trant

/tɹænt/

trant verb: to walk; go about.

Verb

trant (third-person singular simple present trants, present participle tranting, simple past and past participle tranted)

(intransitive) To walk; go about.
(intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
(intransitive) To turn; play a trick.

Noun

trant (plural trants)

A turn; trick; stratagem.

Proper noun capitalized: Trant

Trant (plural Trants)

A surname.

Forms of trant

Verb
third-person singular present	trants
present participle	tranting
past participle	tranted
past	tranted
alternative form	traunt
Noun
plural	trants
Proper noun
plural	Trants

Origin of trant

From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”). Compare also Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”).

From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”). Cognate with Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), Swedish trant (“a step”).

Words formed from trant

Words that rhyme with trant

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Questions about trant

What does trant mean?: Trant means to walk; go about.
What part of speech is trant?: Trant can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce trant?: Trant is pronounced /tɹænt/.
What is the past tense of trant?: The past tense of trant is tranted.

Words near trant in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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