nantn.

Brit.

/nant/, U.S.

/nænt/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Welsh. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Welsh nant; French nant.

Etymology: Partly < Welsh nant stream, valley (compare Old Cornish nans valley, Old Breton, Breton nant valley: see below), and partly < French regional (south-east, especially Savoie) nant watercourse, torrent < Gaulish nanto valley, stream (see below).The further etymology of the Celtic base is uncertain; a relationship with Gaulish nemeton (see nemoral adj.) is possible. With reference to France, perhaps as semi-naturalized loan /nɒ̃/. Attested widely in place names in Wales and France.

Now rare.

A valley. Also: a brook.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun]

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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > brook or brooklet

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1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. xxxii. 368 I saw a small house close by a nant or dingle.

1883 G. Allen Flowers & their Pedigrees vi. 184 There was once a time when great glacial sheets spread over the combes and glens of Snowdonia, as they spread to-day over the nants of Chamounix.

1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 May 409/1 A hill-road scrambles through orchards and vineyards and across dashing nants (mountain torrents) to a lofty ledge of pasture-land.

1971 G. Jones in G. Jones & I. F. Elis Twenty-Five Welsh Short Stories 108 Across the nant I have five fields... They are on Twm Turcoch's side of the brook.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nant
释义	nantn. Brit. /nant/, U.S. /nænt/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Welsh. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Welsh nant; French nant. Etymology: Partly < Welsh nant stream, valley (compare Old Cornish nans valley, Old Breton, Breton nant valley: see below), and partly < French regional (south-east, especially Savoie) nant watercourse, torrent < Gaulish nanto valley, stream (see below).The further etymology of the Celtic base is uncertain; a relationship with Gaulish nemeton (see nemoral adj.) is possible. With reference to France, perhaps as semi-naturalized loan /nɒ̃/. Attested widely in place names in Wales and France. Now rare. A valley. Also: a brook. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] deanc825 dalec893 sladec893 bachea1000 valley1297 vall?1611 droke1772 glen1843 nant1862 draw1864 laagte1868 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > brook or brooklet brookc888 ritheeOE burnc1000 bournc1390 becka1400 brooketa1552 gill1635 stell1651 branch1663 turlough1686 brooklet1813 nant1923 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. xxxii. 368 I saw a small house close by a nant or dingle. 1883 G. Allen Flowers & their Pedigrees vi. 184 There was once a time when great glacial sheets spread over the combes and glens of Snowdonia, as they spread to-day over the nants of Chamounix. 1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 May 409/1 A hill-road scrambles through orchards and vineyards and across dashing nants (mountain torrents) to a lofty ledge of pasture-land. 1971 G. Jones in G. Jones & I. F. Elis Twenty-Five Welsh Short Stories 108 Across the nant I have five fields... They are on Twm Turcoch's side of the brook. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1862
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