garant

See also: Garant

French

Etymology

From Middle French garant, from Old French garant, garand, guarant, a borrowing from Frankish *warand, from Frankish *warjan (to authorise, warrant). Cognate with Old High German werento (guarantor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ʁɑ̃/

Verb

garant

  1. present participle of garer

Noun

garant m (plural garants)

  1. guarantor
  2. surety

Further reading


Old French

Alternative forms

  • garaunt
  • garent
  • garrant
  • garraunt

Noun

garant m (oblique plural garanz or garantz, nominative singular garanz or garantz, nominative plural garant)

  1. guaranty; assurance
  2. witness
  3. protector
  4. (law) warrantor
  5. safety
  6. protection (from harm, etc.)
  7. permission
  8. permission slip; written authorization

Descendants

References


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǎrant/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧rant

Noun

gàrant m (Cyrillic spelling га̀рант)

  1. guarantor
  2. (colloquial, as an interjection) sure, guaranteed

Declension


Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

garant

  1. Soft mutation of carant.
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