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drant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
drant
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drawl; to drone.

noun

A droning tone.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Scots drant, draunt (“droning or drawling tone”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (“hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl”), akin to Irish drantán (“hum, buzzing, growl”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: drant, dranndan

Inflected Forms

drants (present, singular) dranting (participle, present) dranted (participle, past) dranted (past) drants (plural)

Questions

What does drant mean?
To drawl; to drone.
Where does drant come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce drant

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