Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: orant
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of orans.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orans, orantis, noun use of the present participle of orare (“pray”). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ant. Doublet of orans.

Inflected Forms

orants (plural)

Questions

What does orant mean?: Alternative form of orans.
Where does orant come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin orans, orantis, noun use of the present participle of orare (“pray”). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ant. Doublet of orans.

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