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Clipping of tantalum capacitor.

tant (plural tants)

  1. (slang, electronics) A tantalum capacitor.
    • 2013, Michael J. Spinks, Microprocessor System Design: A Practical Introduction, page 32:
      Note that like 'tants' these are polarized and must be connected to the circuit the right way round, the lead marked 'H' to the positive side of the circuit; failure to do so can lead to a small explosion!

Inherited from Latin tantus, tantum.

tant (feminine tanta, masculine plural tants, feminine plural tantes)

  1. so much, as much
    Tinc tanta gana que me'n vaig a sopar.
    I am so hungry that I'm going to have dinner.
    (literally, “I have so much hunger”)
  2. so many, as many

tant

  1. so much, as much
  2. so long; such a long time

tant

  1. (tant ... com ...) both ... and ...

Inherited from Old French tant, from Latin tantum.

tant

  1. so much
  2. so many
  3. (in coordination with que) both ... and
    • 2019, Isabelle Grégoire, Fille de fer:
      Cela dit, bien que la ressemblance avec des personnes ou des situations réelles ne soit pas toujours fortuite, Fille de fer est une œuvre de fiction. J'ai pris de nombreuses libertés, tant avec l'histoire **qu'**avec la géographie — un exercice réjouissant pour une journaliste !
      That said, although similarities to real people or situations are not always coincidental, Fille de fer is a work of fiction. I have taken numerous liberties, both with history and with geography – a very gratifying exercise for a journalist!

From Latin tantum.

tant

  1. so many, so much

tan +‎ -t

tant

  1. accusative singular of tan

Old French tant.

tant

  1. so (to such an extent)

From Old French tant.

tant

  1. as much

From tantum.

tant m (definite singular tanten, indefinite plural tanter, definite plural tantene)

  1. fantasy, rumor

From Proto-West Germanic *tanþ.

tant m

  1. tooth

From Latin tantus.

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

  1. so much, so many

Unlike modern French, tant can qualify a noun directly without the preposition de:

tantes persones

so many people

tant

  1. so much; such

tant

  1. so many, so much

tant

  1. much

tant

  1. so many, so much

From French tante, from Old French ante (nominative form), from Latin amita, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *amma-, *ama- (“mother”), a lost baby-word of the _papa_-type.

tant c

  1. (dated) a middle-aged or older (and usually more distant) female relative, an aunt
  2. (then formal, now dated) Used to address older women in general.
  3. (might be derogatory) a middle-aged or older woman (in general), an older lady (possibly implying outmoded views, clothing, or the like)
    1. a slightly humorous or childish term, title or nickname for a woman in general

tant

  1. power, dominion

From French tante, from Old French antain. Compare English aunt, which lacked the initial t as an Anglo-Norman borrowing.

tant f

  1. aunt

From Proto-Celtic *tantā, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Irish téad.

tant m (plural tannau, diminutive tennyn)

  1. string (musical instrument)