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{{also|Pant|pant-}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|pănt}}, {{IPA|en|/pænt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-pant.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ænt|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|panten}}, whence also English dialectal {{m|en|pank}}.

Possibly from {{der|en|fro|pantoyer}}, a byform or of {{der|en|fro|pantoisier||to be breathless}} (compare modern {{cog|fr|panteler||to gasp for breath}}), of uncertain origin. Possibly from {{der|en|VL.|*pantasiō||struggling for breath when having a nightmare}}, from {{der|en|grc|φαντασιόω||I am subject to hallucinations}}, from {{m|grc|φαντασία||appearance, image, fantasy}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A quick [[breathe|breathing]]; a catching of the breath; a [[gasp]]: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} [[eager|Eager]] [[longing]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1995|author=John C. Leggett; Suzanne Malm|title=The Eighteen Stages of Love|page=9
|passage=Indeed, the projections, cravings, and everyday frolics common to trysts among buzz-activist Hollywood stars and starlets, plus their many common folk imitators, go forward with eager '''pant'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A violent [[palpitation]] of the [[heart]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra|IV|viii|360|2|To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, / Make her thanks bless thee. O thou day o' the world, / Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all; / Through proof of harness to my heart, and there / Ride on the '''pants''' triumphing.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* [[pant-hoot]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a quick breathing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|задъхване|n}}, {{t|bg|пъхтене|n}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|esbufec|m}}, {{t+|ca|panteix|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|呼吸}}, {{t+|cmn|喘急|tr=chuǎn jí}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|lapání po dechu}}, {{t|cs|supot|m}}, {{t|cs|funění|n}}, {{t|cs|zrychlený dech}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gehijg}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|anhelo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|huohotus}}, {{t+|fi|puuskutus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|halètement|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|ampeo|m}}, {{t|gl|alasamento|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|keuchen}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|más}}
* Italian: {{t|it|ansito|m}}, {{t+|it|anelito|m}}, {{t+|it|palpito|m}}, {{t|it|respiro affannoso|m}}, {{t+|it|fiatone|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|息切れ|tr=いきぎれ, ikigire|sc=Jpan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakaaeaeā}}, {{t|mi|kahekahe}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|صولوق|tr=soluk}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ofego|m}}, {{t|pt|arfagem|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пыхте́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|оды́шка|f}} {{qualifier|dyspnea}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|plosg|m}}, {{t|gd|plosgadh|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|jadeo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|flämtning|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|paghingal}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a violent palpitation of the heart}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|силно сърцебиене}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|läpätys}}
* French: {{t+|fr|palpitation|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|latexo|m}}, {{t|gl|arfada|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|palpito|m}}, {{t+|it|pulsazione|f}}, {{t+|it|tachicardia|f}}, {{t+|it|batticuore|m}}, {{t+|it|palpitazione|f}}, {{t+|it|cardiopalmo}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|plosg|m}}, {{t|gd|plosgadh|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|palpitación|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====References=====
* {{R:Webster 1913|pant}}
* {{R:Online Etymology Dictionary|pant}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[breathe]] [[quickly]] or in a [[labored]] manner, as after [[exertion]] or from [[eagerness]] or [[excitement]]; to [[respire]] with heaving of the [[breast]]; to [[gasp#Verb|gasp]].
#* {{RQ:Dryden Aeneis|passage=Pluto '''pants''' for breath from out his cell.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1820|author=w:Percy Bysshe Shelley|title=s:Prometheus Unbound
|passage=There is a cavern where my spirit / Was '''panted''' forth in anguish.}}
#* {{RQ:Cleland Fanny Hill|passage=Charles had just slipp'd the bolt of the door, and running, caught me in his arms, and lifting me from the ground, with his lips glew'd to mine, bore me, trembling, '''panting''', dying, with soft fears and tender wishes, to the bed}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To long [[eagerly]]; to [[desire]] [[earnestly]].
#* {{RQ:KJV|Psalms|42|1|passage=As the hart '''panteth''' after the water brooks.}}
#* {{RQ:Pope Horace|Who '''pants''' for glory finds but short repose.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[long]] for (something); to be [[eager]] for (something).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1633|author=w:George Herbert|title=Love
|passage=Then shall our hearts '''pant''' thee.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of the heart, to [[beat]] with [[unnatural]] [[violence]] or [[rapidity]]; to [[palpitate]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|1|7|passage=Yet might her piteous heart be seen to '''pant''' and quake}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[sigh]]; to [[flutter]]; to [[languish]].
#* {{RQ:Pope Pastorals|page=750|passage=[T]he whiſp'ring Breeze / '''Pants''' on the Leaves, and dies upon the Trees.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[heave]], as the breast.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[bulge]] and [[shrink]] successively, of iron hulls, etc.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|breathe quickly or in a labored manner}} {{l|en|gasp}}
* {{sense|long for}} {{l|en|crave}}, {{l|en|desire}}, {{l|en|long}} for, [[pine]] for
* {{sense|long eagerly}} {{l|en|crave}}, {{l|en|desire}}, {{l|en|long}}, {{l|en|pine}}
* {{sense|of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence}} {{l|en|palpitate}}, {{l|en|pound}}, {{l|en|throb}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to breathe quickly or in a labored manner}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|dihat}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пъхтя}}, {{t|bg|задъхвам се}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|panteixar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|喘氣|tr=chuǎnqì}}, {{t+|cmn|喘息|tr=chuǎnxí}}, {{t+|cmn|氣喘吁吁|tr=qìchuǎnxūxū}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|supět|impf}}, {{t|cs|funět|impf}}, ztěžka/zrychleně {{t+|cs|dýchat|impf}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hijgen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|anheli}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|huohottaa}}, {{t+|fi|läähättää}}, {{t+|fi|puuskuttaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|haleter}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|abarquiñar}}, {{t+|gl|acorar}}, {{t+|gl|arfar}}, {{t+|gl|alasar}}, {{t+|gl|ampear}}
* German: {{t+|de|hecheln}}, {{t+|de|keuchen}}, {{t+|de|schnaufen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αγκομαχάω}}, {{t+|el|λαχανιάζω}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|ἀσπαίρω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|liheg}}, {{t+|hu|zihál}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|mása}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ansare}}, {{t+|it|ansimare}}, {{t+|it|boccheggiare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|喘ぐ|tr=あえぐ, aegu|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|anhēlō}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|hechelen}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kahekahe}}, {{t|mi|kuhakuha}}, {{t|mi|whakahotuhotu}}, {{t|mi|huatare}}, {{t|mi|whakaaeaea}}, {{t|mi|taretare}}, {{t|mi|tūngāngā}}, {{t|mi|kihakiha}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|sworettan}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|صولومق|tr=solumak}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|رخیدن|tr=raxidan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dyszeć}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ofegar}}, {{t+|pt|arfar}}, {{t+|pt|arquejar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пыхте́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|задыха́ться|impf}} {{qualifier|to choke}}, {{t+|ru|запыха́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|запы́хаться|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|plosg}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|jadear}}, {{t+|es|harbar}}, {{t+|es|acezar}}, {{t+|es|resollar}}, {{t+|es|resolgar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|flämta}}, {{t+|sv|flåsa}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|hingalin}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|panti}}, {{t+|wa|haner}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|long for (something); be eager for (something)}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|копнея}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|toužit}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaivata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|désirer}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vágyik}}, {{t+|hu|vágyódik}}, {{t+|hu|sóvárog}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|desiderare}}, {{t+|it|anelare}}, {{t+|it|aspirare}}, {{t+|it|bramare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ansiar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|anhelar}}, {{t+|es|ansiar}}, {{t+|es|desear}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|intransitive: long eagerly}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|toužit}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|struggersi}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arquejar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|разтупквам се}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|tepat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|bušit|impf}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|läpättää}}, {{t+|fi|hakata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|palpiter}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|palpitare}}, {{t+|it|pulsare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|palpitar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|трепета́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|колоти́ться|impf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|plosg}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|palpitar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sigh; flutter; languish}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|adulare}}, {{t+|it|blandire}}, {{t+|it|sospirare}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тоскова́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|по (po) - for}}, {{t+|ru|томи́ться|impf}} {{qualifier|по (po) - for}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{m|en|pants}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|fashion}} A [[pair]] of [[pants]] {{gl|trousers or underpants}}.
# {{lb|en|attributive}} Of or relating to [[pants]].
#: '''''pant''' leg''

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|bepanted|pant cuff|panted|pant leg|{{l|en|pantsuit}}, {{l|en|pant suit}}|{{l|en|panty}}, {{l|en|panties}}|half-pant|pant-wetting}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|a pair of pants|pants}}

===Etymology 3===
{{unk|en}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Scotland|and|northeast|_|England}} Any public [[drinking fountain]].

====References====
* OED 2nd edition

===See also===
* [[Pont-y-pant]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=anpt|APTN|NAPT|NPTA}}

==Czech==

===Etymology===
From {{derived|cs|de|Band||band, belt}}.

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# [[hinge]]

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m.locě:u}}

==Danish==

===Noun===
{{da-noun}}

# a [[deposit]] (on packaging such as [[bottle]]s and [[can]]s)

====Derived terms====
* {{l|da|dåsepant}}, {{l|da|flaskepant}}

====See also====
* {{l|da|depositum}} {{qual|deposit on a rented home}}

==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
Childish alteration of {{m|is|panta||to reserve}}.

===Verb===
{{head|is|verb}} {{q|[[defective verb]]}}

# {{lb|is|colloquial|childish}} I call [[dibs]]! {{gloss|used when claiming a right to be the first or only one to do something}}
#: {{uxi|is|'''Pant''' velja tónlistina.|I call dibs on choosing the music.}}
#: {{uxi|is|Ég '''pant''' vera R2-D2, þú mátt vera C3PO.|I call dibs on being R2-D2, you can be C3PO.}}

==Middle English==

===Verb===
{{head|enm|verb}}

# {{alt form|enm|panten}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nb|gml|pant}} and {{der|nb|non|pantr}}.

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-n1}}

# [[pawn]] (''item sold to a pawn shop'')
# a [[mortgage]]
# [[security]] {{q|on a loan}}
# a [[forfeit]] {{q|in a game}}
# a [[pledge]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|nb|pantelån}}
* {{l|nb|pantelåner}}
* {{l|nb|pantsette}}

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# a ([[refundable]]) [[deposit]] {{q|e.g. on bottles}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|gml|pant}} and {{der|nn|non|pantr}}.

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# [[pawn]] (''item sold to a pawn shop'')
# a [[mortgage]]
# [[security]] {{q|on a loan}}
# a [[forfeit]] {{q|in a game}}
# a [[pledge]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|nn|pantelån}}

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# a ([[refundable]]) [[deposit]] {{q|e.g. on bottles}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
From {{der|sh|de|Band}} via Austrian German.

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=pȁnt}}

# [[hinge]]

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|pȁnt|panti
|panta|panta
|pantu|pantima
|pant|pante
|pantu|panti
|pante|pantima
|pantom|pantima
}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sv|gmq-osw|panter||deposit}}.
From {{der|sv|gml|pant}} and {{der|sv|non|pantr}}. According to SO attested since the early half of the 14th century.

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# [[pledge]], [[pawn]], item deposited at a [[pawnshop]] or otherwise given as a security
# [[container deposit]], an addition to the price of an article returned when its container is returned to a collection point for re-use
# {{lb|sv|by extension}} [[item]] that has [[container deposit]]
#* {{quote-journal|1=sv|date=26 September 2022|author=Rikard Ljungqvist|journal={{w|Hem & Hyra|lang=sv}}|title=Kastade pant från femte våningen mot värdens personal – därför slipper hon vräkning|url=https://www.hemhyra.se/nyheter/kastade-pant-fran-femte-vaningen-mot-vardens-personal-skalet-till-att-hon-slipper-vrakning/|text=Kastade '''pant''' från femte våningen mot värdens personal|t=Threw '''bottles and cans''' from the fifth floor at the lessor's staff}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-er}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|panta||to pawn}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|SO}}
* {{R:svenska.se|SAOB}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷantyos}} "flat hill", compare {{cog|xpi|ᚘᚐᚅᚈ|tr=pant||hollow}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/pant/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ant|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|pantiau}}

# [[hollow]], [[depression]], small [[valley]], [[dingle]], [[dell]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|i bant}}
* {{l|cy|bant}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===References===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

{{C|cy|Geography}}