bastant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəsˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəsˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [basˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [basˈtan]

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Etymology 1

Adjective

bastant m or f (masculine and feminine plural bastants)

1. enough, sufficient

Adverb

bastant

1. enough, sufficiently

Etymology 2

Verb

bastant

1. gerund of bastar

Norman

Etymology

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

Adjective

bastant m

1. (Jersey) adequate

Swedish

Etymology

From a Romance language.

Adjective

bastant (comparative bastantare, superlative bastantast)

1. big and sturdy
2. (by extension) burly, stocky

   en bastant skogshuggare

   a burly lumberjack

3. (by extension, of for example a meal) big, hearty

Usage notes

Similar varying sense extensions as could be expected from sturdy in English.

Declension

Inflection of bastant

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	bastant	bastantare	bastantast
neuter singular	bastant	bastantare	bastantast
plural	bastanta	bastantare	bastantast
masculine plural2	bastante	bastantare	bastantast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	bastante	bastantare	bastantaste
all	bastanta	bastantare	bastantaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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