Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brant

/bɹænt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: brant
IPA: /bɹænt/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Canadian usage; American usage

adj

steep, precipitous.

adj

smooth; unwrinkled

name

name

A place in the United States:

name

A place in the United States:

name

A place in the United States:

name

A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.

Example Sentences

"I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?"
"Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them."
"Your bonnie brow was brent."

Etymology

From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Branta, brandgás, *brandaz, brant, *brant

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

brants (plural) more brant (comparative) most brant (superlative) brent (alternative)

Derived Forms

Brantford Brantville

Phrases

brant-fox brant goose sea brant Brant Broughton Brant Rock County of Brant

Synonyms

brant goose brent brent goose

Rhymes With

can't plant grant cant aunt ant transplant rant chant implant levant brandt

Questions

How do you pronounce brant?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹænt/.
What does brant mean?: Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
Where does brant come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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