fiant

fiant

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

fiant

  1. gerund of fiar

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɑ̃/

Participle

fiant

  1. present participle of fier

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

fīant

  1. third-person plural present passive subjunctive of faciō
  2. third-person plural present active subjunctive of fīō

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognates include Old Dutch fīunt, Old Saxon fīand, Old English fēond, Old Norse fjándi and Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiː.ɑnt/

Noun

fīant m

  1. enemy, fiend, foe

Declension

Declension of fīant (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative fīant fīantā, fīanta
accusative fīant fīantā, fīanta
genitive fīantes fīanto
dative fīante fīantum
instrumental fīantu

Descendants

  • Middle High German: vīant, vīent, vīnt

See Further

Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “fîant”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig