aberrant

English

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɹ.ənt/, /ˈæb.ə.ɹənt/

Adjective

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

1. Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16^th century and the early 17^th century.]

   Synonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange

   Antonyms: normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal

2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral

   Antonyms: correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous

3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

   Antonym: continuous

   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of the Species:

     The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

Derived terms

• aberrance
• aberrancy
• aberrant conduction
• aberrantly
• aberrant salience
• aberration
• aberrational
• nonaberrant

 

Translations

deviating from the norm

• Dutch: onconventioneel (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi), epätavallinen (fi)
• French: aberrant (fr)
• Indonesian: menyimpang (id)
• Italian: aberrante (it)
• Malay: menyimpang
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avvikende, unormal (no), ualminnelig (no), uvanlig (no), aberrant

• Polish: nienormalny (pl)
• Portuguese: aberrante
• Romanian: aberant (ro) m
• Spanish: aberrante (es)
• Swedish: avvikande (sv)

straying from the right way

• Bulgarian: отклоняващ се (otklonjavašt se) (от правилния път)
• Catalan: aberrant (ca) m or f
• Czech: scestný (cs)
• Dutch: aberrant (nl), afwijkend (nl)
• Finnish: harhautunut, harhaileva, hairahtunut (fi)
• French: aberrant (fr) m
• German: aberrante (de)
• Indonesian: menyimpang (id)
• Italian: aberrante (it)
• Lakota: šikšíl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

• Persian: گمراه (fa) (gomrâh), ابیراه (abirāh)
• Portuguese: aberrante
• Romanian: aberant (ro) m
• Russian: сби́вшийся с пути́ (sbívšijsja s putí)
• Spanish: aberrante (es), anormal (es)
• Vietnamese: lầm lạc (vi)

deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal

• Catalan: aberrant (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畸变 (zh) (jībiàn)

• Czech: aberující m
• Dutch: afwijkend (nl), uitzonderlijk (nl), atypisch (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi)
• Indonesian: menyimpang (id)
• Italian: aberrante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aberrant

• Polish: dziwaczny (pl)
• Portuguese: aberrante
• Russian: отклоня́ющийся от но́рмы (otklonjájuščijsja ot nórmy), аберра́нтный (ru) (aberrántnyj)
• Spanish: anómalo (es), atípico (es)
• Vietnamese: khác thường (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: aberrant (nl), afdwalend (nl)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} पथभर्ष्ट (pathbharṣṭ), ^{(please verify)} विपथगामी (hi) (vipathgāmī)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} aberant (ro)
• Russian: сби́вшийся с пути́ (sbívšijsja s putí)

Noun

aberrant (plural aberrants)

1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
   • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 87:

     Also I think other birders realise you are struggling a bit when you start talking about aberrants[.]

Synonyms

• (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
• (thing deviating from the natural type):

Translations

person wandering from the rest of the group

• Dutch: vreemde apostel m, rare snuiter m
• German: Abweichler (de) m/Abweichlerin (de) f, Abtrünniger (de) m/Abtrünnige (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

Something that deviates from the usual or natural type

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aberrant m

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aberrantem, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈran]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈrant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.beˈrant]

Adjective

aberrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

1. aberrant
2. (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)

Related terms

• aberració
• aberrància

Further reading

• “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

aberrant

1. gerund of aberrar

French

Etymology

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/ ~ /a.be.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

aberrant (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

1. aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
2. (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules

Related terms

• aberrer

Further reading

• “aberrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

aberrant (strong nominative masculine singular aberranter, comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

1. aberrant

Declension

Positive forms of aberrant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist aberrant	sie ist aberrant	es ist aberrant	sie sind aberrant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aberranter	aberrante	aberrantes	aberrante
	genitive	aberranten	aberranter	aberranten	aberranter
	dative	aberrantem	aberranter	aberrantem	aberranten
	accusative	aberranten	aberrante	aberrantes	aberrante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aberrante	die aberrante	das aberrante	die aberranten
	genitive	des aberranten	der aberranten	des aberranten	der aberranten
	dative	dem aberranten	der aberranten	dem aberranten	den aberranten
	accusative	den aberranten	die aberrante	das aberrante	die aberranten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aberranter	eine aberrante	ein aberrantes	(keine) aberranten
	genitive	eines aberranten	einer aberranten	eines aberranten	(keiner) aberranten
	dative	einem aberranten	einer aberranten	einem aberranten	(keinen) aberranten
	accusative	einen aberranten	eine aberrante	ein aberrantes	(keine) aberranten

Comparative forms of aberrant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist aberranter	sie ist aberranter	es ist aberranter	sie sind aberranter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aberranterer	aberrantere	aberranteres	aberrantere
	genitive	aberranteren	aberranterer	aberranteren	aberranterer
	dative	aberranterem	aberranterer	aberranterem	aberranteren
	accusative	aberranteren	aberrantere	aberranteres	aberrantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aberrantere	die aberrantere	das aberrantere	die aberranteren
	genitive	des aberranteren	der aberranteren	des aberranteren	der aberranteren
	dative	dem aberranteren	der aberranteren	dem aberranteren	den aberranteren
	accusative	den aberranteren	die aberrantere	das aberrantere	die aberranteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aberranterer	eine aberrantere	ein aberranteres	(keine) aberranteren
	genitive	eines aberranteren	einer aberranteren	eines aberranteren	(keiner) aberranteren
	dative	einem aberranteren	einer aberranteren	einem aberranteren	(keinen) aberranteren
	accusative	einen aberranteren	eine aberrantere	ein aberranteres	(keine) aberranteren

Superlative forms of aberrant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am aberrantesten	sie ist am aberrantesten	es ist am aberrantesten	sie sind am aberrantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aberrantester	aberranteste	aberrantestes	aberranteste
	genitive	aberrantesten	aberrantester	aberrantesten	aberrantester
	dative	aberrantestem	aberrantester	aberrantestem	aberrantesten
	accusative	aberrantesten	aberranteste	aberrantestes	aberranteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aberranteste	die aberranteste	das aberranteste	die aberrantesten
	genitive	des aberrantesten	der aberrantesten	des aberrantesten	der aberrantesten
	dative	dem aberrantesten	der aberrantesten	dem aberrantesten	den aberrantesten
	accusative	den aberrantesten	die aberranteste	das aberranteste	die aberrantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aberrantester	eine aberranteste	ein aberrantestes	(keine) aberrantesten
	genitive	eines aberrantesten	einer aberrantesten	eines aberrantesten	(keiner) aberrantesten
	dative	einem aberrantesten	einer aberrantesten	einem aberrantesten	(keinen) aberrantesten
	accusative	einen aberrantesten	eine aberranteste	ein aberrantestes	(keine) aberrantesten

Further reading

• “aberrant” in Duden online
• “aberrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈber.rant/, [äˈbɛrːän̪t̪]

Verb

aberrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) and from errō (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.

The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abəˈrant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: ab‧err‧ant

Adjective

aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)

1. (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
   • 2007 November 15, Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening‎^{[tidsskriftet.no]}:

     aberrant lymfedrenasje og lymfeknutespredning kan forekomme

     aberrant lymphatic drainage and lymph node spread may occur

Noun

aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)

1. (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)

References

• “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon