vanta

See also: vänta, Vanta, Vǟnta, vântă, and VANTA

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French vantard.

Noun

vanta

1. braggart; boaster

Catalan

Verb

vanta

1. only used in es vanta, third-person singular present indicative of vantar-se
2. only used in vanta't, second-person singular imperative of vantar-se

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian vanitoso, French vaniteux

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvanta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: van‧ta

Adjective

vanta (accusative singular vantan, plural vantaj, accusative plural vantajn)

1. frivolous
2. conceited, vain

See also

• vana

Further reading

• “vanta”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “vanta”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vanta.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: vantað, vænta, væntað

Verb

vanta (third person singular past indicative vantaði, third person plural past indicative vantað, supine vantað)

1. to lack
2. to want, need (be without, fall short)

   mær vantar

   I need

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanta (group v-30)

infinitive	vanta
supine	vantað
	present	past
first singular	vanti	vantaði
second singular	vantar	vantaði
third singular	vantar	vantaði
plural	vanta	vantaðu
participle (a6)1	vantandi	vantaður
	imperative
singular	vanta!
plural	vantið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

French

Verb

vanta

1. third-person singular past historic of vanter

Anagrams

• avant

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta.

Verb

vanta

1. (impersonal) to lack (usually translates "to need" or "to miss")

   Mig vantar einhvern að kenna mér. ― I need someone to teach me.

2. to want (be without, fall short)

Derived terms

• mig vantar

Anagrams

• vatna

Italian

Verb

vanta

1. inflection of vantare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vante

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑn.tɑ/

Verb

vanta (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vanta/vant)

1. to lack
2. be wrong with; have an issue

Synonyms

• (lack): sakna, mangla
• (have an issue): feila

References

• “vanta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

vanta

1. (impersonal) to cause to lack [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "lack, be lacking" with the accusative object as the subject)

   vantar vatni ― there is a lack of water

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanta — impersonal, active (weak class 2)

infinitive	vanta
past participle	vantaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
3rd-person singular	vantar	vantaði		vanti	vantaði

Descendants

• Icelandic: vanta
• Faroese: vanta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vanta, vante
• Norwegian Bokmål: vante
• Old Swedish: vanta
• Old Danish: wantæ, vantæ
  • Danish: vante
• → Middle English: wanten
  • English: want
  • Scots: want, wint, wunt
  • Yola: waant

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vanta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 471; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

vanta

1. to be lacking

Conjugation

Conjugation of vanta (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	vanta				—
participle	vantandi, -e				vantaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vantar	vanti, -e	—		vantaþi, -e	vantaþi, -e
þū	vantar	vanti, -e	vanta		vantaþi, -e	vantaþi, -e
han	vantar	vanti, -e	—		vantaþi, -e	vantaþi, -e
vīr	vantum, -om	vantum, -om	vantum, -om		vantaþum, -om	vantaþum, -om
īr	vantin	vantin	vantin		vantaþin	vantaþin
þēr	vanta	vantin	—		vantaþu, -o	vantaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vantas	vantis, -es	—		vantaþis, -es	vantaþis, -es
þū	vantas	vantis, -es	—		vantaþis, -es	vantaþis, -es
han	vantas	vantis, -es	—		vantaþis, -es	vantaþis, -es
vīr	vantums, -oms	vantums, -oms	—		vantaþums, -oms	vantaþums, -oms
īr	vantins	vantins	—		vantaþins	vantaþins
þēr	vantas	vantins	—		vantaþus, -os	vantaþins

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

From German Wand through Rotwelsch, compare Kalo Finnish Romani vanti.

Noun

vanta

1. wall

Derived terms

• vanta juar
• vanta kambane

References

• “vanta” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “vanta” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.