tirant

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tiˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [tiˈɾant]
• Rhymes: -ant

tirant m (plural tirants)

1. strap, stay
2. (construction) stringer
3. (usually in the plural) braces (UK), suspenders (US)

   Synonym: elàstics

tirant

1. gerund of tirar

• “tirant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• triant

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁɑ̃/

tirant m (plural tirants)

1. (nautical) draft, draught
2. drawstring

tirant

1. present participle of tirer

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

• triant

tirant

1. Alternative form of tyraunt

tirant

1. Alternative form of tyraunt

From Latin tyrannus, which gave the nominative singular form tirans, from which the oblique singular tirant was constructed, under the assumption the -s suffix had replaced -ts.

tirant oblique singular, m (oblique plural tirans, nominative singular tirans, nominative plural tirant)

1. tyrant
   • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 5, column 1, line 7:

     car il voloit le felon tirant

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• → English: tyrant
• French: tyran