amarant

See also: Amarant

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæməɹænt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæməˌɹænt/
• Hyphenation: am‧a‧rant

Noun

amarant (plural amarants)

1. Obsolete form of amaranth.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 351–357:

     With ſolemn adoration down they [the angels] caſt
     Thir Crowns inwove with Amarant and Gold;
     Immortal Amarant, a Flour which once
     In Paradiſe, faſt by the Tree of Life
     Began to bloom, but ſoon for mans offence
     To Heav'n remov'd where firſt it grew, there grows,
     And flours aloft ſhading the Fount of Life, […]

   • 1760, [James] Scott, Heaven: A Vision, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, printer to the University, for W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer;  […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 8:

     Thouſands of flow'rs their ſilken webs unfold, / Amarants, immortal amarants ariſe, / Theſe beaming bright with vegetable gold, / And theſe with azure, theſe with Tyrian dyes; […]

   • 1989, Heinz Brücher, “Farinaceous Plants”, in Useful Plants of Neotropical Origin and Their Wild Relatives, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, section 1 (Amaranthus spp.), page 54:

     Such vegetable amarants have a fair content of protein and are rich in Vitamins A and C, as well as in minerals; but they contain also slight amounts of anti-nutritional factors, especially oxalates and nitrates. These leaf-producing amarants are adapted to many different ecological environments.

Anagrams

• Namrata

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.məˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.məˈɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.maˈɾant]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).

Noun

amarant m (plural amarants)

1. amaranth (herb of the genus Amaranthus)

Derived terms

• amarant blanc
• amarant gràcil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amarant

1. gerund of amarar

Further reading

• “amarant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amarant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “amarant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amarant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

amarant

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamarant]

Noun

amarant m inan

1. amaranth
2. purpleheart

Declension

Declension of amarant (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	amarant	amaranty
genitive	amarantu	amarantů
dative	amarantu	amarantům
accusative	amarant	amaranty
vocative	amarante	amaranty
locative	amarantu	amarantech
instrumental	amarantem	amaranty

Noun

amarant m anim

1. firefinch

Declension

Declension of amarant (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	amarant	amaranti
genitive	amaranta	amarantů
dative	amarantovi, amarantu	amarantům
accusative	amaranta	amaranty
vocative	amarante	amaranti
locative	amarantovi, amarantu	amarantech
instrumental	amarantem	amaranty

Further reading

• “amarant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “amarant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “amarant”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

amarant m (plural amaranten, diminutive amarantje n)

1. amaranth, plant of genus Amaranthus

   Hypernym: amarantenfamilie

Derived terms

• Afrikaanse amarant
• amarantenfamilie
• Argentijnse amarant
• driekleurige amarant
• groene amarant
• kattenstaartamarant
• nerfamarant
• oeveramarant
• smalle amarant
• witte amarant

Further reading

• amarant on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Latin

Verb

amārant

1. third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of amō