different between trapt vs trant

English

Etymology

trap +? -t

Verb

trapt

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of trap
2. (archaic) Alternative form of trapped

Anagrams

• PRATT, Pratt, pratt

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?pt

Verb

trapt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of trappen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of trappen

English

Alternative forms

• traunt

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”). Compare also Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”).

Verb

trant (third-person singular simple present trants, present participle tranting, simple past and past participle tranted)

1. (intransitive) To walk; go about.
2. (intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
3. (intransitive) To turn; play a trick.

Derived terms

• tranter

Etymology 2

From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”). Cognate with Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), Swedish trant (“a step”).

Noun

trant (plural trants)

1. A turn; trick; stratagem.

Derived terms

• tranty

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

Noun

trant m (uncountable)

1. manner

Derived terms

• in de trant van

Haitian Creole

Numeral

trant

1. thirty

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trante, traunt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trant, from tranten (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trant/

Noun

trant (plural trantes) (Late Middle English)

1. A stratagem, trick or trant; an act of cleverness.
2. Cleverness, trickiness; a tendency to be tricky.

Descendants

• English: trant
• ? Scots: tranty

References

• “trant(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tr?t?.

Noun

trant

1. drone (male bee)

References

Westrobothnian

Noun

trant

1. little boy

Synonyms

• gwadd
• mobb
• wåbb
• wabb

Verb

trant

1. run, walk a little (of children)