English

Proper noun

Kant

1. A surname​, notably borne by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
   • 1995, Colin McLarty, Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, ISBN 0-19-851473-5, page 5:

     [...] So it is natural to speak of a category of all categories, which we call CAT, the objects of which are all the categories, and the arrows of which are all the functors. This raises genuine problems. Is CAT a category in itself? Our answer here is to treat CAT as a regulative idea; that is, an inevitable way of thinking about categories and functors, but not a strictly legitimate entity. (Compare the self, the universe, and God in Kant 1781.) Of course, general category theory applies to CAT, and this category that we do not quite believe in is the single one that we investigate the most. [...]

Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kant

1. A city in Kyrgyzstan

Anagrams

• tank

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

Kant

1. A surname​, notably borne by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.

Derived terms

• Kantian

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑnt/

  Rhymes: -ɑnt

  Homophones: Kand

Noun

Kant f ‎(plural Kanten)

1. edge

Synonyms

• Bord
• Rand

Breton

Numeral

kant

1. (cardinal) hundred

   Kant bro, kant giz, kant perez, kant iliz‎

   A hundred countries, a hundred guises, a hundred parishes, a hundred churches.

Mutation

Danish

Noun

kant c (singular definite kanten, plural indefinite kanter)

1. edge, border

Related terms

• kantet
• kantsten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑnt
• IPA^(key): /kɑnt/

Noun

kant m ‎(plural kanten, diminutive kantje n)

1. side
2. embroidery
3. way

   Die kant uit. – That way.

Derived terms

Verb

kant

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kanten
2. imperative of kanten

Anagrams

• tank

Gothic

Romanization

kant

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍄

Hungarian

Etymology

kan +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒnt]
• Hyphenation: kant

Noun

kant

1. accusative singular of kan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cantus ‎(“corner, side”), via Middle Low German or German Low German

Noun

kant m ‎(definite singular kanten, indefinite plural kanter, definite plural kantene)

1. edge, border, rim

Derived terms

References

• “kant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cantus ‎(“corner, side”), via Italian canto and Old French cant.

Noun

kant m ‎(definite singular kanten, indefinite plural kantar, definite plural kantane)

1. an edge, a border

Derived terms

References

• “kant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Low German kant ‎(“edge, corner”), Pomeranian form of southern Low German kante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kant/

Noun

kant m inan

1. edge
2. crease in fabric, e.g. on trousers
3. (colloquial) an instance of cheating in a game

Usage notes

Sense #1 is used for edges which are well defined but dull (cannot cut anything), such as the edge of a table. Compare krawędź, ostrze.

Declension

Derived terms

• kanciasty
• kanciaty
• kantować

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kant c

1. an edge; border; brim.
2. (mathematics) a boundary or edge.

   En triangel har tre kanter.

   "A triangle has three edges."

Declension

Synonyms

• rand (mathematics)
• bryn (edge of a forest)

See also

• hålla sig på sin kant
• komma på kant med någon