different between quanta vs quant

English

Noun

quanta

1. plural of quantum

Antonyms

• qualia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kwan.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kwan.ta/

Adjective

quanta

1. feminine singular of quant

French

Noun

quanta m

1. plural of quantum

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian quanto, Spanish cuánto, ultimately from Latin quantus. In length also from English quantity, French quantité, German Quantität.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwan.ta/

Pronoun

quanta

1. (interrogative pronoun) how much, how many

Derived terms

• quantafoye (“how many times”)
• quante (“how much, how many”)
• quanto (“quantity, amount”)
• quantope (“by how much”)
• quanteso (“quantity”)
  • quantesala (“quantitative”)
• quantima (“based on a number”)

See also

• qua (“who (person)”)
  • quo (“what (thing)”)
  • qui (“who (plural)”)
  • pro quo (“why”)
• ube (“where”)
• kande (“when”)
• quala (“what kind of”)
  • quale (“how”)

Italian

Adjective

quanta

1. feminine singular of quanto

Latin

Adjective

quanta

1. nominative feminine singular of quantus
2. nominative neuter plural of quantus
3. accusative neuter plural of quantus
4. vocative feminine singular of quantus
5. nominative neuter plural of quantus

Adjective

quant?

1. ablative feminine singular of quantus

Portuguese

Pronoun

quanta

1. feminine singular of quanto

Noun

quanta m

1. plural of quantum

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?nt/

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

quant (plural quants)

1. (finance) A quantitative analyst.
2. Short for quantity.
3. Short for quantifier.

Adjective

quant (not comparable)

1. Short for quantifiable.
2. Short for quantitative.

Derived terms

• quant fund

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic.

Noun

quant (plural quants)

1. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
2. A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.

Verb

quant (third-person singular simple present quants, present participle quanting, simple past and past participle quanted)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To propel using a quant.

Derived terms

• quanter

Anagrams

• nuqta

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kwant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?kwan/
• Homophone: quan (Central)

Adjective

quant (feminine quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)

1. (interrogative) how many; how much
2. (with the definite article) quite a bit; quite a few (considerably)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin quantum.

Pronunciation

Adverb

quant

1. Only used in quant à

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Latin quantus.

Adjective

quant m (feminine singular quante, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)

1. how many; how much
   • (please note, the first word 'quant' corresponds to etymology 2 below)

References

• quant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Etymology 2

From Old French quant, from Latin quando, see quand.

Adverb

quant

1. Alternative form of quand

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.

Adjective

quant m (feminine singular quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantas)

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

Adverb

quant

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

Old French

Alternative forms

• qant

Etymology

From Latin quand?.

Conjunction

quant

1. when

Adverb

quant

1. (interrogative) when

Descendants

• Middle French: quand, quant
  • French: quand