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saltant

sal·tant
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sal-tnt]
    • /ˈsæl tnt/
    • /sˈɒltənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sal-tnt]
    • /ˈsæl tnt/

Definitions of saltant word

  • adjective saltant dancing; leaping; jumping. 1
  • adjective saltant (of an organism) differing from others of its species because of a saltation 0
  • adjective saltant leaping; dancing 0

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Origin of saltant

First appearance:

before 1595
One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < Latin saltant- (stem of saltāns, present participle of saltāre to jump about, dance, frequentative of salīre to jump), equivalent to sal- jump + -t- frequentative suffix + -ant- -ant

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Parts of speech for Saltant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

saltant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

saltant usage trend in Literature

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