Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
op-tant
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship of the new sovereignty.

noun

A person who opts into, out of, or for something.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Partly (sense 1) borrowed from German Optant or Danish optant (both attested since 1907), partly from opt + ant.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

optants (plural)

Questions

What does optant mean?
A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship of the new sovereignty.
Where does optant come from?
It is traced to Danish.

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