vanter

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Danish

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Noun

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vanter c

  1. indefinite plural of vante

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French vanter, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās. Compare Italian vantare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.te/
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Verb

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vanter

  1. to praise, to vaunt
  2. (reflexive) to boast, brag
    Tu te vantes beaucoup trop !
    You brag way too much!

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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vanter m

  1. indefinite plural of vante

Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus or vānitās.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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vanter

  1. to boast
    • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
      La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
      senefie la vainne gloire
      qui vint de fause ypocrisie.
      Et la destre, que senefie ?
      Charité, qui de sa bone oevre
      pas ne se vante, ençois la coevre[.]
      The left, according to history
      Represents vainglory
      Which comes from false hypocrisy
      And the right, what does that represent?
      Charity, which does not
      boast about its good work
Conjugation
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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants
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  • French: vanter
  • Middle English: vaunten

Etymology 2

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vant (wind)-er.

Verb

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vanter (third-person singular forms only)

  1. (of the wind) to blow
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