acceptant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Old Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Latin accipiō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin acceptārelbor.

Old French accepterder.?

Middle English accepten

English accept

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Old French -antbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-ndz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

Middle English -ant

English -ant

English acceptant

From accept + -ant.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ækˈsɛp.tənt/

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Adjective

acceptant (comparative more acceptant, superlative most acceptant)

1. accepting; receiving.

Noun

acceptant (plural acceptants)

1. One who accepts something.

Derived terms

• nonacceptant
• unacceptant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ək.səpˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ək.səpˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.sepˈtant]

Verb

acceptant

1. gerund of acceptar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛp.tɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Participle

acceptant

1. present participle of accepter

Adjective

acceptant (feminine acceptante, masculine plural acceptants, feminine plural acceptantes)

1. (law) acceptant

   Coordinate term: offrant

   la partie acceptante ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

acceptant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of acceptō

Swedish

Etymology

accept +‎ -ant, since 1669.

Noun

acceptant c

1. an accepter of a bill of exchange

Declension

Declension of acceptant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	acceptant	acceptants
	definite	acceptanten	acceptantens
plural	indefinite	acceptanter	acceptanters
	definite	acceptanterna	acceptanternas

References

• “acceptant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “acceptant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “acceptant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)