:

     Empiricism teaches us that we are unceasingly and intimately in contact with a full, living, breathing Reality, that experience is a constant communion with the real.

   • 1950, Virgil Hinshaw, Jr., "Review of Socratic Method and Critical Philosophy, Selected Essays by Leonard Nelson," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 11, no. 2 (Dec.), p. 285:

     He agrees with Kant that Hume's empiricism is refuted de facto by the example of mathematics, whose judgments are synthetic a priori.

   • 1958, Ernest A. Moody, "Empiricism and Metaphysics in Medieval Philosophy," The Philosophical Review, vol. 67, no. 2 (Apr.), p. 151:

     Empiricism is the doctrine that human knowledge is grounded on the kind of experience, mostly achieved through the five senses, whose objects are particular events occurring at particular times and in particular places.

3. (medicine, dated) A practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; the method or practice of an empiric.
   • 1990, Alison Klairmont Lingo, "Review of Professional and Popular Medicine in France, 1770-1830 by Matthew Ramsey," Journal of Social History, vol. 23, no. 3 (Spring), p. 607:

     Even at the height of its popularity, medical empiricism was the creature of a most unforgiving free market economy. Successful practioners seduced crowds as well as public officials.

Synonyms

• (medical practice founded on experience): charlatanry, quackery

Related terms

• empirical
• empiricist

Translations

See also

• rationalism

References

• "empiricism" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.
• "empiricism" in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
• "empiricism" in Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., at Bartleby.com.
• "empiricism" by F. P. Siegfried, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1911.
• Notes: