dependant

See also: dépendant

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɛndənt/

Adjective

dependant (comparative more dependant, superlative most dependant)

1. Obsolete spelling of dependent.
   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 177:

     Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.

2. Misspelling of dependent.
   • 2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller, Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI:

     However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style […]

Derived terms

• dependancy

 

Noun

dependant (plural dependants)

1. UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.

Translations

one who relies on another for support — see dependent

References

• Merriam-Webster Indicating only US spelling is "dependent" (redirects, lists British spelling as a "variant".)
• Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, pp. 148-149.
• Encarta Always a misspelling in US English, adjective and noun are differentiated in British English by spelling.

Anagrams

• pendanted

Latin

Verb

dēpendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēpendō