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tirant

tirant

Catalan

Verb

tirant

  1. present participle of tirar

French

Noun

tirant m (plural tirants)

  1. (nautical) draft, draught
  2. drawstring

Derived terms

  • tirant d'air
  • tirant d'eau

Verb

tirant

  1. present participle of tirer

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

tirant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of tirō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tyrannus, which gave the nominative singular form tirans, from which the oblique singular tirant was constructed, under the assumption the -s suffix had replaced -ts.

Noun

tirant m (oblique plural tirans, nominative singular tirans, nominative plural tirant)

  1. tyrant
    • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 5, column 1, line 7:
      car il voloit le felon tirant

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