different between quat vs quant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

quat (plural quats)

1. (obsolete) A pustule.
2. (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.

Verb

quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To satiate.
   • 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28,

     Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ?tart me, that I may come the ?ooner to quatting——Hu?h ! here?s Si?ter ; what the deuce brought her !

2. (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.

   Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
3. (Wales and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down.

Adjective

quat (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, dialectal, with "of") Free; no longer involved with; quit.

Etymology 2

Clipping of quaternary.

Noun

quat (plural quats)

1. (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.

Adjective

quat (not comparable)

1. Quaternary.

Etymology 3

See khat.

Noun

quat (countable and uncountable, plural quats)

1. Alternative spelling of khat.

Middle English

Adjective

quat

1. Alternative form of wothe

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kw?d?, whence also Old English cw?ad.

Noun

qu?t m

1. mud
2. dirt

Descendants

• German: Kot

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