педант

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛˈdant]

Noun

педант • (pedant) m (relational adjective педантен)

  1. pedant, prig
  2. clean, orderly person with high standards regarding hygiene

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédant (possibly via German Pedant), from Italian pedante.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈdant]
  • (file)

Noun

педа́нт • (pedánt) m anim (genitive педа́нта, nominative plural педа́нты, genitive plural педа́нтов)

  1. pedant, prig
    сухо́й педа́нт
    suxój pedánt
    dry-as-dust pedant

Declension

  • педантичный (pedantičnyj)

References

  1. Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “педант”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “педант”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pědant/
  • Hyphenation: пе‧дант

Noun

пѐдант, педа̏нт m (Latin spelling pèdant, pedȁnt)

  1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédant (possibly via German Pedant), from Italian pedante.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [peˈdant]
  • (file)

Noun

педа́нт • (pedánt) m pers (genitive педа́нта, nominative plural педа́нти, genitive plural педа́нтів, feminine педа́нтка, relational adjective педа́нтський)

  1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)
    Synonyms: буквої́д m (bukvojíd), формалі́ст m (formalíst)
  2. pedant (person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “педант”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 327

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