different between precedent vs galant

English

Alternative forms

• præcedent (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French, from Latin praec?d?ns, present participle of praec?dere (“to precede”); See precede.

Pronunciation

Adjective:

• IPA^(key): /p???si?.d?nt/

Noun:

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: pr?s??-d?nt, IPA^(key): /?p??s.?.d?nt/
• (General Australian, Ireland) IPA^(key): /?p?i?.s?.d?nt/, /?p??s-/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?p?es.?.d?nt/, /?p?i?-/, /?p??s-/

Noun

precedent (plural precedents)

1. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.

2. (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
3. An established habit or custom.
4. (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
   • , New York 2001, p.74:

     A third argument may be derived from the precedent.

5. The previous version.
6. (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Coordinate terms

• (a case used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent one): case law

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

precedent (not comparable)

1. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding. [from 14th c.]
2. (now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing. [from 15th c.]

Translations

Verb

precedent (third-person singular simple present precedents, present participle precedenting, simple past and past participle precedented)

1. (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
2. (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.

See also

• stare decisis

Anagrams

• precented

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin praec?d?ns.

Adjective

precedent (masculine and feminine plural precedents)

1. previous, preceding

Noun

precedent m (plural precedents)

1. precedent

Related terms

• precedència
• precedir

Further reading

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

Czech

Noun

precedent m

1. precedent (past act used as example)

Synonyms

• precedens

Related terms

• See cese

Further reading

• precedent in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• precedent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French precedent. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pre?.se??d?nt/, /?pre?.s??d?nt/
• Hyphenation: pre?ce?dent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

precedent n (plural precedenten)

1. precedent

Derived terms

• precedentwerking

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praec?d?ns. Compare Middle French preceder.

Adjective

precedent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular precedent or precedente)

1. preceding; that comes before

Romanian

Etymology

From French précédent.

Noun

precedent n (plural preceden?i)

1. precedent

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

From French galant.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???lant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /???lan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?lant/

Adjective

galant (feminine galanta, masculine plural galants, feminine plural galantes)

1. gallant, charming, flirtatious
2. (colloquial) remarkable, excellent

Usage notes

In the sense of "excellent", galant precedes the noun it modifies, e.g.

Derived terms

• galà
• galantejar
• galanteria

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. gallant
2. male lead, hero

Further reading

• “galant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Present participle of Old French galer, from Frankish *wala (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(h?)- (“to choose, wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.l??/

Verb

galant

1. present participle of galer

Adjective

galant (feminine singular galante, masculine plural galants, feminine plural galantes)

1. gallant, courteous, gentlemanly
2. flirtatious, amorous; racy

Derived terms

• femme galante
• rendez-vous galant

Descendants

• ? Catalan: galant, galà

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. (archaic or humorous) suitor, admirer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• glanât

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. lover

German

Etymology

From French galant.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

galant (comparative galanter, superlative am galantesten)

1. gallant

Declension

Further reading

• “galant” in Duden online

Norman

Etymology

From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. (Jersey) boyfriend

Old French

Verb

galant

1. present participle of galer

Adjective

galant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular galant or galante)

1. brave; noble; chivalrous

Romanian

Etymology

From French galant.

Adjective

galant m or n (feminine singular galant?, masculine plural galan?i, feminine and neuter plural galante)

1. gallant

Declension