garant

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French garant, from Old French garant, garand, guarant, a borrowing from Frankish *warand, from Frankish *warjan (“to authorise, warrant”). Cognate with Old High German werento (“guarantor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁɑ̃/

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Participle

garant

1. present participle of garer

Noun

garant m (plural garants)

1. guarantor
2. surety

Further reading

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

Alternative forms

• garaunt, garent, garrant, garraunt, guarant, guarent, warant

Etymology

From Frankish *warjan.

Noun

garant oblique singular, m (oblique plural garanz or garantz, nominative singular garanz or garantz, nominative plural garant)

1. guaranty; assurance
2. witness
3. protector
4. (law) warrantor
5. safety
6. protection (from harm, etc.)
7. permission
8. permission slip; written authorization

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (garant)
• garant on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Etymology

Borrowed from French garant.

Noun

garant m (plural garanți)

1. guarantor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎrant/
• Hyphenation: ga‧rant

Noun

gàrant m (Cyrillic spelling га̀рант)

1. guarantor
2. (colloquial, as an interjection) sure, guaranteed

Noun

garant c

1. a guarantor (person or thing that provides a (specific) guarantee)

References

• garant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• garant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• garant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarant/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːrant/, /ˈɡarant/

Verb

garant

1. Soft mutation of carant.

Mutation